Vintage British cars anyone?

[Nirvweezer]

anybody like them? i do my dad has a 73' TR6 its very nice id post pics but its all put away for the winter.

I want to get a 73 or later GT6 and throw a triple stromberg setup in it..modern suspension and maybe some good racing seats...should be a fun ride


if your interested what kinda british cars do you like or own?

[XA04]

i don't like em

[midyxadryl]

i dont know if its vintage....but ive always wanted a Ford Sierra RS500. we have something similar in appearance to it in America called the Merkur XR4Ti, but its rear wheel drive with a turbo'd 4 banger. theyre a dime a dozen here....but in the right hands can be turned into somehting short of a rocket ship .

[Afterburner]

Austin Healey Sprite...1967-1969. Take the top down and buzz around town...

Edit: Austins are the same as MG's

[Arctirus]

My boss is always fixing up old triumphs and sunbeams. He used to drive a rusted out sunbeam to work that made your hole car smell if you were unfortunate enough to get stuck behind him. Now he's got a tr8 and a tr6 that work and about 5 more at home in pieces. I must say, the tr8 is actually kind of nice looking.

[bete]

I had a Sunbeam Tiger back in the day. Poor mans Cobra.
Sold it to buy a sedan when the kids came along...*sigh*.

[Susquehannock]

A friend of mine was into Brit cars for some time.
TR7, TR8, and MG Midget convertibles. Fun cars but they were forever
having electrical problems.

[_dangtx_]

i like sport cars in general,as well as traditional minis (im a big guy,dun fit in em lol)

[dawp]

i have a '76 tr7,dad has a '69 gt6 so it kinda runs in the family.would like to get a tr3 thou.

[RaptorX]

A friend of mine was into Brit cars for some time.
TR7, TR8, and MG Midget convertibles. Fun cars but they were forever
having electrical problems.

TR7's are absolute rust buckets too

The only oldish car i'd ever buy would be an XJS if I could afford to run it

[midyxadryl]

my brother had a sunbeam as his first car. it was pretty cool. he got it for free from our neighbor across the street. wasnt in great shape...pretty rusty actually, but it was pretty neat. my favorite thing about the sunbeam is that you can wedge a smallblock ford between the fenders

[Rickikaye69]

Ford escort RS cosworths are sweet.
Jap cars are my fav though.

[midyxadryl]

Ford escort RS cosworths are sweet.

yeah those are bad ass....i wonder why they never brought them to the states. they would have a hell of a market....same as the STi and Mitsubishi Evo. ive always loved the British escorts, sierras, sapphires, and mondeos. wonder why ford dont bring them out here?

[Rickikaye69]

My mums boyfriend has a mondeo, have it if you want it, 130bhp and heavy as hell, slow POS.
My sisters dad just bought a subaru WRX STi 2004 320BHP in august. Brand new from the dealers for 21k, •••• me it's fast. We had 170mph out of it with some left. Gears seem like they are short but they really aint.
Lovely subaru blue with gold alloys, and a few weeks later he curbed them. fu(k.

[midyxadryl]

My mums boyfriend has a mondeo, have it if you want it, 130bhp and heavy as hell, slow POS.
My sisters dad just bought a subaru WRX STi 2004 320BHP in august. Brand new from the dealers for 21k, •••• me it's fast. We had 170mph out of it with some left. Gears seem like they are short but they really aint.
Lovely subaru blue with gold alloys, and a few weeks later he curbed them. fu(k.

yeah mondeos are heavy....the american equivalent to the mondeo is the ford contour. the SVT contour is 200hp, but its still a brick because its heavy. i like the way they look though.