RE: SOTW: Ford Prefect
Discussion
MonkeyMatt said:
What a load of crap hahahah! Though to be honest it would make an ideal first car for someone who wants to be a bit different!
Ideal car for a 17yr old senna wannabe! cheap to run no tax not much chance they will get caught speeding either.and if it does und up in a tree I am sure the scrap man will give you a couple of hundred pound in scrap weight....
Faust66 said:
I love it and it’s an interesting choice of shed.
Obviously there will be a lot of posts blathering on about the lack of power this car has etc. but consider this: if you live in a big city and commute everyday, how often do you get to travel above 30 mph?
So, you’ve got free tax, it’ll cost pennies to insure, very little to go wrong with this car and if it does you can fix it yourself with a basic toolkit (or garage bills will be pretty small – no fancy plastic engine covers that take ages to remove here) and the parts should be nice and cheap.
The perfect commuter car?
Or stick a fking great V8 in it and have some fun!
We have a Fiat 500 which is similar in terms of lack of alacrity and it does kind of work like you say but you are left straggling and Cayenne and RRS drivers dont cut you much slack, ditto brakes, now I have sorted the Fiats brakes they are ok but any modern car will pull up a lot quicker, especially in the wet. With a little work to modernise it, could be a fun car but as is it would drive you batst as is daily.Obviously there will be a lot of posts blathering on about the lack of power this car has etc. but consider this: if you live in a big city and commute everyday, how often do you get to travel above 30 mph?
So, you’ve got free tax, it’ll cost pennies to insure, very little to go wrong with this car and if it does you can fix it yourself with a basic toolkit (or garage bills will be pretty small – no fancy plastic engine covers that take ages to remove here) and the parts should be nice and cheap.
The perfect commuter car?
Or stick a fking great V8 in it and have some fun!
And as for the talk of V8's and V6's, doesnt need one, especially an old Essex V6, nothing really needs that wheezy old boat anchor, especially somethign so small, unless you are going for a 70's custom style, for a car of this size those kinds of engines are physically big and probably more torquey than it needs, 170 BHP modern multi valve rev monster is the way to go here, scrap all the crap old suspension and steering and put modern stuff in, four link the back end, stiffen the shell and it could be an excellent B road sleeper.
garypotter said:
MonkeyMatt said:
What a load of crap hahahah! Though to be honest it would make an ideal first car for someone who wants to be a bit different!
Ideal car for a 17yr old senna wannabe! cheap to run no tax not much chance they will get caught speeding either.and if it does und up in a tree I am sure the scrap man will give you a couple of hundred pound in scrap weight....
gmh23 said:
For those talking about putting a V6/V8 in it, is it really a wise idea making a car that does 0-60 in 32 seconds into a sub 8-second car without changing anything else on it?
Please tell me you don't really think any one would actually do that.Anybody who has ever got their hands dirty on a modified car understands the huge amount of work that goes into a transplant, it doesn't end with the engine. My '36 Austin has four times the power it left the factory with - it sits on a boxed and strengthened chassis and runs Jaguar suspension and brakes and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Slammed, black-boarded and text speak advert.
Each attribute capable of putting me off a car in it's own right.
I can understand the original reason for matt black was to avoid the expense of spray painting a tatty old wreck but get really disapponted when people do it to otherwise good cars because they actually want the rat look.
Each attribute capable of putting me off a car in it's own right.
I can understand the original reason for matt black was to avoid the expense of spray painting a tatty old wreck but get really disapponted when people do it to otherwise good cars because they actually want the rat look.
The Danimal said:
That advert is a perfect example of the failings of today's education system... unless it's supposed to be ironic - in which case, it's brilliant.
I could never buy a car from an ad like that! I'm not saying all ads have to be in the best English ever, but I think it is best they don't leave you wanting to drown the author.
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