Recent car purchase.
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I got a 1988 Pug 205 XR 1.4 for free from my brother...who got it for something like £50, was in great condition considering they are/were very popular cars., about 125k on the clock, only slight problem was a previous owner had scrapped the side on something, and someone had screwdriverd one of the locks (which was obviously replaced).
Orignal thread here...never did update it, but the problem was the distributor was busted, replaced it and the car was happy to run. I have since pranged it, fixed it and passed it onto one of my many brothers so he can learn to drive/have a car when he passes.
The Polo though, rust free etc. is good, I'm just the sort to pay as little as possible on a small old car, but will pay a lot more on a larger newer car.
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[TW]Fox;12111167 said:
Ditto. £290 for old old old Polo GL is not good money, come on! I was expecting it to have have been £50, £100 if the seller was a wide boy!
Because retro cars are cool.
I love driving retro cars, I hate having all these computer systems, abs, traction control, fancy iron fibre suspension.
Nothing beats an old shed at the end of the day and MK1 polos are good to mod looks wise.
Amen to that
This is why I like my mk2 golf, Feel so much more attached and involved that any new car (well, obviously something like a 911 GT3 RS or whatever it is would be similar, but a tad expensive). So much fun to drive. Every time I go out its like a little adventure
and at £320 I cannot complain. Love doing little projects on it as well, which I otherwise would have the nerve to do on a brand new car 
Ta
Alec
An update here.
Picked up nearly all the parts needed for the engine conversion. Just need to decide if i want to go ahead with the bike carbs or put the effort in and fit a new fuel system.
I'm having a bit of trouble locating a fuel pump needed for the fuel injection conversion. Might just have to wait it out untill i find a donar car someone is breaking.
Although i know of a bike carb setup going for £300, this will include a custom inlet manifold which are very rare and expensive to get made.
Torn between the two options at the moment as they should both output around the same power. Going for the bike carbs is the expensive option, but will make it a fairly unique car and make it sound the ****.
Picked up some nice wheels and some free roof bars aswell.
Picked up nearly all the parts needed for the engine conversion. Just need to decide if i want to go ahead with the bike carbs or put the effort in and fit a new fuel system.
I'm having a bit of trouble locating a fuel pump needed for the fuel injection conversion. Might just have to wait it out untill i find a donar car someone is breaking.
Although i know of a bike carb setup going for £300, this will include a custom inlet manifold which are very rare and expensive to get made.
Torn between the two options at the moment as they should both output around the same power. Going for the bike carbs is the expensive option, but will make it a fairly unique car and make it sound the ****.
Picked up some nice wheels and some free roof bars aswell.
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No I mean whats the rack/bars for? Surely you put the roof-rack on when you need to take something to the tip or buy something from Ikea, but the rest of the time they live in the garage?
haha quality, used to have one of these and although there sheds, they are fun to drive. Although I sold mine for 350 with mint interior and only 30k on the clock, however it had been sitting in a garage for many year, yet it never broke down once in 1 year...