what's your "DREAM GARAGE"

PostPost by: 1964 S1 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:07 am

There's a ridiculous fun thread on LotusBuzz.com..... name the five cars you'd most like to see in your (Large) garage.

mine were,,,

streetworthy original Ford GT 40
1964 S1 Lotus Elan
Peugeot 505 turbo stick
Peugeot 905 Le Mans race car
Toyota Prius

....only one Lotus! (I guess a 23 could squeeze out the Prius or 505)

Would anyone like to share their list?
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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:42 am

Lotus Elite Mk14
Dino 246
Aston Martin DB 7
Renault Alpine A110 1600
"Stephens" Lotus Esprit
"Banks" Europa
Ginetta G12
Chevron B8, B16 & B21
Lotus 59
GT 40
New BMW M3 Coupe
New Ford Transit 2liter Diesel :oops:
Manx Norton
Vincent black shadow
Redman's Honda 500cc 4

Would be good for a start :D :D :D :D
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PostPost by: trw99 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:05 am

My 5 would be:

1933 Frazer Nash TT Replica with Blackburne engine
1935 Bugatti Type 59 with 3.3 litre 8 cylinder engine
1969 Aston Martin DB6 MkII Vantage, modernised for daily driving now
1972 Dino 246 GTS
and of course, the Elan Sprint!

That was fun! :)

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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:16 am

Oh err'

forgot my existing Elan. No offence meant guys :oops:

And I forgot the one I'd like most of all (a senior moment)
Ferarri F40 (preferably red :lol: )

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PostPost by: Robbie693 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 am

Well a garage that was attached to my house and had electricity would be nice..

In it I would put (today at least - always changes):

Lamborghini Miura
Ferrari Daytona
Ferrai Boxer
Aston Martin DB9
GT40
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PostPost by: tdafforn » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:22 am

Many of the above cars as well as a complete set professional F1 quality mechanics and machinists!

Wheel changes would be fun!
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PostPost by: hatman » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:29 am

Lotus Elan Sprint
Alvis TF drophead
'Vicarage' Mk2 Jaguar 380
Aston Martin DB6 (funny how often Astons crop up in these lists isn't it?)
1800 Goldwing
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PostPost by: steveww » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:52 am

My Lotus Elan with the restoration finished :)
Lotus Elan +2 130
Lamborghini Miura
Jaguar XJC 4.2
Caterham CSR260
Porsche 964RS
Smart FotTwo Brabus :oops:

That would cover just about every occasion 8)
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:01 pm

Elan ( of any type but my historic racing FHC S4 is hard to beat)
PLus 2S 130/5
Early Esprit
Exige
S3 twin cam seven
Totota Landcruiser ( you need something reliable to go and pick up spare parts and to tow them to the track)

I know thats six but I only have 2 more to go. An original S3 twin cam seven is going to be the hardest to find as only a couple in Australia

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PostPost by: kenny » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:46 am

Mr. Kelly mentioned the Banks Europa in his list.

Richard is a good friend of mine and I've had 2 of his cars.

A gold leaf 62S (which Top Gear kindly wrote off for me :cry: ) and this 47R........both had tuned VX 16V motors and were totally bullet proof.
It was funny driving around in an "old" car that would suck an Exige up its exhaust.

The performance of these cars was absurd........they were equally as quick off the line as my HPC but would leave it for dead on twisty bits.

If by chance the chap in Scotland who bought my 47 frequents these forums give me a call one day please as I'd like to know how car is going.

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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:02 am

Kenny,

I remember seeing that car at the Donington show years ago. quite unique with the engine fitted transversly. Richard had a super display ther that year. It started me on a similar project which I later abandoned due to cost & lack of time.
I agree those cars have phenominal potential but they do cost a lot :cry:
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PostPost by: kenny » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:34 am

You are totally correct, I had it at Donny in amongst a display of other 47's including an original.
Also correct is the fact that it was the first of the transverse cars.
It utilised the Astras F20 gearbox as opposed to my inline 62 which used the old NG3 Renault box.
I felt that with the engine sitting more centrally the car was a better drive than the inline car.

The one achilles heal of the transverse set up was its gear change.......it was a rather fluffy change in all gears and reverse could easily be selected as opposed to first.......you had to be careful pulling away at lights :wink:

Richard developed a bespoke rose jointed linkage system which was fitted to the car when I sold it.........I was informed it worked superb and would have loved to drive it then.

The only problem with that car was heat........with an engine touching your back and fixed perspex windows you used to get to you destination smelling like a Turkish wrestlers jockstrap.

Out of interest I spoke with Richard recently and the variants of engines he's now fitted to these cars is staggering...........his latest offering has a Smart as in Smart car engine fitted so I was told :shock:

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PostPost by: Midlife » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:07 pm

Fully restored Europa
Elan not fussy love them all
TVR Tuscan in chameleon mettalic orange
TVR Griffith 500 (with no cat)
Ginetta G4

And I have to add...

Ducati 998
Ducati monster
Moto Guzzi classic 850 Le Mans
Buel retro
AND Harley 1340 Fat Boy.

I think Im done now. Debating if I would need sex anymore if all this was in my garage :lol:
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PostPost by: cabc26b » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:47 pm

For the cars the list changes alot -

IWR 26R
Matra MS 650 - what a sound !
Ferrari 250 SWB
1967 Big-Block Corvette Coupe
VW 21 window Bus
Porsche 356 4-cam speedster or pre-war MG type R
Modern big german sedan

Bikes -
GP replica bike from the 80's ( Gamma, HSR, YZR etc)
Ducati 900ss bevel drive
Ducati TT2 pantah
KTM dual sport
NSU sportmax
Modern BMW
Moto Guzzi V8 GB bike w/dustbin fairing
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:57 pm

kenny wrote:Mr. Kelly mentioned the Banks Europa in his list.

Richard is a good friend of mine and I've had 2 of his cars.

A gold leaf 62S (which Top Gear kindly wrote off for me :cry: ) and this 47R........both had tuned VX 16V motors and were totally bullet proof.
It was funny driving around in an "old" car that would suck an Exige up its exhaust.

The performance of these cars was absurd........they were equally as quick off the line as my HPC but would leave it for dead on twisty bits.

If by chance the chap in Scotland who bought my 47 frequents these forums give me a call one day please as I'd like to know how car is going.

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You might ask him to answer his e-mails and telephone calls when I'm trying to put business his way then. :twisted:
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