Former Cars

		Former Cars

05/28/08

Log House

The TRIP!

Some of my former cars...

1974 Datsun B210

1974 AMC Matador "Oleg Cassini" (Originally belonged to Great-grandfather. Extremely rare

but one of two in the area!))

1971 MG Midget (Daily driver in college; this picture after a 4 hour drive home to Ashe County)

1974 MG Midget

1967 Yenko Stinger YS116

1966 Corvair Corsa Turbo convertible (very rare)

1966 NSU Sport Prinz

2 cylinder, 600cc, 4sp, styled by Bertone, all original 12k miles

1967 Mini Cooper 1275S

(Australian built; MK1 with roll-up windows, imported from NZ)

1982 Bajaj (India built Vespa Ape). Street legal (thanks to mistake by WI DMV) but only 121 miles!

1980 Ford Fiesta (ex-SCCA car, loads of B.A.T. mods, awesome car and ice racing champ!)

1960 Berkeley T60 (lowest mileage in the world, spent 1961-1988 in the Isle of Man auto museum, now in The Lane Museum on Nashville along with my previous Berkeley 328SE four wheeler)

1960 Berkeley T60 (project with Mini axles and hubs)

1960 Berkeley T60 (abortion with full Mini transplant)

1971 FIAT 850 Spider (design unveiled at the Geneva Auto show the same day and time I was born, just hours after the Bertone designer's first son)

1965 Sunbeam Imp Rootes group answer to the Mini. Rear mounted water cooled Coventry Climax engine (like Lotus); built by unskilled labor in Scotland and quickly developed a reputation for unreliability.

1974 Hillman Imp (newest in the US and one of the last built!)

1953 Riley RMF (the last true Riley ever built) and 1951 Riley RMB, both 2.5's. RMF ran and drove; RMB was a basket case. (Strangely, previous owner bought the RMF as a parts car for the RMB!)

1958 DKW MUNGA (another little 4x4, this one with a 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine. After VW bought DKW, the VW-engined version become the VW Iltis which subsequently gave up its drivetrain to build the first quattro on an Audi 4000. So this was the ur-ur-ur-quattro!) Second one I've owned.

The other one:

1966 AC Acedes MK12 (3 wheeler issued by UK National Health to disabled persons... all hand control!)

1995 Saturn SC2 (bought for John, engine blew in under 1000 miles)

We don't hold him responsible for that, but we do this: 1998 GMC Suburban (deceased)

1974 SnowRunners (single track snowmobiles powered by Chrysler outboards)

1985 Audi Turbo Quattro Coupe (ur-quattro); bought from the Gerber collection. 1 of 73.

1989 SAAB 900 Turbo Convertible with Group 6 mods... a really outstanding and fast ride..

1963/1968 Tatra 2/603 Really deserves its own page. (Aircooled hemi V8, 4 on the column. 4 wheel discs, swing axles in the rear, gas heater under driver's seat) Great story...