poor mans gumaball (for all of us) : 50 quid challenge

[pistol supercharged pete]

as the title says
there is a gumball; being organized for the not so rich ferrari and porshe etc owners
all details can be seen here
www.50quidchallenge.com
who is up for it then
sounds like fun

[Mikejc]

This is a fantastic idea Pete, hats off to the people who come up with it =D>

I'll check my dates to make sure i'm free and on the strength of that you can count me in

Mikejc

[craig]

haha, like it!

I'll buy Shaf's TRD

[Goldy]

50quid for a road legal car.... its not possible right?

[axisofunity]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... W&tc=photo

Horrible car!

£50

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

Ford Escort (Running in 'good nick'


£50

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

VW Golf £50


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

BMW 3 Series


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

ROver Metro... WITH MANUAL CHOKE!!!


etc

Buy it now! But watch out for the logbook!

[mr2daz]

Sounds like a lot of fun to me, i'll be considering it for sure after my service and MOT at the end of this month.
I may actually be looking for a £50 car anyway after the inevitable MOT fail!



I've absolutely no knowledge of how good or bad a car is so the chances of me finding one decent enough to get me 70 miles to the start line should be interesting.

Is there a prize for winning do you think? I'd hate to see all the money wasted on kids.

[MegatronUK]

Hey, K-series powered Metros are great little run-arounds! Surprisngly nippy!

Escort for 50 quid with a minidisc player seems a bargain though

[shafster]

haha, like it!

I'll buy Shaf's TRD

lol, why mate when you could pick up 50 like yours for the same price as one of mine??

[craig]

haha, like it!

I'll buy Shaf's TRD

lol, why mate when you could pick up 50 like yours for the same price as one of mine??

Hey good thinkin Shaf!




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[Tiamat]

Excellent idea. Just got to find the right car now.
Am pretty sure that Max Power did a "turd de france" on a similar scheme but with a £1000 budget.

[mr2daz]

Just had some great news in that my father has told me there may be a big selection of cars available for me to choose from at a local car dearlership where he works. The best bit is that he tells me they usually have plenty of very very cheap bangers acquired as part exchange vehicles.

Should be some real nasty motors there so it looks like i'll be up for it!!

When i've found out more about this i'll post it here in case there's a chance anyone else can get in on the act but please, don't get your hopes up for the time being as I don't actually know what they usually do with these cars. My guess is that they get the really cheap ones dismantled at another local place where my father used to work years ago... a very well stocked scrapyard to be precise.

Fingers crossed.

[Goldy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... W&tc=photo

Horrible car!

£50

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

Ford Escort (Running in 'good nick'


£50

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

VW Golf £50


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

BMW 3 Series


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

ROver Metro... WITH MANUAL CHOKE!!!


etc

Buy it now! But watch out for the logbook!

Small problem... if you look none of them sold for £50 quid... the renault was close at 56 quid... lol I think i'm goin to save me money for a track day maybe.... And what bout insurance?

[pistol supercharged pete]

goldy stop putting it down
i am sure its more tan possible but been put at that price so every one car join in
i am sure people can get their insurance to cover an extra car for a week for 17 pound (well mine is)
its all for charitya nd will be a good laugh we cannot afford a gum,ball so have to do our own
it is being organized by this company
http://www.trac-art.co.uk/
pete

[Goldy]

I'm not putting it down... I think its a great idea for charity! i'm just trying to work out where u get a car for 50 quid!!!!

[mr2daz]

Well going by what i've been told, find yourself a decent sized car sales and blag yourself a part exchange bargain!!

Lets face it though, it is going to cost a bit of money but then how many weekend adventures can you go on these days that won't.

I'm budgeting for about £35 for the car
£25 Entry fee
£20 insurance
£650 re-trim in leather
And an empty credit card for petrol.
The only other thing I need is a decent driver. Preferably with roadside assistance.

[LimeyMk1]

Shame I got rid of my £10 Celica, put down a bid on e-bay for a laf and won!

[pistol supercharged pete]

for the roadside assistance they are trying to get green card to do a sponsorship so fingercressed something will be organized

[bennymr2]

does sound sweet!

how about this for the run?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

or how about this? not my cup to tea but hey

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

this could be a good en though!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1&tc=photo

Yep, i think im in!! just hope i can get the time off now!!

[steveaddy]

hi did the 50 quid challenge event take place?what was it like? is there a future one planned,sounds like a good laugh!

[sadako]

try staples2naples.com for a similar event.