Classic Car hire.. straw poll.

Hehe - don't mention it! :)

-- Peter

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Except that there's a difference between "cars I quite like" and "cars I'd pay money to hire".

It does.

That doesn't matter.

If it isn't a 120L5, don't bother, especially if you need to do any A road or motorway work.

I loved mine, but it was to low geared for a car of that weight with a

1.2 and 4 speed box. The L5 made motorways a little more bearable and the 130 and above models made it so much easier.

BTW, stick a 136 motor in, and you can use unleaded without any additive. If you use a Favorit motor, I think you need to remove the spigot bearing from the crank end, and fit the bush from the end of the Estelle engine. Then it should bolt in, though you might need the sump and oil pickup from a rapid 136 too, although some people manage with just the spigot bush and carb change. Much better bolted to a 5 speed, although can be stuck on a 4 speed if you want looney acceleration in comparison to standard, but the same top end.

Willy Eckerslyke (oss108no snipped-for-privacy@bangor.ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

TBH, that doesn't "do it" in the same way as the other one did. Don't know quite why, but I just don't want a tank.

Anything will fit with a big enough hammer ;). There's someone putting a T5 in a P1800 in one of the messing with old cars mags.

I spent Aus $440 on an Elise for the weekend. Some of the best fun I've had in a car with my pants on. The only problem is after driving it everything else feels like shit.

Fraser

That sounds like a winner. I was going to buy a Saracen for Aus$17k until the wife put the kybosh on it. Damn.

Fraser