Dean
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 posted on 11/4/03 at 02:12 AM |
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NorthAmerican Donar cars
What is the best donar car that you can find in Northamerica? Thanks
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 11/4/03 at 10:33 AM |
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go to
http://groups.yahoo.com
and search for locost.
ask on one of the north american lists.
atb
steve
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/4/03 at 12:16 PM |
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Dean,
I believe the Corolla GTS (RWD) is a good donor..but not easy to find.
Also, Steve is correct the Locost North America list is a good one for NA specific stuff.
You may also want to check out:
http://www.championmotorcars.com/
who are the "official" locost people.
They have a lot of info. on donors on there.
HTH
Alan
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Arthur Dent
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| posted on 11/4/03 at 01:59 PM |
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I'd say
Toyota Corolla (rwd with the GTS being the best)
Mazda RX-7
Chevrolet Chevette
are the ones that seem most suitable.
No free or also free Sierras for us.
'The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go
wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.' Douglas Adams
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 11/4/03 at 03:01 PM |
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the mx5 (miata) has also been suggested.
In the UK even 12 year old ones are 5k quid.
atb
steve
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merkurman
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| posted on 17/4/03 at 12:16 AM |
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well I do have a merkur that I am parting out but I am taking the good bits for a IRS 7. pintos could work but a better cheap donor would be a
mustang II (better rear axle then a pinto) if you built using pinto/mII stuff you could just buy some new uprights pretty easily. maybe a dana diff
from a vette or a ford 7.5" diff from a tbird/cougar (for a irs) then there are other cars from across the pond you could use. on
turboford.org there a few merkurs up for grabs cheap/free right now.
nick
1962 fairlane with a 200" six and T5 5spd, shaved trim air ride, t3/t4 turbo and soon to be EFI
-- looking to put a offy tripower intake on soon
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