Poor Man's Caterham (Yorkshire Caterham?)

[Rusty Arches]

One day I'm going to need a car, but it doesn't have to be practical.

So what's the cheapest, but closest to a Caterham you can get? (Think under £2000, but closer to £1000 )

[shirt]

robin hood used to quote a build cost of 1400. ebay unfinished project is your best bet.

[a boardman]

buy the book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Your-Own-Sports-Car/...

join the website.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/

[Balmoral Green]

Robin 'ood were a Yorkshireman anyway weren't 'e?

[Rusty Arches]

Balmoral Green said:

Robin 'ood were a Yorkshireman anyway weren't 'e?

Aye, he lived in Doncaster!

[Zad]

'E were. In fact 'e fought the Pinder of Wakefield near here, and is buried in the grounds of Kirklees Priory. If you believe the books. the village of Robin Hood is just NE of the M62/M1 interchange.

Closest to a Caterham for a Yorkshireman would be Ginetta (Garforth) but I guess the OP didn't mean that

[surrey7er]

T' MK is T' built in T'Maltby.
Ee by gum, icky thump etc etc

[shirt]

surrey7er said:

T' MK is T' built in T'Maltby.
Ee by gum, icky thump etc etc

the mk is the built in the maltby? fail.

[Balmoral Green]

surrey7er said:

icky thump etc etc

Off topic, but worth a post...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxGi8bizEg

[h4muf]

What you need is a dutton phathon (sp).

[anonymous-user]

Dutton? pig ugly too look at but quite good fun. personally, i would just buy a midget and have done with it?

[h4muf]

pablo said:

Dutton? pig ugly too look at but quite good fun. personally, i would just buy a midget and have done with it?

Agree with fugly,but he want's a seven clone.

[Accelebrate]

Tigers are pretty cheap, and are reasonably well finished...

http://pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=446&p=...

[Rusty Arches]

Accelebrate said:

Tigers are pretty cheap, and are reasonably well finished...

http://pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=446&p=...

Nothing under £4000, enough to make the spiders in my wallet wince!

Then I got distracted by this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1967-DNEPR-ural-SOLO-MILITAR...

Remove the Nazi stickers and that'd be brilliant!

Edited by Rusty Arches on Friday 2nd July 19:16

[V8mate]

h4muf said:

What you need is a dutton phathon (sp).

This.

Though spell it Phaeton and you'll get more search results

[anonymous-user]

surrey7er said:

T' MK is T' built in T'Maltby.
Ee by gum, icky thump etc etc

Right lad, if tha's gonna talk reet proper yorkshire like, then its ecky thump, not icky. Soft southern shandy drinkers, t'lot of em.

Edited by snowy slopes on Friday 2nd July 19:21

[Killer2005]

snowy slopes said:

surrey7er said:

T' MK is T' built in T'Maltby.
Ee by gum, icky thump etc etc

Right lad, if tha's gonna talk reet proper yorkshire like, then its ecky thump, not icky. Soft southern shandy drinkers, t'lot of em.

Edited by snowy slopes on Friday 2nd July 19:21

Got his t's in the wrong place too

[williamp]

Come down south to Leicestershire. We have noble, ultima and fenix down here

[Zad]

Ecky Thump is Lancastrian anyway. Most of what people learn to be Lancastrian is from Coronation Street, where many of the actors are from Yorkshire, or from Emmerdale, where the Dingle family mostly talk with a Lancastrian accent for some unknown reason. No wonder forriners are confused! The comedy 'T' isn't actually voiced as a T but as a glottal stop. As in "Am purrin sum fyooil in 'car". To confuse matters further, around Baarnsley they over-emphasise the T.

Meanwhile, back on subject.. Being the geeky sort, I would go with the DIY fabrication approach. However that still leaves the matter of sourcing the nose cone, mudguards etc. They Yahoo Locost group used to be very good for this stuff, but seems quiet now, presumably moved on to a better and more private forum http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/locost/messa...

[h4muf]

williamp said:

Come down south to Leicestershire. We have noble, ultima and fenix down here

Yeah,loads for a couple of grand,ten a penny