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02GF74

posted on 31/12/09 at 02:20 PM Reply With Quote
some land rover winchy type stuff.

here






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:{THC}:YosamiteSam

posted on 31/12/09 at 02:38 PM Reply With Quote
put an offer in for this

F40

gotta be worth a punt - its all mucky!

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bimbleuk

posted on 1/1/10 at 06:09 AM Reply With Quote
I've just had a crash course in Mazda RX7s as I intend to use one for my next project. Now you won't get a car and LS1 V8 for that sort of money which is what I inend to do. However I bought a non-runner with a worn rotary engine which I'm tempted to have a go at rebuilding. I can do that for less than a £2K budget and possibly end up with a very fast great handling car.

If the engine proves to be beyond economical repair. The car I bought like many others has a lot of bolt on performance goodies. The exhaust system alone on mine, which is made from titanium and worth over a grand, is more than I paid for the car! There's two turbos, the gearbox, engine for parts, leather interior etc. Lots of parts to recoup the cost of the car.

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Nash

posted on 1/1/10 at 10:58 AM Reply With Quote
It seems to me that given your past car history chasing speed is a futile exercise on your current budget.

the 4x4 driving challenge comes in many guises....

GREENLANING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vET5F3JeA

GEOCACHING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G3G-kP4XiY

MUDPLUGGING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWsavxRGAM

WINCHING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItVmSt3u8vw

SAFARI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Tb-Wrn5fI

all throw up real challenges in terms of driving, mental and physical. All vry doable for <£2k

HTH's

.........Neil

[Edited on 1/1/10 by Nash]





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T66

posted on 1/1/10 at 12:23 PM Reply With Quote
If your considering an off roader, heres mine..

Russian , hard as nails, and goes anywhere !


You will have a lot of change from £2000, and the small pleasures of seeing a £20,000 Land Rover struggling off road then you drive it in a Niva and have no problems, Priceless fun !

"Different is good"

PS I have just spent the last 90 mins trying to get it stuck in the worst snow I can find in Northumberland, I failed....











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02GF74

posted on 1/1/10 at 01:12 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by T66


Russian , hard as nails, and goes anywhere !


You will have a lot of change from £2000, and the small pleasures of seeing a £20,000 Land Rover struggling off road then you drive it in a Niva and have no problems, Priceless fun !



hmmm, someone was asking about these recently and they are rather scarce on the ground.






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T66

posted on 1/1/10 at 03:05 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by T66


Russian , hard as nails, and goes anywhere !


You will have a lot of change from £2000, and the small pleasures of seeing a £20,000 Land Rover struggling off road then you drive it in a Niva and have no problems, Priceless fun !



hmmm, someone was asking about these recently and they are rather scarce on the ground.




Reasonably scarce, but parts are easily available in the UK and very very cheap !

Fuel pump = £8

Wheel cylinders = £1 each

Brake shoes £10


Mine has 4x2 box section steel sills to replace all the rot, so good for hi lift jacking and ultra strong.

All interior removed, 2 Cobra bucket seats and thats about it.

great for hauling logs & rubbish


Ive got a 2.0 Fiat twincam in the garage to drop in if I can motivate myself.

Nivas Rock !






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franky

posted on 1/1/10 at 04:26 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by norm007
Now i am looking for something else,needs to have an engine,keep it in the garage to mess with an be fast enough to have fun with.

What do you suggest? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My mate is selling his Nissan/Datsun 240Z, if your interested, he is near York?

Needs a bit of TLC/restoration.


I know someone who would be interested in that, can you u2u me details etc?

Cheers.

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T66

posted on 1/1/10 at 05:17 PM Reply With Quote
Ignore my U2U .......

Its the drink.






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franky

posted on 1/1/10 at 05:37 PM Reply With Quote
Just replied, too much coffee
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