looking for a car

Yes another one of my clients has a classic car in his barn...

I am unable to find it on the interweb..

He says only 100 were made ..

he mentioned the name of the guy who built it ,but now he is dead...

They must have been a competition to build the cheapest car in 70s/80's...

The car looks a bit like a mini moke ,but has no doors ,the windows slide ,the seat looks like it has come out of a cafe ,it has an angle iron frame ,it has a 750 mini engine in it ,the rear lights are nothing special like trailer lights...

I am sure on the back panel it said Hustle or letters to that effect..

This one has a soft top ,he told me it was maybe unique...

I thought it might be fun to own... (he wants building work)

I going back to work ,when I return this evening I expect at least half a dozen pictures here...

 

Woz it the Hustler??

 

Taken from Wikipedia so also taken with a pinch of salt but some of the info should be at least part true!



The Hustler was a Mini-based project designed in 1978 by Aston Martin Lagonda designer William Towns and later developed into a kit car by his Interstyl design studio.

The original version used upper and lower square-section steel frames, clad with glass fibre panels and large flat glass windows. On most models sliding side windows acted as doors. It used the front and rear sub frames and mechanical components from theBritish Leyland Mini, Metro or BMC1100/1300. The Hustler came in four and six wheel versions: the six wheel version used two Mini rear sub frame assemblies. The style was very much off-road/utility in the rectilinear idiom of the Lagonda and Bulldog.

At the 1981 Earl's Court Motor Show, a wooden version was introduced, using marine plywood and solid wood as both structure and body. Shortly afterwards, a sportier version was also introduced, using the same lower steel structure but with an upper structure with less height. An open-topped version, the Sport, was introduced at about the same time. The vehicle kits were sold directly from William Towns' home at Stretton-on-Fosse, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, where his design studio was based.

About 500 were made.

 

http://www.banovsky.com/archive/hustler-highlander-6

 

Looking at the blokes stood next to it I would imagine it was

 

Its not gonna look like anything if my mate don't pull his finger out & build it, ahem I mean me oh bloody hell I have since realized after making promises to the boy that I need a welder & the ability to weld

 

He told me too. I might have asked if dad had used the metal I provided, he looked confused.

 

I like them


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Not yet, I also have some square box steel but quickly realized that gaffa tape & cable ties with the odd self tapper & maybe a nut & bolt or two just wasn't gonna cut it

I really want to get a welder and have a bash at this myself but can't justify the expense at the mo & was hoping my mate would say yeah sure I have a welder you can borrow & I'll come and assist but he doesn't have his own welder its his mates & would be easier for him if he took it away to construct the chassis for me so I'm in his hands a bit! Still gonna put the chequer plate as the floor tho

Its just all going to take a bit longer than planned, especially as we are doing as much camping as we can in between that work stuff that just gets in the way but is sadly essential these days

It's turning into a bit of a VW resto I reckon

 

Knew you wud

 

I think that the Mini Moke had more style than those.
Saw a Mini Moke out yesterday, as I was slowly trundling along behind other classic cars returning from a pub out in the back reaches of rural Hampshire.

 

You may need a new look.....