If you had $10,000 to spend..........

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I'd be all over that beauty if it had a supertec engine in it...

We could build whatever engine and trans your little heart desires. No matter how much it costs.

[porsche4life]

But I have a budget Henry...

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by fred cook

Engine is now a 3.3SS w/ported Carrera heads, 964 cams, 10.1:1 compression pistons and an early large port CIS system.

Wow, thanks!

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

But I have a budget Henry...

Find your favorite liberal and ask him how to run a deficit........

[porsche4life]

I understand the concept, but I don't see having 30k in a 77 that still needs paint.

[speeder]

356...

1986 called and wants its post back.

[ThomO]

Find a nice formula vee and all the gear you need and go to auto X and track days for the fun of it

[vash]

I would go and get the free 1969 camaro my cousin offered me.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

[aschen]

Id probably buy or build a nice Miata to go hpde'ing in .

Ive always wanted some sort of sleeper as well. Id love to have an e46 wagon with the m3 drivetrain swaped in. Probably a strech for 10 though

[tedg04]

I'll add one more vote for a 914.

A VW Thing would be cool too.

[porsche4life]

I've got a sweet green '69 Bug I'd sell you for less than 10k...

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I understand the concept, but I don't see having 30k in a 77 that still needs paint.

Now there you go exaggerating again. I figured we could do it for $ 29.5K. That is if the engine was nothing special, of course.

[911dean]

That's easy for me... I wanted to spend about the same for this season. I'm working on it right now.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by tedg04

I'll add one more vote for a 914.

A VW Thing would be cool too.

add one more vote for one of these,

I'm really digging a VW Thing at the moment air cooled fun for the whole family

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by 911dean

That's easy for me... I wanted to spend about the same for this season. I'm working on it right now.

I think the early (2002) Bimmers are very cool. Would probably paint it white with blue and red angled fender stripe. I also very much like the 635 CS cars, though they are a bit more of a grand touring car than a hot street coupe.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt

Now there you go exaggerating again. I figured we could do it for $ 29.5K. That is if the engine was nothing special, of course.

Just had to do that, didn't you Henry! There goes my 10G to pay for the picture!

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by jyl

If you go the kit route, I'd vote for a Super Seven . . .

That would be lots of fun except that I'm over 6 ft tall and getting into a Super 7 is like putting on a pair of tights. A removeable steering wheel helps. One of the neat things about a Super 7 is that in case of an accident it can double as a casket.

[tedg04]

A Datsun 510 or early Z would be cool too. Even an old beetle. In the family, you could do a 951 project on $10k too.

[Adam]

Cool thread.

About 12 months ago, I bought an '67 El Camino for around $3k. It drove great, with a cammed 350 and TH350 combo, tuned length headers with Cherrybombs and side exits, but had scruffy paint and interior (all humidity blisters in the paint). It's not quite a beater, the body was rust free and relatively straight, so we knocked out a couple of dents, pulled the lights/grille and as much of the trim as we could, rubbed it back and shot it with several coats of black primer at my friend's shop.

Before:



After:




I found an Chevelle vinyl bench in mint condition on craigslist, cleaned up the insides, new brake cylinders and threw on a booster, did the tierods, balljoints and bushings and boom! A great parts-getter - and one I find myself driving more than I would care to admit. It's loud as hell, looks meaner than snot and is hilarious to drive.

It maybe owes me less than $4k. However...

I've seen Classic Performance Products does Pro-Touring kits for these old piles and now I'm inspired to drop ~$4k more into it to give it the handling and high-end braking that I want. It will likely need to have 17" wheels to clear the brakes I want. It's a dirt cheap starting point and will look a lot like this once it's finished.



I'll start an OT build thread when I get really stuck into it if anyone is interested.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by IROC

FJ60 Land Cruiser. I would say an FJ40, but $10k only buys a beat-up driver and doesn't leave much left over. An FJ60 would be cool and a nice complement to a nice SC.

I like your thinking.