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i need some help choosing a car for my son. He's 15 at the moment but he wants to be a mechanical engineer so i thought no better way to practise then get him used to the nuts and bolts on a car so i said to him if he wanted to restore a car with me and he agreed to the idea. Now i want it to last roughly 2-3 years making it that when we finish he will be bale to drive it. That comes onto the question "What car?" now I've been looking and he says he doesn't really want a mini or Land rover. So that made me come here. This is what he is looking for:
fast but not to fast it makes the insurance expensive
doesn't have to go fast just, so it looks fast
something which won't make him look like his family are still in the 60's
and he's thinking of putting chrome bumpers
respray the original colour to something on a rally car
rally lights
(his uncle has a lot of rally cars and races them, so thats where he gets his inspiration from)
he also likes the look of Porsche but i didn't know about the engine as my wife had one and she said it broke down a lot
i thought of the Triumph spitfire,Triumph stag,Ford escort mexico,Triumph GT6 Mk3,Fiat 500L (but with this he said he couldn't make it "rally")
if you can help me out that would be great
fast but not to fast it makes the insurance expensive
doesn't have to go fast just, so it looks fast
something which won't make him look like his family are still in the 60's
and he's thinking of putting chrome bumpers
respray the original colour to something on a rally car
rally lights
(his uncle has a lot of rally cars and races them, so thats where he gets his inspiration from)
he also likes the look of Porsche but i didn't know about the engine as my wife had one and she said it broke down a lot
i thought of the Triumph spitfire,Triumph stag,Ford escort mexico,Triumph GT6 Mk3,Fiat 500L (but with this he said he couldn't make it "rally")
if you can help me out that would be great
if you want to do it on the cheap and keep it mechanically simple a metro and fit a 6r4 body kit
then if your feeling brave you can shove an alfa V6 in the back
http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Bodykits/Metro_6R4/metro...
then if your feeling brave you can shove an alfa V6 in the back
http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Bodykits/Metro_6R4/metro...
Dave Hedgehog said:
if you want to do it on the cheap and keep it mechanically simple a metro and fit a 6r4 body kit
then if your feeling brave you can shove an alfa V6 in the back
http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Bodykits/Metro_6R4/metro...
i want it to look nice and be able to sell it on in the furute so it won't be "cheap" my budget is £15,000then if your feeling brave you can shove an alfa V6 in the back
http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Bodykits/Metro_6R4/metro...
That is quite a good budget! What cars does his uncle have? It could be handy for spares/shared knowledge.
Is the idea to make it look like a rally car? Or to be an actual rally car? Why not look at what sort of cars are at local rally events and make a car to enter the event in?
The 500L can look pretty racy in Abarth form.
My choice would be a Land Rover.
Is the idea to make it look like a rally car? Or to be an actual rally car? Why not look at what sort of cars are at local rally events and make a car to enter the event in?
The 500L can look pretty racy in Abarth form.
My choice would be a Land Rover.
Edited by Craikeybaby on Tuesday 15th July 17:23
Lancia Fulvia? This one is already done http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C485573
Perhaps you can find a car that needs rescuing...
Perhaps you can find a car that needs rescuing...
Craikeybaby said:
That is quite a good budget! What cars does his uncle have? It could be handy for spares/shared knowledge.
Is the idea to make it look like a rally car? Or to be an actual rally car? Why not look at what sort of cars are at local rally events and make a car to enter the event in?
The 500L can look pretty racy in Abarth form.
My choice would be a Land Rover.
he has a ford escort mk2 rally Is the idea to make it look like a rally car? Or to be an actual rally car? Why not look at what sort of cars are at local rally events and make a car to enter the event in?
The 500L can look pretty racy in Abarth form.
My choice would be a Land Rover.
Edited by Craikeybaby on Tuesday 15th July 17:23
citroen rally car
3 porsche's
1 from 1970's
1 from 1980's and new porsche GT3 RS
he wants it to look like a rally car but i said to him we could get ( for example ) a escort Mk2 and make it look like one and then when he's older and insurance is a bit cheaper then we can add parts which will make it more of a rally car !!!
A Ginetta G15 could be ideal. Quick, agile, easy to work on, small, appreciating, rare, cool, etc
https://www.google.com/search?q=ginetta+g15&tb...
https://www.google.com/search?q=ginetta+g15&tb...
cemsmith said:
i need some help choosing a car for my son. He's 15 at the moment
cemsmith said:
fast but not to fast it makes the insurance expensive
cemsmith said:
he has a ford escort mk2 rally
citroen rally car
3 porsche's
1 from 1970's
1 from 1980's and new porsche GT3 RS
What a fortunate lad he is!citroen rally car
3 porsche's
1 from 1970's
1 from 1980's and new porsche GT3 RS
SV8Predator said:
cemsmith said:
i need some help choosing a car for my son. He's 15 at the moment
cemsmith said:
fast but not to fast it makes the insurance expensive
cemsmith said:
he has a ford escort mk2 rally
citroen rally car
3 porsche's
1 from 1970's
1 from 1980's and new porsche GT3 RS
What a fortunate lad he is!citroen rally car
3 porsche's
1 from 1970's
1 from 1980's and new porsche GT3 RS
cemsmith said:
i need some help choosing a car for my son. He's 15 at the moment but he wants to be a mechanical engineer so i thought no better way to practise then get him used to the nuts and bolts on a car so i said to him if he wanted to restore a car with me and he agreed to the idea.
Does he want to be a mechanical engineer or a mechanic? Two totally different things, like trying to help someone become a chef by getting them to wash the dishes.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff