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Malcolm wrote:

"CML" wrote in message
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I hae been toying with the idea of getting a classic and hiding it away
in a remote garage for weekend blasts.

I used to own an MGB GT which I enjoyed enormously, but I found it a
tad slow. I haven't got oodles of cash but I don't mind driving
something a bit tatty (two to three thousand at most).

My question is: are there any decent classics (60s or early 70s
ideally) that are also capable of overtaking modern traffic but don't
cost a fortune to buy or run?

Probably doesn't fit your cheap to run criterion but you could try one of
the 1970 Lotus offerings, Elites in particular are cheap. Top speed 130mph
0-60 7secs.

Trouble is you could get very familiar with the recovery man and the engine
isn't cheap to fix.

Y'know, I thought of the Elite when I first read this - then reckoned
an early XJS would probably be less expensive to keep running..

Same would go for Jensen-Healeys and Jensen GTs, possibly even more so.

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