Stoneleigh Show, Buying A Car

[Guest Jason McAuley]

I've been hunting for the last month and will continue to do so,

 

I plan on attending stoneleigh show, do people take sell cars on the day?

 

Apologies of the daft question, I've never been.

[theduck]

Yes they do. There is a hall of cars for sale as often cars on club stands with for sale signs as well.

[Mitch]

there will be quite a few for sale there, but keep your eyes open before as there will be lots on ebay gum tree there were two hoods on autotrader last week ,

theres a zero/robinhood on locostbuilders at the mo,

 

hth

Mitch

[Guest Jason McAuley]

As snobbish as it sounds I really don't want one with a pinto engine.

 

 

 

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Welcome to the mad house.

 

As has been said on here many many times "the only stupid question is the one you don't ask" so ask away you might not always get the response you are looking for and you might need a thick skin occasionally with all the pi**s taking.

At Stoneleigh there is a hall dedicated to people selling their cars depends what you are looking for and the availability is different every year.

Good luck with your search.

There is one out there for you.

[maccavvy]

whats wrong with the pinto... old skool rules.

[Guest Ian & Carole]

whats wrong with the pinto... old skool rules.

 

That's right a good place to start.

 

Plenty of reliable power for little initial out lay.

[Guest Jason McAuley]

Thanks for all your responses guys.

 

 

Nothing wrong with a pinto, and I don't doubt they are still fun.

 

 

But as it is a weekend toy / occasional toy is like something a little quicker.

 

I have a feeling that I'd only regret not buying a beefier engine having watched 100s of pinto video son YouTube.

 

 

 

[theduck]

That zero is a bit of a deal tbh. What's your budget?

[Guest whiz]

That Zero sounds as dodgy as write off your 2b and re chassis it as a zero with no IVA

[maccavvy]

140 bhp in 650 kg of kit car is quick.. trust me.

[fry61]

Lets hear it for the ------CVH------- ?? no-body??

[Guest Jason McAuley]

Are they really 140, I thought they would be around 120tuned.

 

 

And closer to 700kg

[speedtripledan]

I've had pinto powered, v8 bike engine now a zetec, agree pinto.s are tractor engines much prefer the zetec more power less money and plenty reliable...

[Guest chris brown]

Also remember aerodynamics is the way to top speed not something the 7 is renowned for. As a rough rule of thumb you need an extra 40% power for an extra 10 mph. So a pinto with 140 ish bhp will push a 7 along at about 115mph so just to get to 125 you need 200 bhp which would cost in the region of £2000 over the pinto. Your acceleration may be better but unless you are on the track alongside a pinto powered car I dont think would notice.

Yes Bob the cvh is a good choice if you want the car as a long distance tourer you have proved that.