I was at a friends shop and they just did the first soft top conversion on an exige, so here are some pics for my rover peeps I took...

 

Nice - looks awesome!!!

 

Yes thinking about selling my mustang and buying that red esprit in the background... it's in rough shape, no motor in it, interior is screwed, but it's just sitting and they'll put a v8 twin turbo in it for me...

 

It would be a fantastic car once running and interior done!!

 

Yes I'm thinking the same thing... this is how I bought my land rover, "rough condition," I just planned out everything it needed, limped it home, and fixed everything in a weekend... I'll do the same with this car assume I don't go over budget...

 

Ha!Ha! Over budget!! I haven't ever owned a car that I started playing with that stayed under budget!! It's a ridiculous addiction - once you start - you can't stop!!! Oh well - ther are worse things!!

 

What happened to the original motor in the Esprit?--and why is the interior trashed?. Was it a theft recovery car?

Just curious, as I have driven a few turbo-Esprits over the different generations.

Regards,

Geoman
www.eurotekapg.com

 

Yeah tell me about it... I did well with the rover however! I did tons of research, looked the suv over several times, made the deal and had the parts I needed waiting for me in my garage, got home, and made it perfect again over the weekend. I'm sure with a car like that i'd end up spending alot though... My mustang is about 15k in mods over what I wanted to spend on it... haha

I haven't spoken to the shop owner, I'm getting all my info from my friend who works there... According to him it was a car from FL... The owner decided to do something along the lines of pulling the motor, ecu, and dash out of it to install another motor, I have no details as to what the owner was ultimatly trying to accomplish. I was told at some point he realized the work was over his head and gave up, at which point the car was shipped up here to boston to be, "fixed."

I was asking my friend some questions about it since I'm always looking for deals and he said, "I think the owner of the car said, 'if you can find someone to buy this, sell it.'" So I need to get some details from the owner of the shop, if the price is less than the potential sale price of my mustang, I'll get the ball rolling on it.

The car looks like it's in great condition, the interior is pretty much all there except for things like the gauge cluster, some dash parts, shifter parts, and few interior trim peices, again the motor is not in the car, it does however have the trans..

Here is the motor they're planning on dropping into it, it's a v8 twin turbo.

 

Let us know what they are trying to get for it--- and if you decide to pass on the deal. That car sold for $70K in 2002 with the twin-turbo V-8. And it got up and went pretty good at 3000 lbs. w/350 h.p., and 175 mph top end.

I've seen nice low mileage examples for around $40k here in California.

Regards,

Geoman