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    Default The 100k Escort. I must have.

    All I need is a spare $100,000.

    Looks like an old Escort. Modern, street-legal rally car underneath.

    So absurd, it seems necessary.

    I'll take the MKI shell, though.

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    Yeah, that mkI is a looker, alright. I'd love one of those. Small, light car, fun to drive... I'd imagine since it's technically a new car, it'd be impossible to import into Canada though (not that I have the money for it anyways...)

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    You have excellent taste. Great specs. I've gotta say if ever get back into track days it will be something along those lines with alot less class. Smaller cars with less power are more fun to drive fast.

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    Default Re: The 100k Escort. I must have.

    Can either one of you guys even fit in one of those things?

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    Default Re: The 100k Escort. I must have.

    You [I]can[I] import them to the US and Canada, because they're technically "kit cars" heh heh heh....

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    Default Re: The 100k Escort. I must have.

    Maybe more affordable option? Though I suspect this one wasn't so cheap to build. Sounds like a Trabant engine though. Driver is quite good. Germans racing small cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DOOFUS View Post
    You [I]can[I] import them to the US and Canada, because they're technically "kit cars" heh heh heh....
    it'd actually be easier to import if it was a vintage escort body shell. The US import rule is exempted after the vehicle is 25 years old. A lot of 90's era Japan and Euro only vehicles are starting to command large prices now that Americans who drooled over them as kids via Gran Turismo, Fast and Furious, etc. have the money and legal means to acquire them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SlowPokePete View Post
    Can either one of you guys even fit in one of those things?

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    I'd order a set and name them Left leg, Right leg.

    My sister had a prep'd Miata. This was one of the first cars they imported (?) Anywho, I put the top down and had a great time eating bugs and getting sideways.

    No, I would kill myself in that clown car but it looks fun.

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    Great video, Jorn. I love the little momentum cars. That red boxy coupe (Renault?) reminded me of myself in Forza--strong straights, weak turns.

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    Bluebird.

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    I would say I am not worthy of such cars if I don't enter a rally and drive like Frank Kelly.

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