Hi all, so I did a middy locost-like thingy a while back, maybe some of you saw it, anyhow, here's the other project that's been far cheaper
than the locost was:
Bought for $500, after it sat around for 15-20 years:
And now, as I finally drove it last week, still an ugly bastard of a car, but I like ugly bastards, and would call it almost complete. About $700, and
a bunch of hours later, here it is, a grand total of $1200:
Note the exhaust is the one with the muffler, the headers-only were just temporary...only thing left is some more work on getting the bonnet usable
(obviously it was a serious mess).
That's all...
Nice 
Good luck finishing it off. Im sure we will all love to see the finished result!
That’s a great car, those wheels made me laugh there so wide
Quite a substantial cage and must have cost quite a bit. I'd love to see it once finished.
Those wheels are completely bonkers , not to mention that engine in such a lightweight car. Should be a lot of fun, if a bit of a handfull.
Did you ever finish the midi bodywork?
Very cool
but the weldeding on the roll cage looks like someone has puked the filler material on!
Looks like it used to be a Healey Sprite....... (many moons ago 
) a bit more poke than with the old A series
Nice,
Reminds me of the old Benson & Hedges advert with the p!ss take of the Mini with extra wide wheels which got ripped of when he tried to drive
though a gate? 
There was a guy on your side of the pond did something similar in the sixties; small block injected Chevy and drive train in a space frame chassis,
with shortened back axle so that he could fit a Frog Eyed Sprite body on it. You couldn't tell it was non standard unless you looked at the back
end.
He used to delight in tailgating Mustangs, Sting Rays etc and when they were flat out he would flash his headlights at them and then change up and
overtake them.
What a blast!
I used to work with a guy that had a Frog that he painted red with yellow wheels because he wanted it to look like Noddy's.
[Edited on 10/4/07 by Confused but excited.]
There's also been Jag V12 transplants and a few RX7 rotaries fitted over the years.
The current favourite over here seems to be k-series.
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Originally posted by Catpuss
Nice,
Reminds me of the old Benson & Hedges advert with the p!ss take of the Mini with extra wide wheels which got ripped of when he tried to drive though a gate?
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Originally posted by TGR-ECOSSE
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Originally posted by Catpuss
Nice,
Reminds me of the old Benson & Hedges advert with the p!ss take of the Mini with extra wide wheels which got ripped of when he tried to drive though a gate?
Think it was an anglia and it was Carlos Fandango wheels.
Sacrilege! That's all I got to say.
Deffo an anglia, still one of my fav adverts after all these years.
Its looking good! Not sure about the sacrilege - no one was ever going to restore that one to stock. I'd say this is a good use of it.