55ant
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 10:50 AM |
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New member / future owner
hello everyone!
i am after my first Kitcar due to a change in circumstances, any advice on this decision is welcome!
im 21 and about to go into my final year at university, i work as a swimming coach and am duty manager of the local leisure centre. i comuted into
university from my dads place but i have moved this summer into my place which is much closer to work and uni, i am a keen triathlete so cycle
everywhere and hardly use my current car now. its a black gen 7 celica, worth about 4.4k,
i have always been massivley into kit cars and have decided now is the time to get one! i am after a locost CEC, idealy 2.0, i simply dont have enough
time to build my own at the moment, i spend enough time in the shed putting race bikes back together!
so what do you guys think about my plan of finding a factory built 2.0 cec in black (yes i know color isnt everything but thats what im after! quite
flexible though)
this would have been perfect (i know the car isnt black but the color is awsome!)
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1060794.htm
cheers for reading!
ant
[Edited on 7/7/09 by 55ant]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 10:59 AM |
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Welcome to the mad house.
Anyone with plans to own a 7 is sound. Good plan.
Mine is very dark blue, 2.0 CEC and up for sale. Just the job for you (on bike carbs too so quite nippy).
You wont find a locost factory built car, the term is used to describe the cars that people build from scratch from a lump of iron ore 1000 miles
below the surface and then beat into box section with a blow torch and toffee hammer..................
You are probs meaning a factory built kit. Dont rule out the home builds, some of us can build to a high standard, comparable to the factories in many
ways.
[Edited on 7/7/09 by DarrenW]
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omega0684
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 11:20 AM |
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welcome, welcome, welcome,
Remember, come to me i get it you cheaper!
that car in the link looks good, make sure you go and view it, great engine too, but im biassed, 
[Edited on 7/7/09 by omega0684]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 05:45 PM |
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Welcome to the forum. Have you ever considered a BEC (Bike Engined Car)? That's 'Motorbike' not 'Pushbike'
Phil
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55ant
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 08:56 PM |
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cheers for the nice comments guys,
yep i have been looking at the bec's but am yet to be swayed! i pretty good at car mechanics and i took a bike engine apart with a friend at uni
who races 400's, wow they cram a lot of stuff into a small space!! just think the 2.0 pinto or zetec is more for me, but feel free to put
forward an argument...
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 08:58 PM |
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Not sure where in Herts you are based but this sunday im pretty sure is the local kitcar meet in Baldock, the club is :
www.sg7kitcars.co.uk
Great bunch, normally 1st sunday of month but the couple that run it were on holiday so i think it was moved to this coming sunday, if its localish to
you, its well worth a trip, i will probably be there among the many
Good oportunity to see a few different types of car before you buy, also lotsof free advice too.
Regards Andy
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55ant
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 09:07 PM |
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ah brilliant, do you know what time as i am working untill 12, im about half hour away in hertford but my dad (and where i used to live) is in royston
so know the area,
ill go and look at the site! cheers, may see you sunday
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 7/7/09 at 09:10 PM |
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Usually between 12 and 2pm, sometimes a bit later if its a good weather day, its at the George 4th pub on way out of baldock towards Stevenage.
If im there, i will be in a green freelander or possibly with a mate in a white mini clubman.
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