For sale, wooden car with six wheels!

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Wed 27 Nov 2024 19:58
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - badbusdriver

If you are of a certain age and interested in all sorts of cars, including kit cars, you may well be familiar with the William Towns designed Hustler. Most were four wheeled and most were steel/grp, but a few were made out of wood and a few had six wheels.

Here is a HubNut video review (YouTube) of a six wheeled wooden version, currently for sale at Stone Cold Classics (there is a link to their website in description).

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Thu 28 Nov 2024 07:58
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - paul 1963

I vaguely remember the name but couldn't remember what one actually looked like so thanks for that.

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Thu 28 Nov 2024 09:40
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - craig-pd130

Excellent, thanks for that.

I was in Buxton yesterday, and there was a H&H classic car auction on. The star of the show for me was an Iso Lele, such an unmistakeably 70s design but so striking. It didn't sell, apparently.

Here's a link to the results if anyone fancies a daydream about buying a classic.

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Thu 28 Nov 2024 11:15
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - Steveieb

Thanks for posting the results of the auction at Buxton Craig.

i thought you may have been interested in the VW Passat 2005 like the one you owned some time ago. I still miss my A4 PD 130 which is very similar. The ease and power of that engine was amazing.

I was surprised by the realistic prices , much lower than on Mathewsons , Bangers and Cash ?

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Thu 28 Nov 2024 16:35
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - craig-pd130

i thought you may have been interested in the VW Passat 2005 like the one you owned some time ago. I still miss my A4 PD 130 which is very similar. The ease and power of that engine was amazing.

I did look twice at the Passat W8! Not many of those around ...

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Fri 29 Nov 2024 01:58
For sale, wooden car with six wheels! - edlithgow

IIRC (and I might not) they weren't actually a plywood monocoque (which would be nice from an engineering POV but rather expensive assuming good marine ply) but simply ply body over a steel frame.

I suppose still nicer than fibreglass but more maintenance required.

Edited by edlithgow on 29/11/2024 at 02:18

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