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I've a spare ~everything~ lyin' around here to screw together a fresh Lotus 1600 TC... anybody know of an old, free Ford Fiesta lyin' about wot needs a good home???
nahh.. gotta be a Ford. Kent engine ~should~ fit, with th' right amount of judicious nobblin'... One of the early BOXY numbers, all goober'd up with bondo an' suchlike would be ideal. Or mebbe a "razzle-dazzle" paint-scheme like the WWI battleships... mehheh. An' a BIG ol' dump-tube out th' back you could reach thru to check th' exhaust valves if'n yer arms were long enuff....
"WAZZAT?!?!"
"...oh, jus' some li'l tin shitebox I slapped together with some old parts I had lyin' about..."
There was an Orange Fiesta in Hot Rod Magazine many years ago.It had a Corvette engine,also Corvette wheels.
the guy did a real clen job of it,though I don't know how well it handled.
Think Anglia. 1700 pounds, and it should bolt in. And as an added bonus, the drive wheels are on the correct end of the car. If you found the typical scabby looking car you could add to your income embarrasing ricers.
A friend who went to school up at Stevens did just that back inna day... clapped out Anglia with a Lotus TC. Monster little car, UGLY as home-made shite, but wicked quick.
And Kenny, that is the box I thought of first. Rather have an Escort Mexico: it works like the Anglia, but that ain't likely.
Toyota Starlet, about the same size, maybe smaller. Ugly as sin, dirt cheap, and pre 84 cars were RWD. I saw a guy at Englishtown drags a few summers back running a Starlet with a Chevy LT1 in it, he was pullin wheelies.
One of these days after I get all my regular beaters running good, I'd love to build a beater buzz box like this.
Maybe even something as extreme as a honda s2000 240hp I4 with the 6-speed stuffed in a Yugo or a LeCar or some other little piece o crap box. Rust showing, duct tape holding the rear lid down and all. Would be very funny!
Lets see... If the Alfa was running, I could enter it right now in the GRM 2006! I came in just under budget! Might enven be able to fix it if I sell the extra electric window unit you included (the old one works fine, somethings not hooked up between the switch and the door). /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
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