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mik wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:59 pm

Gavster wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:40 pm If I won the lottery that'd be straight in the garage, simply because of the supercharger stack height

That goes in my “cool item but not for me” bucket. I don’t imagine cornering is one of it’s strongest cards….

That

And more this..

I admire classic American stuff but I'd feel a bit of a berk driving one in the UK, they mostly seem to be driven by a certain sort too, sorry

(Says the person who bounces down the road in a silly air cooled Beetle)

IanF wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:00 pm
And more this..

Yeah - that’s lovely

(Although I’d have mine without steel sheet running over the top of the engine - why TF would you restrict access in that way?

John wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:49 pm I admire classic American stuff but I'd feel a bit of a berk driving one in the UK, they mostly seem to be driven by a certain sort too, sorry

(Says the person who bounces down the road in a silly air cooled Beetle)

It’s a 100% accurate description I feel. I got completely put off by older Corvettes after seeing the owners club down at Brands Hatch a few times

What are they like?

nuttinnew wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:06 pm What are they like?

The mustang is in my euromillions’s garage purely so I can look at it start it up and listen to it. It’s in no way shape or form a practice car

Rich B wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:19 pm

nuttinnew wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:06 pm What are they like?

Grease mixed with brokeback mountain

Not sure I should post an American V8 engined car now, but it's better looking than most

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/ ... -33-451mW4



More details:

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/auto ... ca-italia/

Looks like something American in fancy dress as a triumph

jamcg wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:48 pm Looks like something American in fancy dress as a triumph

Elan, maybe Elite? I can see. Triumph though? Edit - ah GT6.

There's some Datsun 240Z in there too.

It looks like a later 250 GTO and an Elan had a large baby

I love this

Headlights are fantastic. Bring back pop ups

Comes with shitty incandescent bulbs for the full 80's experience

ZedLeg wrote: Fri Jan 09, 2026 11:52 am I love this

That's fantastic

Question though - given the pop-ups would you need to IVA it if you went down that route? And would it fail?

Probably would fail if it needed one due to the radius on the raised edges.

If it’s technically just a bodykit and doesn’t need structural modifications then it shouldn’t be classed as ‘substantially modified’ and wouldn’t need an iva as far as I know.

I think it looks pretty good.

I also like the rocket bunny 200sx which gives the front a 70s charger / Camaro vibe.

The front end looks a whole lot better than the back end.