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80's UVA Fugitive Sandrail, MX-5, IOW, 5K
miskit - 22/8/19 at 09:17 AM

Road legal UVA Fugitive kit car from the 80's, originally Beetle based I upgraded her with an MX5 engine, VW Bus gearbox and IRS Porsche rear suspension - that was almost 2,000 trouble free miles ago - on and off road. Fugitives are now pretty rare.

I love the car but it all works and I am bored! I only have one garage and a new buggy project awaits so she's up for sale.
Fully road legal and correctly registered - even down to the engine swap.

MX5 1.8VVT engine (139HP) + Hayabusa exhausts
002 VW IRS Bus Gearbox
Porsche 944 S2 Alloy IRS arms
Porsche 944 driveshafts
Golf GTI Calipers w/new pads and Porsche Discs on rear
Lexus rad and fans
Oddessy battery
Custom Alloy tank
Audi TT remote open fill cap
Removable Windscreen and wiper
Removable "soft top"













More about the engine build http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/201943/80s-fugitive-sandrail?page=1&scrollTo=2380197

Easy to drive on or off road, the gearing worked out really well with the camper box

MOT'd on the 15/7

Sale price 5K, based on the Isle of Wight.

The gentleman that I met at Stoneleigh looking to buy her in the late summer has first dibs if he contacts me - unfortunately a phone failure has wiped out his messages and number for me to follow up with him!


miskit - 5/6/20 at 08:33 PM

Kept this for fun in the snow - which there wasn't any. Then there wasn't any car sales for obvious reasons
Anyway now it's taxed and I'm enjoying driving it in the sun but a new Jag project and an electric buggy awaits so it needs to go. Could possibly be delivered to Southampton or Portsmouth.

Price dropped to £4,750


dhutch - 10/7/23 at 09:09 PM

Still available?