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; Depending on how tall you are you might find a midget a bit restrictive. My wife had one for a year as a daily driver and with the hardtop we put on for the winter it was extremely reliable and practical (she only had to drive 5 miles on country lanes). All I had to do was service it and change a couple of bits such as the front shocks and a headlight... mind you someone else had done all the body work on it and resprayed it. She really liked it but I thought it was too small.
My favourite is the gt6. I've never had one but I'd quite like one as an every day car.
>> Edited by dern on Friday 6th January 10:53
My favourite is the gt6. I've never had one but I'd quite like one as an every day car.
>> Edited by dern on Friday 6th January 10:53
Alpineandy said:
Are you a spanner head / Welder or do you have to pay-out for others to do this (like I have to!)?
What range of age are you looking for (nothing newer than ...)?
Certainly no spanner head! I'm a pay and wait bloke.
Looking at something from the early 70's, probably an MG roadster.
Well having just put a gt6 back together (see profile), I can say they are fun to drive and easy to fix, parts are available easily and serviceing is very easy. I would change the oil every 3k or so, but 6k would be ok. I have also owned a mk3 midget in the past these are just as easy to work on except the front suspension, parts are easy to find, same for oil changes as gt6. Any one of these will make an easy to own classic. but buy the best you can find and they will need more servicing than a modern car
I ran a GT6 as my everyday car for five years and it let me down only twice. And I hardly ever serviced it. 
Rust is the enemy but only if you let it get hold (mine was riddled when I bought it so I became quite friendly with people who owned their own MIG gear).
GT6s are great actually - I'd very happily have another, even though I'm well over 6' I felt less cramped in that the wife's 328.
Rust is the enemy but only if you let it get hold (mine was riddled when I bought it so I became quite friendly with people who owned their own MIG gear).
GT6s are great actually - I'd very happily have another, even though I'm well over 6' I felt less cramped in that the wife's 328.
For some strange reason I've always fancied a ford anglia. Fit a zetec and some nice wheels and it would be a very nice car I think.
I'd certainly make sure you pick a car with an established upgrade path though just in case you want to fiddle with it in the future. PPC is a good mag for that kind of caper. There's a guy with an mgbgt that he's about to put a 2 litre turbo'd rover engine in.
I'd certainly make sure you pick a car with an established upgrade path though just in case you want to fiddle with it in the future. PPC is a good mag for that kind of caper. There's a guy with an mgbgt that he's about to put a 2 litre turbo'd rover engine in.
Hardtop - GT6
Softop - Spitfire or GT6 with the Spitfire body (it fits straight on apart from the bonnet which needs a bump for the bigger engine).
Parts are stupidly cheap for these cars, my bro got a bonnet for his Spit for £0.99 off Ebay, does all the servicing himself (you can sit on the wheel and tinker with the engine which helps...), all you need is a decent toolkit.
Softop - Spitfire or GT6 with the Spitfire body (it fits straight on apart from the bonnet which needs a bump for the bigger engine).
Parts are stupidly cheap for these cars, my bro got a bonnet for his Spit for £0.99 off Ebay, does all the servicing himself (you can sit on the wheel and tinker with the engine which helps...), all you need is a decent toolkit.
I read an article about a business that rented out MG-B and similar cars, according to the article it was a reasonably good business. I think this was in MG World (much missed), but not certain. Apparently the customers did not abuse or wreck the cars.
I don't know enough about your exact area to comment on the viability of doing it there, you will definitely need a mechanic of sorts on staff to take care of the cars. You would be of more use to your own business if you learned to do at least oil changes, etc.
Probably you can take them off the road for major servicing and repairs during the winter. If you keep them off salted roads you should be OK and the maintenance should not eat up all your profits.
I don't know enough about your exact area to comment on the viability of doing it there, you will definitely need a mechanic of sorts on staff to take care of the cars. You would be of more use to your own business if you learned to do at least oil changes, etc.
Probably you can take them off the road for major servicing and repairs during the winter. If you keep them off salted roads you should be OK and the maintenance should not eat up all your profits.
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