They are ragtops. Too revvy for my taste and same price as an Elise. Bit more practical though.
This is possibly may favourite so far
On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:36:43 +0000, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:
I thought the fiats looked rather pretty. dunno what they're like to drive, or anything.
Personally, for cuteness, I prefer the frogeye sprite to the later spridget.
"Not a project" almost certainly blocks off the kit-car option, but you are looking in the territory they cover. Lotus 7 styling, or just about anything. Wasn't there something in one of the Landie mags about somebody who'd put a '30s-style open tourer body onto a Series chassis?
I've seen one of those, a few years gone. Bentley 3-litre Green Label lookalike on a 109" SIII V8 chassis. It didn't look bad at all - very nicely finished - though the bulge of the diff on the front axle looked - odd - stuck out in front, and the centre gearchange made it a bit tight in the front (to the eye, anyway).
Doubt if it'd fit into the planned budget, though.
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