Intro (first post) + Spyder advice
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:55 pm
Hi there, I'm Ollie and am interested in Elan ownership. I currently have a BMW Z3M Coupe, which I adore. However, I'm looking to either supplement it, or replace it, with a modernised Elan. Neither is a daily driver.
I was thinking of building one using the Stage 1,2 and 3 Spyder kit: http://www.spydercars.co.uk/pg2_zetec_price_list.htm
Do you know roughly how much, on top of this ?13k, I would need to budget to put together a whole car? I imagine the shell would be v. expensive, but other than that I'm a bit in the dark! I would do all the work except paintwork.
I appreciate that this is the lazy way of getting a classic car, but I want it to be a 'modern classic', which is why I'm posting in this particular sub-forum - you guys don't seem like you'd mind that idea! If I were a bit more imaginative, I'd look at bigvalvehead's idea of the S2000 engine, but alas I'm not - 170bhp should be enough to start with. How similar (in terms of size) is the Focus RS engine to the Zetec one quoted by Spyder? I'd like to leave the Spyder chassis as unmolested as possible.
My uncle has an old yellow S4 that's in bits (has been for nearly 20 years) that he would sell me for ?3-4k. It's a galvanised chassis, and he's just (this year) rebuilt the engine himself (he used to run a race team, so knows his stuff) - how much do you think I could get back if I sold these parts, and just kept the bodyshell? I imagine the fixings would also be expensive.
This has all come out of nowhere, caused by my just having driven an Elan+2 with a Ford engine that belongs to the Classic Car Club in London (I hate the looks of the +2, but love the feel). I'm smitten!
Thanks guys, and hopefully I'll become a productive forum member!
I was thinking of building one using the Stage 1,2 and 3 Spyder kit: http://www.spydercars.co.uk/pg2_zetec_price_list.htm
Do you know roughly how much, on top of this ?13k, I would need to budget to put together a whole car? I imagine the shell would be v. expensive, but other than that I'm a bit in the dark! I would do all the work except paintwork.
I appreciate that this is the lazy way of getting a classic car, but I want it to be a 'modern classic', which is why I'm posting in this particular sub-forum - you guys don't seem like you'd mind that idea! If I were a bit more imaginative, I'd look at bigvalvehead's idea of the S2000 engine, but alas I'm not - 170bhp should be enough to start with. How similar (in terms of size) is the Focus RS engine to the Zetec one quoted by Spyder? I'd like to leave the Spyder chassis as unmolested as possible.
My uncle has an old yellow S4 that's in bits (has been for nearly 20 years) that he would sell me for ?3-4k. It's a galvanised chassis, and he's just (this year) rebuilt the engine himself (he used to run a race team, so knows his stuff) - how much do you think I could get back if I sold these parts, and just kept the bodyshell? I imagine the fixings would also be expensive.
This has all come out of nowhere, caused by my just having driven an Elan+2 with a Ford engine that belongs to the Classic Car Club in London (I hate the looks of the +2, but love the feel). I'm smitten!
Thanks guys, and hopefully I'll become a productive forum member!