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RioVerde
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With tax and everything going up was looking at pre 1972 cars that are cheap to run,reliable and cheap to buy etc,and have something a bit different?
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pre 1972 as tax exempt
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dont think anything that age will be 100% reliable no matter how good it is.

Why not just get a cheap to run modern car if cheap running costs are all you want?

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
Carl Gillespie
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japenese...

...datsun if you dare...
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a beetle? or mini? probably quite expensive to buy mind.
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but apart from tax running cost on those will be just as much if not more then a modern car

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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1969 Mustang FTW

Disregarding the cheapness.

For cheapness, Austin allegro.

[Edited on 22-03-2008 by 16V_1600]
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allegro is the biggest false advertisment ever used in motoring

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Fiat 500
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viva ftw
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl Gillespie
viva ftw




Dad used to have one:
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
allegro is the biggest false advertisment ever used in motoring


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Mg midget ftw!

My mate in the classic car club has one never has any problems with it,awesome car imo
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quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk
Mg midget ftw!

My mate in the classic car club has one never has any problems with it,awesome car imo


My mum had one of these, an MGB GT 1979. To this day she wished she still had it!
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mk1 Escort ftw
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viva with c20xe
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quote:
Originally posted by RioVerde
viva with c20xe


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quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600
quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk
Mg midget ftw!

My mate in the classic car club has one never has any problems with it,awesome car imo


My mum had one of these, an MGB GT 1979. To this day she wished she still had it!


Mgb gt is the Hatchback version,the midget is convertible.

I just love the midget for sum reason,first time i went in one ii was 13 and loved them ever since,if my garage wasnt full of junk i would of bought one ages ago
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I also remember wanting a Triumph TR7 and a Fiat X/19 when I passed my test at 17 in '99
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quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600


I also remember wanting a Triumph TR7 and a Fiat X/19 when I passed my test at 17 in '99


Fiat x19 i always thought the door handles on them where ugly and the plastic bit behind the back window,vent thing is it? was damn ugly lol..otherwise their nice cars

[Edited on 22-03-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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a mate of mine had viva about two years ago. resprayed in rio verde with roystyles. looked the dogs but it was rotted to hell.
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Fiat 500


yeahhhhhh
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MK1 Escorts.

I've and it was alright on the petrol, plus the X-Flow was rock solid and easy as pie to fix if anything did go wrong . . . plus cheap as chips for parts

[Edited on 22-03-2008 by baldyGL]
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stuff the viva how about a frenza now theirs a cool car

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