Thread: The most unusual car you've ever owned...

Aah, the Mazda Drongo van! I remember the Wheels Magazine straight line brake test of small vans, the Drongo was shown pirouetting on one front wheel, about to flip! Never owned one meself .

Oddest car I owned was the Fiat 850 "Sport" coupe with the 903cc rear mounted engine. At 7000rpm you could just reach 100mph. I took the restrictive muffler off and put a short hot dog cannon-style through the back panel. Awesome screaming noise without much performance, evil handling moderated by some fat wheels and stiff rear shocks. Luckily got rid of it before it killed me.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

And wouldn't have improved with keeping. Rubbish then = rubbish now.

I can't argue too strongly against that statement Brian, but I had a soft spot for it. It made a net profit that rivalled the White, tax deductability of $6 pw for $100 gross return.
Rust was the big downfall, with proper care and maintenance, they were mechanically bulletproof.

The blue one.....

Originally Posted by SuperMono

The blue one.....

That's SMART looking

Ford zephyr MK IV de Luxe 1969
3 litre Essex V6, independent suspension all round, 4 wheel disc brakes, 4 on the floor, extractors, biggest bucket seats like 44gallon drum size, two tone paint, big sway bars, Koni sports shocks and a heater you could cook with!

Made a huge sound!

Every one kept calling it a Rambler...no

No parts.

Tooth came off the fibre timing gear, had to buy a race part from capri engine builder for 400quid!

Rear discs minimum thickness, had to get pattern made then cast and machined.

Rear wheel bearings imported from Italy

Uni joints found at a swap meet in UK on holiday.

Wife hated it, probably would have killed myself in it eventually.

Gee I miss the old girl.....

James

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Cj 3 B jeep, 1964 F250, rambler hornet, ek Holden, and last a 1972 Haflinger
I like to be different, Gary

My first car was a BMW Isetta which had a single front-opening door and my #3 was a Jowet Bradford (or was that Bradford Jowet?) which was a van with a flat 2 cylinder engine. #2 was a common Austin A30.

Quite common at the time - 1955 VW ute.

Performance? With 36BHP and a payload of one ton - better not be in too much of a hurry.

John