What classic car would you love to modify?

What classic car would you love to modify?

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David_Jolly

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2 posts

68 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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I'll start off with a 1990 Audi quattro...

toasty

7,441 posts

219 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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Suzuki Whizzkid

cib24

1,115 posts

152 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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First gen 1978-1985 Mazda RX-7. Swap in a wild peripheral port 13b motor, strip it out, put some slicks on the rear and go drag racing and try to run low 10's with only c.350hp.


geeman237

1,228 posts

184 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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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.

Riley Blue

20,906 posts

225 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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I'm hoping to fit a Rover V8 in this.


mike9009

6,917 posts

242 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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VW Variant with a Subaru or 911 conversion was what first sprung to mind with suitable brakes, suspension etc.

I will give it more thought! smile


Mike

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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Riley Blue said:
I'm hoping to fit a Rover V8 in this.

Sounds sensible, it should fit nicely in the Wolsey/Riley shell.


I once put a Ford 289ci V8 into a Ford Anglia. That was a very bad idea, and appallingly implemented. Not at all sensible.

S2r

660 posts

77 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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I always wanted to do GT6, black, big 5 spokes, twin pipes out the back and some modern 6 cylinder in the front...

Bobo W

761 posts

251 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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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

dandarez

13,244 posts

282 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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Are you ready for this? biggrin


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! hehe

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.





finlo

3,731 posts

202 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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Bobo W said:
I was thinking Triumph Mk2 but with a Stag engine
I've seen a 4x4 Stag engined Mk2 estate.

CAPP0

19,530 posts

202 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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Riley Blue said:
I'm hoping to fit a Rover V8 in this.

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!

healeyneil

296 posts

146 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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I'm nearly finished this 1960 Alpine
Ford 302 V8, 5 speed Tremec box, Scimitar axle etc. Not much Alpine left !

healeyneil

296 posts

146 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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And very sticky tyres, apparently

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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'72 TansAm 455SD
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'70 Camaro RS/SS

Rich G

1,271 posts

217 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Riley Blue said:
I'm hoping to fit a Rover V8 in this.

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... biggrin

P5BNij

15,763 posts

105 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Do it! Martin Buckley of S&SC mag has just such a project on the go, although he's not written about it much. I was tempted to do something similar with my last one back in 2013 but the original engine was so good I didn't bother.

hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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A merc W187 coupe, but done as a sleeper. (Would make a great rod too but that's too obvious, leaving angry zafira dad for dead at the lights while wearing a tweed hat is where it's at)

P5BNij

15,763 posts

105 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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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

4rephill

5,040 posts

177 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Too many if I'm being honest! - And most would be mega expensive to do, but they'd be a blast to drive!

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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! hehe