What classic car would you love to modify?
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A couple spring to mind for me. Assuming money is not an issue, and its actually feasible.
1) Reliant Scimitar with Nissan 350/370Z running gear (manual). Completely redone interior with all the nasty plastic dash gone, but still retro gauges and switch gear. Not overtly modernized. Air con.
2) Triumph 2000/2500 Mk2 with a straight six BMW engine of some sort, manual or auto. Keep the interior as stock as possible. I think the engine swap has been done before.
About 200-250bhp would be plenty to eat up the miles and have some fun with.
1) Reliant Scimitar with Nissan 350/370Z running gear (manual). Completely redone interior with all the nasty plastic dash gone, but still retro gauges and switch gear. Not overtly modernized. Air con.
2) Triumph 2000/2500 Mk2 with a straight six BMW engine of some sort, manual or auto. Keep the interior as stock as possible. I think the engine swap has been done before.
About 200-250bhp would be plenty to eat up the miles and have some fun with.
geeman237 said:
A couple spring to mind for me. Assuming money is not an issue, and its actually feasible.
1) Reliant Scimitar with Nissan 350/370Z running gear (manual). Completely redone interior with all the nasty plastic dash gone, but still retro gauges and switch gear. Not overtly modernized. Air con.
2) Triumph 2000/2500 Mk2 with a straight six BMW engine of some sort, manual or auto. Keep the interior as stock as possible. I think the engine swap has been done before.
About 200-250bhp would be plenty to eat up the miles and have some fun with.
I was thinking Triumph Mk2 but with a Stag engine 1) Reliant Scimitar with Nissan 350/370Z running gear (manual). Completely redone interior with all the nasty plastic dash gone, but still retro gauges and switch gear. Not overtly modernized. Air con.
2) Triumph 2000/2500 Mk2 with a straight six BMW engine of some sort, manual or auto. Keep the interior as stock as possible. I think the engine swap has been done before.
About 200-250bhp would be plenty to eat up the miles and have some fun with.
Are you ready for this?
I ran a Ginetta G15 for 10 years in the late 70s then 80s. I used to think I'd 'modified' it (well, running a car knee-high to a bus tyre you had to!).
Nah. It wasn't. Well, not compared to this one!
I know the owner won't mind me posting pics, as it's a fabulous job (not to everyone's tastes I grant you) but as modding a classic sports car goes, this has to be to the extreme!
It has a 930cc supercharged engine with Nitrous, running through fuel injection.
Ride height is 'aired out' (as the kids would say) - ie: it has air suspension fitted so running height is a normal usable level! Pure road use, nothing else.
I ran a Ginetta G15 for 10 years in the late 70s then 80s. I used to think I'd 'modified' it (well, running a car knee-high to a bus tyre you had to!).
Nah. It wasn't. Well, not compared to this one!
I know the owner won't mind me posting pics, as it's a fabulous job (not to everyone's tastes I grant you) but as modding a classic sports car goes, this has to be to the extreme!
It has a 930cc supercharged engine with Nitrous, running through fuel injection.
Ride height is 'aired out' (as the kids would say) - ie: it has air suspension fitted so running height is a normal usable level! Pure road use, nothing else.
Riley Blue said:
I always wanted to drop an RV8 into a Dolomite Sprint. Should slot in OK. I once came close to assembling the various vehicles but it never happened.I'm about to embark on a 3.9i into a Defender, but that's not quite classic territory in the theme of this thread!
Riley Blue said:
David. Just be sure that you don't end up having to cut the monocoque or you'll be in BIVA territory! Had a Wolseley 1500 that I was planning to drop a NA 2-litre T-series from a Rover 220Si into (turbo version from a Tomcat would be interesting too). Had to sell it due to health issues; but I will have another one someday.What colour is that blue by the way? Really suits the car...
Always fancied doing a proper 'upmarket' job on one of my Minis, by that I mean really going to town on it like the one off Bertone Cooper S of 1966, with my Jap Mini auto in dry dock it could be on the cards, especially after paying a visit to a newly discovered Mini guru near Market Harborough last week to have a look at some of his work...
Edited by P5BNij on Saturday 21st July 15:24
Too many if I'm being honest! - And most would be mega expensive to do, but they'd be a blast to drive!
Then we have (again, all with suitably uprated brakes):
Fiat X1/9 with a Ferrari Dino 2.4 V6 fitted
FIAT X1/9 with an Alfa Romeo 3.2 V6 fitted (It's been done by someone else, and the rear end didn't seem to sit quite right as the rear end was too high)
Ferrari 348 with an F40 power train (Just because it would be a tad mental!)
A road going BMW E9 racing "batmobile" lookalike, with the big box arches (not a genuine E9 batmobile though! - A modified 3.0 CSA/CSI), fitted with the latest M5 twin turbo V8 engine/drive train/brakes.
BMW E24 6 series with the latest M5 twin turbo V8 engine/drive train/brakes fitted (kept looking as standard as possible)
Sacrilege to many I'm sure, but if you found the right, unloved cars that have been abandoned, then I'm sure it would be better than just letting them rust away.
And one I would really love to do if money were no object:
Find a Ferrari 250 GTE that has had its chassis/drive train removed to make a GTO replica, and make a bespoke chassis for it that allows it to run a full Ferrari 599 drive train/suspension/brake set up, complete with manual gearbox, so that it looks as much as possible like a 1960's Ferrari still, but underneath it's a modern car with plenty of performance - Far better than simply scrapping the body off due to a lack of the original chassis.
It's been done with American V8's in the states, but if money were no object, I'd want it to be all Ferrari still.
God help Me if I ever win the big Euro lottery jackpot!
anonymous said:
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Have weighed up the very same thing: A P5b with a Chevy LS9 engine shoe-horned into it (with suitable brakes and suspension of course!)Then we have (again, all with suitably uprated brakes):
Fiat X1/9 with a Ferrari Dino 2.4 V6 fitted
FIAT X1/9 with an Alfa Romeo 3.2 V6 fitted (It's been done by someone else, and the rear end didn't seem to sit quite right as the rear end was too high)
Ferrari 348 with an F40 power train (Just because it would be a tad mental!)
A road going BMW E9 racing "batmobile" lookalike, with the big box arches (not a genuine E9 batmobile though! - A modified 3.0 CSA/CSI), fitted with the latest M5 twin turbo V8 engine/drive train/brakes.
BMW E24 6 series with the latest M5 twin turbo V8 engine/drive train/brakes fitted (kept looking as standard as possible)
Sacrilege to many I'm sure, but if you found the right, unloved cars that have been abandoned, then I'm sure it would be better than just letting them rust away.
And one I would really love to do if money were no object:
Find a Ferrari 250 GTE that has had its chassis/drive train removed to make a GTO replica, and make a bespoke chassis for it that allows it to run a full Ferrari 599 drive train/suspension/brake set up, complete with manual gearbox, so that it looks as much as possible like a 1960's Ferrari still, but underneath it's a modern car with plenty of performance - Far better than simply scrapping the body off due to a lack of the original chassis.
It's been done with American V8's in the states, but if money were no object, I'd want it to be all Ferrari still.
God help Me if I ever win the big Euro lottery jackpot!
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