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I’m not patriotic at all, yet the 3 cars I would go out and buy straight away if I won the lottery are all British.
Lotus Esprit GT3
Lotus Elise S2
TVR SagarisI’m not patriotic at all, yet the 3 cars I would go out and buy straight away if I won the lottery are all British.
Lotus Esprit GT3
Lotus Elise S2
TVR SagarisMy first ever car was a Triumph TR6. I conned my parents by saying it would last longer than a Mini as it had a separate chassis! I had a real love/hate relstionship with it. Loved it when it was running properly, hated it when something broke. 34 years on, it’s still in my garage but in need of restoration. Can’t bear to part with it.
My first ever car was a Triumph TR6. I conned my parents by saying it would last longer than a Mini as it had a separate chassis! I had a real love/hate relstionship with it. Loved it when it was running properly, hated it when something broke. 34 years on, it’s still in my garage but in need of restoration. Can’t bear to part with it.
Love TR6’s – but don’t just restore it, improve it. Check out some of these for inspiration… http://www.britishv8.org/Photos-Triumph-Conversions.htm. Especially this one… http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/CalvinGrannis.htm
Love TR6’s – but don’t just restore it, improve it. Check out some of these for inspiration… http://www.britishv8.org/Photos-Triumph-Conversions.htm. Especially this one… http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/CalvinGrannis.htm
Got to be an old mini preferably a mrk2 , would love one also would love to take the engine out and put a motor bike engine in
Got to be an old mini preferably a mrk2 , would love one also would love to take the engine out and put a motor bike engine in
Forget the bike motor — too many problems… only make torque at pretty high RPM’s makes for no fun driving heavier (than a bike) vehicle; no reverse so you have to use some other mechanism to be practical.
Lot’s of modern inline 4-cylinders would fit well. Honda, Nissan, etc. Check out this wild Mini with an Acura motor. http://www.britishv8.org/Other/MarkHeller.htm. Turbo it if the power to weight ratio isn’t enough for you w/o it.
Forget the bike motor — too many problems… only make torque at pretty high RPM’s makes for no fun driving heavier (than a bike) vehicle; no reverse so you have to use some other mechanism to be practical.
Lot’s of modern inline 4-cylinders would fit well. Honda, Nissan, etc. Check out this wild Mini with an Acura motor. http://www.britishv8.org/Other/MarkHeller.htm. Turbo it if the power to weight ratio isn’t enough for you w/o it.
Gotta say, british cars are really hot… Just look at some examples, like McLaren, Morgan (this company makes old-fashoned cars, and I guess it was founded by my very ancient european family) or one of my favorites, the Mini Cooper (Yes, I know that they screwed up with that mini cooper SUV) but you have to addmit that, most renovations, best quality and greater performance (with the exception of McLaren) comes from the rest of europe, particulary from Italy and Germany. These guys really know how to make cars.
Gotta say, british cars are really hot… Just look at some examples, like McLaren, Morgan (this company makes old-fashoned cars, and I guess it was founded by my very ancient european family) or one of my favorites, the Mini Cooper (Yes, I know that they screwed up with that mini cooper SUV) but you have to addmit that, most renovations, best quality and greater performance (with the exception of McLaren) comes from the rest of europe, particulary from Italy and Germany. These guys really know how to make cars.
I have a love / hate relationship.
1st car was a ’68 MGB bought in fall 73, so 4 1/2 years old – taught me a lot about working on cars – both body work and mechanical (,figure I had a 3:1 driving/fixing hours ratio), but a lot of fun driving around with the top down as long as you kept under @ 50 mph (too much noise & buffeting over that). Paid $500 for it, put over $1,000 in parts in it & sold it after 18 months to buy a reliable driver (a 75 Pinto I put 110,000 trouble free miles on that my dad, fed up with my always needing to borrow his car, lent me the money to buy…..). Still miss it & often think of buying another to revisit days gone by…….
In 1999 I bought a Jag 98 XJ8 VDP as an early lease return car. Still have it (my son is currently using it as his University drive) & still think it is one of the nicest looking cars on the road. Like the MG, its been a love/hate relationship. Based on the Jag forums I’m part of, I’m batting 1.000 on the things most likely to go wrong, but as I do my own work the cost hasn’t been horrific & it’s a great car to drive. Once over the gremlins, many due to bleeding edge engineering shared with BMW (lots of interchangeable parts), its been a reliable drive.
On a footnote though. My favourite car of all was a 1985 Saab 900T16
I think that Shaguars are fine automobiles, particular E Types. Rest of the Limey stuff I don’t care much about really. Lotus Elise I think is stellar though and an Espirit like the one Roger Moore drove in the Spy who loved me was a slick autmobile at the time.
To be honest I am not super fond of British cars in general.I can admire there look and heck i wouldn’t mind driving a classic jag at one point but as for owning one I wouldn’t want to. There is a couple notable exceptions to this though. Im putting images into the post to show which i like.
The Morgan 3 Wheeler.
While not nesscarily a car it is a motorcycle but i love these all the same. BSA lightnings
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