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hc coupe
23-03-10, 02:17 PM
Clicky (http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers?skyline=true&s=i)

No doubt this is a repost !!! (did a search and couldn't see it...so I thought I would share)

Well worth a read :thumb:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/03/caswell_wrc_mexico_top.jpg
craig green
23-03-10, 02:39 PM
Thats nutts.

I cant wait for someone to suggest we enter a Nova....
AlexW
23-03-10, 02:48 PM
Nova would fall apart the moment you hit a deep pot hole.

Bloody fantastic though, I love it.
dj_wudgey
23-03-10, 02:48 PM
ha ha nice!!!
Southie
23-03-10, 03:04 PM
Thats quality lol

If he finished 3rd in class what won it, also wouldn't the BMW be rwd so he might have come last in class.
Mike
23-03-10, 03:04 PM
Legend! Adventure of a motoring lifetime or what!
MattBrown
23-03-10, 03:04 PM
Nova would fall apart the moment you hit a deep pot hole.

Bloody fantastic though, I love it.


Hmmm, Im sure Colin Mcrae had one:roll:
Mike
23-03-10, 03:08 PM
Hmmm, Im sure Colin Mcrae had one:roll:

And Harry Hockley
Connor
23-03-10, 03:15 PM
What a legend,
fair plays to him
MK999
23-03-10, 04:03 PM
"I once asked Bill why he insisted on going through every spectator section crossed up and with the engine banging off the limiter. "Dude," he said, "I don't care if it costs me a couple of tenths. It makes the fans go nuts.""

lol Legend!

It came 3rd in class but theres a few different classes run at WRC events, Colin McRae competed at his first WRC event in a nova iirc, but not in the top class. £500 wouldn't be anywhere close to the final cost of the car either, I'd hazard a guess at anywhere between 5 and 20k depending on it's spec, if it's competitive more like 20 lol

It's also over 25 years since the last one was made to enter the lower classes iirc, so you could still enter a nova. Thats going off of the fact that we saw the last mini's enter a few years ago, not 100% on that :)
MattBrown
23-03-10, 04:13 PM
"I once asked Bill why he insisted on going through every spectator section crossed up and with the engine banging off the limiter. "Dude," he said, "I don't care if it costs me a couple of tenths. It makes the fans go nuts.""

lol Legend!

It came 3rd in class but theres a few different classes run at WRC events, Colin McRae competed at his first WRC event in a nova iirc, but not in the top class. £500 wouldn't be anywhere close to the final cost of the car either, I'd hazard a guess at anywhere between 5 and 20k depending on it's spec, if it's competitive more like 20 lol

It's also over 25 years since the last one was made to enter the lower classes iirc, so you could still enter a nova. Thats going off of the fact that we saw the last mini's enter a few years ago, not 100% on that :)

£20k?

When a gearbox is £5k, and an engine is about £8, it soon spirals out of controll lol


Look at that corsa c on here, £12,000 just for the gearbox, propper sequential dog box though:d
MK999
23-03-10, 04:14 PM
I'm assuming it is still a relatively low budget build as far as they go since he designed and built the cage himself to save money for tyres
Mike
23-03-10, 04:15 PM
£20k?

You can build a very competitive 106 S1600 Cup Car for about £20k from a donor GTi shell. By build i mean pay a motorsport preperation company to do as oppose to DIY from second hand parts.
Angus Closier
23-03-10, 06:23 PM
Thats amazing!! budget rally ftw!!