I just watched the episode of Top Gear in which the compare the British sports cars against the hot hatch and now I really want a LBC. So I was thinking what if I just buy some really cheap POS to drive for a year or so as I finish school and get a Triumph TR7 or MGB or something as well. Of coarse my last adventure into LBC land ended with me not finishing anything because of rust but maybe if I look hard enough I can find a project which isn't to rusty...
May God have mercy on your soul...
How are your professors with excessive absences?
Spridget with a 4AGE. Problem solved 
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"How hard can it be?" Jeremy Clarkson
Hahahahaha!
I am trying to find one to cobble into a mid-engined tube chassis, you know... to solve the "reliability" issue 
The rust part... well, I'm hoping its all in the parts I saw off to set it on the chassis. In the end, I hear rust is faster than the car when its complete but they sure do look nice before they return to the earth.
The long/short of all this jibbering is that I ain't gonna talk you out of anything. I'm going to wait for it to strand you for the 10th time in 5 days then pick it up cheap ;)
Wally wrote: How are your professors with excessive absences?
That is why I would get a Saturn or Festiva or something so I can make it to class when the British car doesn't start.
You seem to have liked your Civic. Why not buy another one? Maybe an si?
In reply to bravenrace:
I am considering another for sure but I want to keep my options open. This was more a silly idea then anything else. As much as I love LBC, it will wait until I finish school.
Come on up to Ohio
http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2049926214.html
In reply to EvanB:
You dear sir are evil. The TR6 is my favorite except for a T-series. Although body work does worry me.
The Ohio car might make for a good driver, but pics of how bad the rust is would be required. There is something to be said for not restoring it, but just doing enough to make it a safe driver. The TR being a body-on-frame car, the condition of the frame would be the determining factor.
Crusty, driver-quality Spitfires and MG's usually aren't too hard to find...
As far as using one as a DD, it once again depends on your tolerance. I've seen a fellow around Princeton a number of times that drives a crusty Midget all year... rain, snow... whatever... Can't say he always look happy, though...
I did the 4age Midget- fun, but...... (each of those dots is a problem that will take months to solve).
I thought it would be fun to build a tube-framed Midget and use fiberglass bodywork from Peter May in England. They've got pretty much everything except the sills. Just not sure it would be worth the time. I've now got about 85% of what that would end up being.
I wouldn't recommend buying an Ohio car, at least one from the north side of the state. They are all exposed to too much salt. We go south to buy cars, and they are infinitely cleaner than anything we find up here.
My attempt at talking you out of a LBC:
Don't do it, you should graduate first. Don't get married or have kids.
You will need the extra time and money to work on it and get it right.
Did a MGB with a 20R swap. Tons of issues but a blast to drive.
You need your spare time to study, not work on your car. I would stick with a Honda for now.
In reply to RoosterSauce:
Not helping.
I've got 65 sprite that's taking up garage space if your looking for something to play with.
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