bobapple Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Well I am hopefully persuading my dad and brother to go in with me on a track toy. As of recently my dad has been selling a lot of stuff including his tourer caravan which he kept in a decent size garage at the back of his house (he is now getting a static at least it's another caravan off the road ). So he is left with an empty decent size garage, now I know he has wanted to build a kit car but really cant see him undertaking it. So after a day out at Oulton park, in Chris's monstrous Skyline, I also got taken out in a MX5 which I was quite impressed by, which I thought at the time this would be a good beginner level track day car. Now I hear about my dad selling up and kit car, and as soon as I do I am saying track car . So I had a quick look on autotrader and you can get a good first gen mx5 for £1500 before haggle, so all I have to do is persuade them between 3 of us it's not going to be mega money. I thought at first full service, belts fluid etc, rip out everything fit rollcage, harness and a good geo setup. Set up electric fans on switch to allow to keep on after shut. Also everything we rip out can be sold on ebay to pull money back. So keep your fingers crossed for me peeps, I think this is a better idea for my dad as at least he will get to enjoy it rather than swearing at parts in a garage for many years to come. Thanks for reading. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Sounds good to me. I'd love to have a fun cheap track car. All the better if you can share costs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Buy a ready done race MX-5, it'll be cheaper, trust me..... This was at Oulton at the weekend, and is very tidy, A lot more than say £3k, but a pukka factory built racer ready to run in a nice friendly northern series, or a reliable track day car. http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/37389/Vectra_Challange_Car.html It's quite a cheap car, IMO, with a useful spares package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobapple Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Buy a ready done race MX-5, it'll be cheaper, trust me..... This was at Oulton at the weekend, and is very tidy, A lot more than say £3k, but a pukka factory built racer ready to run in a nice friendly northern series, or a reliable track day car. http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/37389/Vectra_Challange_Car.html It's quite a cheap car, IMO, with a useful spares package. Honestly mate I don't know if my powers of persuasion would stretch that far , it is a very good deal for what you get, but I was hoping to use the stripping down part of the car as a replacement of him getting a kit car, also keeping the engine as simple as we can so he can work on it as he know quite a bit of stuff but he is still limited to what he can do (though he will probably tell you otherwise ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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