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It’s missing many, many cylinders.

Dave!

Lincoln zephyr

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:46 am It’s missing many, many cylinders.

Dave!

but...but Officine Ferrari has got to be worth a few

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:37 am
There aren’t many affordable, relatively speaking, manual V12 cars about.

Dave!

Wow, that comes as a massive surprise

Maybe the best bet would be to get a Jag with an auto and budget in a few grand for a conversion?

You can get an off the shelf bellhousing for putting a T56 on it.

integrale_evo wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:43 am

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:37 am
There aren’t many affordable, relatively speaking, manual V12 cars about.

Dave!

Wow, that comes as a massive surprise

Well I thought over 40 years of relatively modern vehicles there would be more than you can count on your fingers.

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:56 pm I was trying to think of affordable (well, less than 40k) sports cars with a V12 engine and a manual gearbox.
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Most of the ones I can think of are large saloons or cruisers.

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:14 pm ...a 760 Li sport manual, should it exist, constitutes a sports car.

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:37 am It must have a manual gearbox, no dsg either.

I'm really not following your logic here ! Is a large saloon or cruiser now a sports car, as long as it has a manual gearbox ?

There's one BMW 850CSi manual on Autotrader and it's £55k!

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:04 am

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:56 pm I was trying to think of affordable (well, less than 40k) sports cars with a V12 engine and a manual gearbox.
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Most of the ones I can think of are large saloons or cruisers.

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:14 pm ...a 760 Li sport manual, should it exist, constitutes a sports car.

V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:37 am It must have a manual gearbox, no dsg either.

I'm really not following your logic here ! Is a large saloon or cruiser now a sports car, as long as it has a manual gearbox ?

It must have sporty credentials, an M5 to me is a sports car as it is designed to be sporty. I don’t think any sports car has to be a 2 seater coupe for example. The M5 is more of a sports car than an XK8 for example in my eyes.

Dave!

With a very simple adjustment to your budget….. just listen to this mofo

POA so <shrugs>

https://mcgurk.com/aston-martin-for-sal ... -dbs-2008/

Oh my word that is stunning.

Change the gear knob and that would be perfect, Astons are appealing more and more as they are ageing better than most.

Dave!

I like this

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa22 ... na/1199739

I have just listened to that CountachQV startup vid above through decent earphones for the first time. Jeebus

I kept thinking of this when I was elsewhere so not posting it.

Charlie Broomfield's Meteor engined Rover SD1. Dave, you're an engineer - build your own!

Can’t afford it, if I were to do an engine conversion now it would be a Cummins in the Defender.

Dave!

Ooh - can we now have another debate on the relative aural qualities of a Merlin vs a Griffon?

I will stick an e38 v12 into my compact and put it up for sale at £39,999.99 just to make Dave happy

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:10 pm I will stick an e38 v12 into my compact and put it up for sale at £39,999.99 just to make Dave happy

Green with a brown leather interior please.

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:17 pm

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:10 pm I will stick an e38 v12 into my compact and put it up for sale at £39,999.99 just to make Dave happy

Green with a brown leather interior please.

Dave!

Didn't Racing Dynamics do that (colour scheme aside)?