Re: Cheap Cars for Teenager

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Oh I don't know... a Cobra replica with a V-6 would be just fine! Then you could drop a small V-8 in later. Or go back more to the original "cobra" -- drop in a 2.3L EFI four. The Cobra is a Bristol AC (originally with a 2.0L or so four) that was built in a US plant. Shelby got the idea for an American V-8 in a light British sports car, and contacted the AC people. They were getting ready to close the plant, but agreed to keep it open as long as Shelby was ordering bodies. The rest, as they say, is history! I've actually seen a Cobra replica witha 2.3L turbo Ford and five speed from a T-bird Turbo Coupe. Don't know if they used the IRS or not, to low to look under! I wouldn't use the turbo though. Heck, do the same (modern EFI four) to a Fiat 124, MGB (Midget/Spitfire/Sprite is a bit small to put a beginning driver in!), or something similar. But then you can find Miatas pretty reasonable now. 

On May 12, 2005 Widiker, John D wrote:

> My first car was a '64 GTO convertible, I'd go that far for her but a
> cobra in the hands of a 16 year old is a little much, I don't discourage
> her dreams though.
> 
> ~J 
> 


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