time to tart up the soggy old waterbed.

You are completely insane.

For KYBs you are looking at =A3240+springs for an Alfa 75. Not much less=20 than for mine if I want KYBs.

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But I got a set of Konis for the rear and Gabriel gas shocks for the front for less than £100, incl. the rear springs.

Not really, what am I going to find for =A32kish that is as bulletproof=20 engine/box wise, with a nice V8, electric everything, and so bodily=20 solid. This won't need any time in the welders. Just drive it.

Really, truly people sit in it/get a lift in it and immediatly start=20 asking mileage question and running costs, and don't seem scared off by=20 the answers.

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It isn't leggy, not for the platform. Double that is normal, treble that is leggy.

Not really, what am I going to find for £2kish that is as bulletproof engine/box wise, with a nice V8, electric everything, and so bodily solid. This won't need any time in the welders. Just drive it.

--------------------------------------------------- SD1 ;)

That's why you need to spend so much on replacement suspension bits, then.....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the mileage is a bit 'uncertain', isn't it?

- due to lack of history.

Yadda yadda... our KA cost £450 in January, and has been 'properly reliable' since.

But he wants a car :-)

My front springs are £300 *each* from Renault. The rears are more expensive. And no one makes pattern parts :-) Cheapest other option is coilovers, starting at £1200 :-) And going up to £2k depending what you want.

To be fair, when I sat in it, it *really* didn't look like a 100k mile car even, let alone a 200k mile one.

To be fair, though - yours is a pretty much handbuilt, very limited edition, race car, not a 15 year old Toyota.

In sweden in the place they now make Volvo Cabriolets :-)

I wouldn't go telling people about that connection.

You mean bodies of the rival pimps you busted a 9 in the ass of last week? (c:

One thing about the MX-5 is that I don't think I'd manage to make a career out of serial killing with it as my only car.

Dan could take up shoe theft. 2 at a time anyway:

The factory was owned by TWR then :-) Apparently every Mk1 had a build log with it, that catalogued every single part, with it's serial number, and who fitted it.

like restoring an Italian fridge you mean?

TBH it doesn't sound like it's a stupid amount to spend - and some of it potentially counts as modding anyway, which is a whole different budget.

cheers, clive

You mean the Italian Fridge that's a long-term 'keeper' [1] as a classic car that only sees a handful of mountain runs and track days each year?

Completely different situation.

and bodily solid?

roomy!