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Originally Posted by TVR IS KING

I want something small, otherwise I'd get a Commodore. And that's about all these is to it.
I have $2000 to spend.
What can you recommend?

Early Commodores are quite compact. Not long ago I bought a sports-tuned VC for $1100. A decently tidy example it featured a healthy & cammed 202 & 4-speed & 4W-discs & 10-bolt LSD & 3-core radiator & springs & koni adjustables all 'round etc. Not mint or perfect but well above average with quality tyres & 4 mths rego. It was definitely fun to drive imo, and a (govt sponsored) LPG conversion would not cost too much, and make it super cheap to run

Your all-up $2k cap limits you to seeking condition over specification as you are near the bottom of the market for servicable rego'd goers. Perhaps consider a gas-XF Falcon as they are common, reasonably compact and cheap-as? Or Datsun or Gemini? Other RWD suggestions might include better examples of Cortina 6 (dicey dynamics) or Centura or maybe 1st-gen RWD Mazda 626?