Best Classic European Sports Car

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I wish someone would build a classic car that can fit a non- classic sized person like myself. I can't even get into a modern day Ferrari, let alone enjoy it.
even slim people get claustrophobic in their poor mans ferrari. you're not alone. opel gt is smaller. opel-gt-1969-o2809-043.jpg
 
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I wish someone would build a classic car that can fit a non- classic sized person like myself. I can't even get into a modern day Ferrari, let alone enjoy it.
Know exactly how you feel. If you want something fun to drive and fits larger people, a JCW Mini might do the trick. I am 6'4" and well lets just say large and I had plenty of room.

Beau
 

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Best Classic European Sports Car?
Maybe not the best European sports car, but my best 50 years ago: Cabriolet + 6 gears (4 plus 2 overdrive) + wire wheels + 3!!! windscreen wipers + 2!! x 6 volt batteries to reach 12 V + downhill and without headwind (but very rarely) 205km/h on the speedometer = MGB
Total 140.000KM without failures, that was hard to imagine for many European Classic European sport cars.
Best wishes Rainer

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When I was growing up my father used to recycle the same couple of thousand dollars to buy a series of fun, used British sports cars. His first was an Austin Healey Sprite, then a Triumph TR6 and then an MGB GT.

I was lucky enough to have the MGB GT as my daily driver in Washington, D.C., for a couple of years. Sadly, while my father was driving the car in Central Park the year I brought it back from Washington, D.C., the insulation in the engine compartment caught on fire, and the car completely went up in flames.
 
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Know exactly how you feel. If you want something fun to drive and fits larger people, a JCW Mini might do the trick. I am 6'4" and well lets just say large and I had plenty of room.

Beau
I used to have a Mini Cooper S which was a hoot to drive.
 
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When I was growing up my father used to recycle the same couple of thousand dollars to buy a series of fun, used British sports cars. His first was an Austin Healey Sprite, then a Triumph TR6 and then an MGB GT.

I was lucky enough to have the MGB GT as my daily driver in Washington, D.C., for a couple of years. Sadly, while my father was driving the car in Central Park the year I brought it back from Washington, D.C., the insulation in the engine compartment caught on fire, and the car completely went up in flames.
My uncle was a classic British car guy, particularly Triumphs; Spitfire, TR7, TR8. He also had an MGB for a while.
 

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