Hey guys, dont come in here much, found myself enjoying auto repair lately, ive rebuilt some suspension struts re run brake lines changed some calipers fixed some body work what not. Got me thinking id like to get into doing up a car a bit over time. Mainly for learning not profit or anything, just something where i could put a few weekends into. What would you buy? No sense in it being flashy as i dont wanna be putting 4 fig parts on it and ending up in the next fast and furious. just something interesting to work on and repair?
Depends how old you want to go and how much work you want to do.
Something mid-90's (Say, E36 BMW) will be simple enough for a DIYer and still likely to have good enough bodywork not for you to have to get the welding gear out
(Not all of them mind, but E36 is well built, well protected against rust (Better than many more modern cars really) and a relatively easy car to look after, has good parts availability, and is also quite fun)
Anything older and you will have to learn to weld. Anything younger and it will be increasingly complex electrically and very expensive, even unobtainable, if any of it goes wrong.
As above, MX5 is also a very good choice. But you WILL have to learn to weld!