Faker Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Spotted this yoke on my travels! Tiny thing which I think is mini based. Quirky wee thing, and kind of cute. But utterly bonkers! Sort of a 50% scale mk3 escort with datsun cherry rear lights. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 It's a Sabre Sprint kit car. It's a full fibreglass composite bodyshell based on Mini A series running gear,the rear lamps are from a Triumph acclaim. They made them in Newcastle for around 3 or 4 years starting in around 1984. Apparently they were very strong beasties and the styling is certainly very mk3 escort drawn by a 5 yr old on an etchasketch. This one's been for sale on the blue forum for around six months and has just been sold over the past few days. I've always had a perverse hankering for one and painting it sunburst red like an early xr3! Faker, Cavcraft and garethj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faker Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 What sort of money was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 There is a red one out there, I thought it was the only one and a homebrew effort, I didn't realise it was a kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 The seller was asking 1500 quid for it. Fresh Mot but needing some fettling and paintwork. It's had a fair amount of recommissioning work done to it in the past year. As vulgalour has mentioned there is a red one which was running around with a metro turbo lump for a while...and was for sale fairly recently engineless on eBay in the Liverpool area. If you Google Sabre sprint it's the red car that most frequently appears on images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 This is the red car. It's had early metro lamps grafted on to the front. CGSB, vulgalour, fotorabia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faker Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Class! Googled it and found a few. Must add an entry on cars you didn't know existed thread! Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thats flippin' ACEBALLZ! Would (not fit in it)Â bub2006 and raggerminder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Isn't that sprint the same one that's been for sale on the blue forum for a good while?? I'm sure it was also up for sale before the owner put an m.o.t on it http://m.retrorides.proboards.com/thread/188680/sabre-sprint-based-12month-newcastle?page=1 Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Looks thoroughly horrible. Someone should get one. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 The red one lives up the road from me, it was also for sale on RR. Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 That's smart, would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Designed by a man without a protractor........................ Faker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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