I am looking at getting a fun little summer car, I know a lot in the order of MG's but nothing about other make, the price always scared me away. What other little british sports cars would be a fun summer gentle of car, probably driven around 1k-5k at most miles a year in the 5k to around 10k price extent.?
There are oodles of parts suppliers for us LBC (little British car) fans. They are flowing and relatively cheap to fix and restore because of all the parts available. The Triumph Spitfire may be a good choice for you. It have all the fun, but not the high dollar price flap of the MGB, TR6, AH 3000 etc. I have a '71 TR6 myself. Sold off my '73 BMW 2002 for it. BMW be a rust bucket and hard to find parts for.
"Big 3" British car parts suppliers:
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/
http://www.mossmotors.com/
http://www.victoriabritish.com/
Ford capri
Austin Mini
Triumph Vitesse Mk2 Convertable
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph Stag
Triumph GT6 Mk III
Triumph Tr6
Triumph TR7 convertible
AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
Mini Cooper
If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
Answers: Triumph or Austin Healey
Ford capri
Austin Mini
Triumph Vitesse Mk2 Convertable
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph Stag
Triumph GT6 Mk III
Triumph Tr6
Triumph TR7 convertible
AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
Mini Cooper
If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
There's also the Sunbeam Tiger, but that might be too expensive.
There are oodles of parts suppliers for us LBC (little British car) fans. They are flowing and relatively cheap to fix and restore because of all the parts available. The Triumph Spitfire may be a good choice for you. It have all the fun, but not the high dollar price flap of the MGB, TR6, AH 3000 etc. I have a '71 TR6 myself. Sold off my '73 BMW 2002 for it. BMW be a rust bucket and hard to find parts for.
"Big 3" British car parts suppliers:
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/
http://www.mossmotors.com/
http://www.victoriabritish.com/
If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
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There are oodles of parts suppliers for us LBC (little British car) fans. They are flowing and relatively cheap to fix and restore because of all the parts available. The Triumph Spitfire may be a good choice for you. It have all the fun, but not the high dollar price flap of the MGB, TR6, AH 3000 etc. I have a '71 TR6 myself. Sold off my '73 BMW 2002 for it. BMW be a rust bucket and hard to find parts for.
"Big 3" British car parts suppliers:
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/
http://www.mossmotors.com/
http://www.victoriabritish.com/
Ford capri
Austin Mini
Triumph Vitesse Mk2 Convertable
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph Stag
Triumph GT6 Mk III
Triumph Tr6
Triumph TR7 convertible
AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
Mini Cooper
If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
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Answers: Triumph or Austin Healey
Ford capri
Austin Mini
Triumph Vitesse Mk2 Convertable
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph Stag
Triumph GT6 Mk III
Triumph Tr6
Triumph TR7 convertible
AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
Mini Cooper
If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
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Nobody's mentioned the Sunbeam Alpine yet.There's also the Sunbeam Tiger, but that might be too expensive.
There are oodles of parts suppliers for us LBC (little British car) fans. They are flowing and relatively cheap to fix and restore because of all the parts available. The Triumph Spitfire may be a good choice for you. It have all the fun, but not the high dollar price flap of the MGB, TR6, AH 3000 etc. I have a '71 TR6 myself. Sold off my '73 BMW 2002 for it. BMW be a rust bucket and hard to find parts for.
"Big 3" British car parts suppliers:
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/
http://www.mossmotors.com/
http://www.victoriabritish.com/
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If you are North American your choice is limited, but rust-free cars are easier to obtain. Do you want convertible or hardtop? Try a Triumph TR4, or TR6, Triumph Stag or GTE or even the block shaped TR7, and the fin-tailed Triumph Herald which came in convertible, hardtop, coupe, and stationwagon version. Some of the hardtops were detachable so you could have convertible and hardtop for impossible to tell apart car. Then there is the Reliant Scimitar GTE (Princess Anne have had 8 of these over the years). They are Ford powered and fiberglass bodied. I have one myself and love it. Along the smae lines would hold to be the beautiful/ugly Daimler Dart, but most probably more expensive than a MG. Austin Healeys are powerful and small but prices are thru the roof. A Sunbeam Rapier is stylish and has a more powerful motor than the regular Hillmans in the Rootes Group stock. What about a Hillman Imp - or the Sunbeam Stiletto equivalent - rear engined and reasonably unique looking. Smaller marques would be similar to Reliant Scimitars, the expensive Jensen Interceptors (Chrysler powered) or a Gordon Keeble, or anything by Lotus - the Mk1 Cortina Lotus is a fantastic car, but there a lots of lookalikes around, so check to see if its a heartfelt one or not. Then there are the VW Beetle-like Morris Minors which can come in 2-door or 4-door, woodie van (Traveler), or convertible. The convertibles rust inadequately (from leaky hoods) and allmodels suffer from chassis rust - so look for one with a leaky engine - the oil runs subsidise along the chassis and helps rust-proof it! Very basic motors, but underpowered. The best piece about MGs is that you can still obtain ALL the parts and in that is a place in NZ that makes parts for them, this is a huge bonus. All the other make (except Lotus) have long gone out of business in the UK, but some Morris powered parts may be sourced from India where the marque continued under the Hindustan describe, but now uses Peugeot engines I believe. And of course, here are always Minis and the infamous Landcrabs the Maxis, and the inbetween Morris 1100, which came within Riley and MG guise as well (sporty motors) and Wolseley (woodgrained dash) and Austin Princess models(woodgrain and an RR motor- believe it or not!). Always go for the most money you can afford. Make sure everything is attached - missing trim can be impossible to gain. Go for the high-end model, not the basic one - and motors are more repairable than bodies, so get as rust-free as you can achieve. The 1100 Morris models and the Maxis used Hydralastic syspension too, similar to a Citroen, and these are hugely expensive to repair, so beware.
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