anyone know about RARE HUSTLER KIT CAR on eBay (end time 11-Mar-11 19:49:10 GMT) ?!?!

looks like the 1st attempt of a pope-mobil to me

There is a reason why its rare

They were around 30 ish years ago, and from memory based on Mini/Metro

not somthing i would want on my drive!!

1978 vintage

[Edited on 8/3/11 by steve m]

OMG they even did a V12 version !!!!

http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?townshustlerf.htm

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Originally posted by steve m
OMG they even did a V12 version !!!!

http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?townshustlerf.htm

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Saw one of these at Stoneleigh a year or 2 ago and to make it even worse they had built a replica model which lived in the back you can just see it in the photo on the grass.



Hustler

Lol... I saw that at Stoneleigh too. Me and Mrs Scootz both agreed that it wasn't to our tastes, but each to their own!

It's like 4 planks nailed together by a fifth

That glass-work is just right for having it off in the back with your missus! All it's missing is some spotlights..

How would they pass today's IVA I wonder?

hi folks
it was designed by a chap called william towns? excuse me if spelling not correct.

he forgot more about auto enginering than you lot will ever learn?

was head man at aston martin at one time,and i think standard / triumph

if you think that ones ugly

what about is lagonda.

lived near me in warwickshire.

Sorry, I have always liked them! remember at the time there were no people carriers, the options were to have a car or a van, angular lines were the style of the period. Designed by Bill Towns who designed among other cars the Aston Lagonda. I think the wooden ones were intended to be exported and then paneled in the 3rd world to provide simple transport.

Did he not grasp the concept of curves or something? I remember the wooden ones from when I was a lad, some used Austin Maxi running gear. He may have forgotten more than I know but I know something he doesn't so there He did a Mini based town car called the Minissima which was another weird one.

looks like its got everest patio windows in the side

We have admired them from afar at Stoneleigh and other shows over the years, and even though wood work pays my bills and the designer was a very sharp bloke, it would take a lot to get me be seen in one of them but what a great name for a car!

atb
Mike

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Originally posted by g.gilo
..... he forgot more about auto enginering than you lot will ever learn?

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Reminds me of the Johnny Cab from Total Recall




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i'd still love the v12 one

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Originally posted by trextr7monkey
... but what a great name for a car!

atb
Mike

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sadly whilst the lagonda was seriously engineered, it was also a complete failure as a saleable item... it too had weird angular lines, and the dash was like something from star trek.

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Originally posted by mrwibble
sadly whilst the lagonda was seriously engineered, it was also a complete failure as a saleable item... it too had weird angular lines, and the dash was like something from star trek.

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Originally posted by MikeFellows

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Originally posted by mrwibble
sadly whilst the lagonda was seriously engineered, it was also a complete failure as a saleable item... it too had weird angular lines, and the dash was like something from star trek.

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your right, I dont even know whats going on in that dash, other than some 80's computer game

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I love that it has a control panel behind the steering wheel!

look at the floor though

you need to sit sideways