So I gave myself a £2k budget to get a car to convert to a track and in time a race car.
I looked at track cars around £2k but they are pretty rough at that price point so decided to buy a road car and build my own, plus I love a good project!
Found a cheap one listed on eBay with a couple of faults so fell in my budget, drove across the country to near Liverpool, car was well serviced but the guy that owned it had tried to prep it for sale and failed miserably.
It was often dropping into limp mode and anything above 55mph and the car would unpredictable steer itself - I’ve drove some dodgy cars in my time but it was quite unnerving!
Wheels/brakes and even tyres were all hand painted - shocking!
Front grills and door handles clearly painted by Stevie Wonder.
So I bought it but haggled down there price accordingly and had a long 50mph drive home.
Pics from when I bought it.
Then finally home next to the other toys
I looked at track cars around £2k but they are pretty rough at that price point so decided to buy a road car and build my own, plus I love a good project!
Found a cheap one listed on eBay with a couple of faults so fell in my budget, drove across the country to near Liverpool, car was well serviced but the guy that owned it had tried to prep it for sale and failed miserably.
It was often dropping into limp mode and anything above 55mph and the car would unpredictable steer itself - I’ve drove some dodgy cars in my time but it was quite unnerving!
Wheels/brakes and even tyres were all hand painted - shocking!
Front grills and door handles clearly painted by Stevie Wonder.
So I bought it but haggled down there price accordingly and had a long 50mph drive home.
Pics from when I bought it.
Then finally home next to the other toys