The car has been stripped of everything unnecessary. A lightweight shell by Dale Edmonds Racecar Composites has been fitted on a 1971 chassis. The panels are bonded-in steel, with doors and inner wings in aluminium. It has all new joints, bearings and bushes and has been fitted with a Vansteel handling kit. Everything needed for braking has been rebuilt or fitted brand new. Steve Woolhouse from All American Spares has worked his magic on the transmission and engine. The tranny has been fitted with a Centre Force clutch. Shifting happens with a Hurst Indy shifter and the limited slip diff has been rebuilt.

The engine is a 283ci unit, with forged crank, forged pistons, power pack head, Crane solid lifter cam, Holley high rise, 4 barrel Holley and a ZR1 radiator. This would have been an original engine towards the end of the 50s. This V8 delivers around 220bhp standard. Don’t know if the owner had the car rolling road tested.

It still needs a couple of little things fixing like the rev counter needs connecting, speedo needs wiring up. The  cooling system needs a bit of work. But this will be quite a bargain for someone. Not sure why the engine choice, maybe one of you can enlighten us? The car is for sale out of Hertfordshire, through an Ebay advertisement, not an auction. The seller wants GBP12000 for it.

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We like the colour orange on older cars. It gives older cars a more modern look without being too contemporary, if you know what we mean. Maybe not … well anyway … This Jaguar race car looks absolutely stunning in orange. It has been completely rebuilt and is even road legal.

The car has been used as a historic touring car and has just seen a complete rebuild. Loads of things have been modernised. Marcus Barclay, the Jaguar specialist from Bucks, worked his magic on the engine to JEC racing spec. It has been fitted with extravagant orange cam covers. It has also been fitted with a rebuilt gearbox and differential, all of which has only been used on the road. The Jag features uprated competition brakes and independent suspension. As you can see in the pictures below, it has a new alloy fuel cell.

We really dig this car. We like the fact all chrome has been replaced with black rubbers without compromising the elegance of the car. Not sure though about purchasing it for ourselves without making it a bit less rudimentary. It would be a bit more like for example a Coombs Mk II. Or at least with a few more seats.

For sale on ebay UK out of New Malden near Kingston upon Thames, with 4 days to go. Currently at just over GBP6000 with reserve not met.

This 1953 example has been restored in a sympathetic green colour. It has been used as a “party” vehicle in Aalst, the Belgian city renowned for its carnival. It would be great for promotional use as it is certain to draw loads of attention. We assume this one has been used originally as an ambulance, and although they are 9 out of 10 certain to have some rust issues, they have the better preserved engines as they most probably never had to work too hard. This one doesn’t mention a price, but unrestored examples are for sale in France for €3000. Plenty of spares there too.

The engine to power all this is a 2-liter 4-cylinder that doesn’t really deliver much more than 64bhp at 3300rpm. The speedo only goes to 105km/h. Should also mention that these cars didn’t really have heating. It was an option, hence the electrical heater behind the front seats. Check out the video below to see the most common of the bodywork variations. 

It is being restored at the moment and is about a month away from completion. We’re not sure what the seller will want for it. Below though are a couple of pictures of a similar, complete car that was offered for sale in the US November 2006 for US$28000. We’re not sure if that one is still for sale but we doubt it. There is a keen market for these cars.

We’re not sure why the joint venture Cisitalia-Abarth was established which resulted in this car. The car is rear engined and comes with a 4-cylinder unit. The block and head are standard Fiat 600, all the rest is Abarth designed.

The car is for sale out of Bergamo on the Italian ebay.  The pictures of the complete car below are just being used here as a library picture.

(Photos from cisitalia.net)

It has just had a respray, new tyres, new brakes and new leather. The red leather interior looks a great match for a silver car like this one. The engine has done just under 80k kms. The rear of the car looks a bit out of place. We would definitely try and lower it.

We discussed another Ford OSI for sale here at Classic Car Hunter. This one is more the finished article though. We like the originality.

It has just been restored, and has matching numbers. Even though it appears to be on Dutch registration plates, the car is for sale here in Belgium for €31500.

1959 was the first year of the uprated engine. It came now with a 1600 pushrod producing 78bhp. The 1600 can be recognised by the separate stop/tail and turn lamps in the rear, and 1600 badging on the boot and the cowl. The engine bay looks immaculate. This is our favourite MGA so far. And … by far.