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NurseHolliday
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in other news, I have a bit of a decision to make. as I have posted, the racer is a rust bucket and after several weekends of stripping, welding, cutting and grinding, my partner in crime has admitted (in his own special way) that the path we are on is not going to work.
he has said to me that the car is mine, if I want it, and that I can sell it and trouser the money. it looks like the green b is going to pastures new (someone we all know and love), which means that I have a decent wad of cash which was destined for the brm ds fund.
do i: a) let the racer go and put more in the ds fund; b) put the money into getting the bodywork sorted on the racer; or c) put the money into a well used mgb race car that isn't fia eligible?
I do want a race car. really do. but my wife is due in 3 weeks and the car is likely to not get used for prob 2 years. a used racer - the same. a ds - the same again, as there needs to be some saving. a citroen ds provides the second car that is likely to increase in value, for the same cost to finish the racer, plus leaves me with a pot of money in a few years time to buy an fia racer. a cheap (non-fia) car allows me to race the soonest, for £0 outlay.
I'm just riffing, but I have a pretty serious decision to make.