Help with project
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Help with project
So my friend and I have decided to take on a $ 1k project car challenge. We need some help deciding on what Japanese, pre-1975 car to go with. Motor can be swapped, drive train, etc., etc. Just need some suggestions on old, smog exempt jap cars that might work BESIDES A Z CAR. Its gunna be a beater so it doesn't have to look pretty. Just has to run or have engine swap potential. ANY IDEAS?!
keep in mind we want a total expenditure of no more than $1000 bucks
keep in mind we want a total expenditure of no more than $1000 bucks
#9
heres a datsun 1200 for $1000 and $2000 with the motor
http://www.craigslist.org/pen/car/167331318.html
http://www.craigslist.org/pen/car/167331318.html
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1200 . . .hrm, that is an option. A midget would be cool too, but i dont htink i could find one for less than 1k, plus we need a little left over for necceceties like minor tune up or another motor . . .its the 1k challange!!!!!
#11
Actually.........I was hoping for a clarification of the rules since I know of no "challenge" that is limiting the years to pre 1975.
Is this for the grassroots motorsports challenge?
I am familiar with most of them and have helped build a couple.
Is this for the grassroots motorsports challenge?
I am familiar with most of them and have helped build a couple.
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Its not an official or sanctioned challenge. Just something a friend and I thought would be fun on a split, 1k budget. The reason we are going with 75' and older is that in CA the smog cutoff date is 75'. So we have the option of using the shity running motor or swap in something comparable if need be. The L28 power plant is almost a certainty. Still would like to find some alternatives for a chasis though. Any other ideas?
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****, I think I just found a viable candidate . . .
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/167306926.html
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/167306926.html
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Originally Posted by apollo
****, I think I just found a viable candidate . . .
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/167306926.html
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/167306926.html
Wasn't that model the precursor to the maxima?
#19
or this one if you were allowed 10,000 and up to 85
85 McLaren Roadster Failing vision forces sale of rare auto. 5L, V8, auto, Posi-traction, with only 62,000 documented miles. $7500 or OBO 645-1677
85 McLaren Roadster Failing vision forces sale of rare auto. 5L, V8, auto, Posi-traction, with only 62,000 documented miles. $7500 or OBO 645-1677
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http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/166709552.html
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/166171532.html
http://www.craigslist.org/sby/car/165749921.html
http://www.craigslist.org/nby/car/165900042.html
To hell with the challenge!
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/166080519.html
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/166171532.html
http://www.craigslist.org/sby/car/165749921.html
http://www.craigslist.org/nby/car/165900042.html
To hell with the challenge!
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/166080519.html
Last edited by lww; 06-05-2006 at 11:33 PM.
#22
Forget the 710 and go with the 810 in which the l28 is a bolt in affair.........after you relocate the sump.
Or you could find a 1970s RX-2, RX-3, or RX-4 in which I ran many J ported 13Bs and actually made a 11 second car for about 1000 bucks back in 1983.
Or you could find a 1970s RX-2, RX-3, or RX-4 in which I ran many J ported 13Bs and actually made a 11 second car for about 1000 bucks back in 1983.
#23
Originally Posted by apollo
Wade . . . .You run the "internets-G.W.B.", but you cant seem to adhere to simple rules. We are looking for anything BUT a Z.
#25
get a chevette, my bro did one up for cheap, it could get 2nd gear rubber with 205 wide tires on it, it was fast and cost nothing, it handled so well with those tires on it, it could lift the front wheel around a tight corner