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

Originally Posted by akelly

I didn't realise it was a contest for the most unusual car. I thought it was 'what is the most unusual car you've owned'... If you've owned 5 ford falcons you could post up the most unusual falcon, right? Like if you had one that was a station wagon and the rest were sedans?

Yes, but mentioning Falcons or Holdens on this thread, that would be as boring as bat droppings .
Bill.

Ha! Yeah, I know... but what if someone here had the only Phase IV GTHO? Would that count as unusual?

I'm loving the list of cars - some real weird ones popping up. I was just worrying that people might not post because their car wasn't 'unusual enough', which would be a shame.

Whereas my Metropolitan was the strangest car I owned, I think the most unusual car would be my JC Midge. It was fun too

This was built on a redundant Triumph Herald chassis and running gear, you sent a cheque for 40 pounds to John Cowperthwaite (JC) and he sent you a set of plans and some instructions
You basically built a plywood tub, skinned it in thin aluminium, got lots of period scrap bits from breaker's yards and created a sort of vintage looking car.

Mine cost a grand total of 900 pounds to build and put on the road, as you used the original chassis there were no engineers reports or anything required,it was simply a "re-body" of the original.

I ended up putting a spitfire engine with twin carbs in it and I used to race it on special track days, it performed very well too as there was no weight to it.

Here's a couple of pics of another example, mine was a bit tattier and had taller wheels and tyres

The most unusal one I've has was one of the first pre sale test batch of Volkswagen station wagons brought to Australia in 1962 - there were only 11 of them and they were given to high profile companies to be used by reps etc to ascertain suitability for the model being sold here. The rep that drove mine was lucky enough to buy it after the test and kept it in his back yard until I saw it and bought it at the age of 16.

Wish I still had it!!!

We had a cast-off WWII Jeep on the farm when I was a kid. It had a run of bulletholes down one side, a gun carrier mount on the front fender, was painted bright orange (left over paint in the shed), the brakes rarely worked and it kept jumping out of second gear. Got bashed around the farm - I learnt to drive on it. One day Dad parked it on a hill and the handbrake failed and it ran away over a cliff, where its probably still rusting away at the bottom.

Ok so you want unusual, here goes

Arthur's
- 1905 6hp Rover
- 1912 Delahaye type 43 (1 of 3)
- 1918 Crossley 25/35
- 1948 Series 1 Land Rover (#1 in Aus, sold now)
A few others though not unusual really (well to me anyway)

Mal's
- 1907 Itala (the one that did Peking to Paris in '05
- 1909 S.C.A.T (Society Ceirano Automobilio Torino, same family as Fiat, Itala and Spa)
- 1914 Renault DG (first Renault with Electric lights)

Mine
- 1907 Rolls Royce Silver ghost






In my dreams

Nothing yet, just a Disco and the dune buggy I built, oh and a 1:3 Scale Sherwood Range Rover pedal car.


That's all off the top of my head, there's a lot of others that are old or different but you want unusual, and I don't feel like writing an essay

Cheers
Will

My daily driver, until I purchased the Defender 90, was a Triumph 2500S Estate. One of only two in Australia and there were only 2,231 produced between 1975 and 1977 - and I sold it last year doh!





But I kept its older brother!!!! Unforttunately, Jake the wonder dog has gone to the big farm but I'm sure he would have loved the Defender 90.




I have some other Triumphs hidden away but don't tell my Mother

Alpina C2 2,7

Still have it, too. It's a blast to drive, but a liability if it rains.