Shit do not let him get rid of it!! Does it run?
Bummer when an idiot ruins something you enjoy so much.
I don’t think we’re supposed to use the term “midget” anymore.
Damn, that sounds awesome.I have 91 e30 coupe with a 3.5L swap from a 535.
Really hard to find. 1 year only of the M42 engine in the E30 chassis (that is not a convertible, they continued to sell them as the 318ic in 1992, 1993 - at the time they already had the newer generation of the BMW 3 series "E36" in sedan/coupe). You are more likely to find a 2 door version, most people like them most - and they carry a premium. I had the 4 door, the only differences were the number of doors and the original seats. The coupes have the Recaros that many people love. I do not, I think the regular seats in the sedan are actually better. If you find one - give it a try - I thought it was as close to an early Miata as you could get in a 4 seat form. Really a magical car.
I do not have too many good photos of that car, but here is one I do have:
For a while there, I used to race this car in dirt-races - my wife got tired of me returning her Subaru very dirty - so I had to run this car instead in the 2-wheel-drive classes. It was a lot of fun, but I wanted to be more competitive with the faster cars so at some point I bought myself my own Subaru to race.
El Dorado ?I owned the 318i in white. The first "grown up" car Iever owned. Loved it. Owned a few Beemers since, but that was my fave.
My dad's coolest car was a 1970 Cadillac convertible, back when Cadillacs were cool. Very Mad Men.
I’ve got a Datsun b210 emblem glued onto my mini fridge.
My parents had anything from Jeeps and big American cars (A Ford Galaxie was a prominent part of my childhood) to different European cars, an Audi 100LS, First Gen VW Golf/Rabbit, VW Bug etc... - my father was a Citroen lover and we had multiple Citroen 2CVs (I believe my maiden car ride from the hospital was in a 2CV van) - as well as a Peugeot 403 - later in Europe they had a Citroen Visa, a Citroen GSA (loved that car), a Citroen BX and later a Peugeot 309 (from the time it was a 205 with a boot) and when I was in college, they had a 205 GTI (which was one of the greatest hot hatches ever made, what a lovely car that was, I would have loved to have kept it).
When I was growing up we ran across a 2CV Sahara and I implored my father to buy it, he refused because it was not worth the hassle and was too complicated, but that was a big mistake - as they are super rare, less than 700 were ever made. This was a 4x4 2CV that solved the 4x4 problem using a simple french method - but putting a 2nd engine in the back to power the rear wheels. These cars go for over $100K now...
Someone at our local car club brought a 2CV Sahara last year...
Notice that gas cap in the driver door - the gas tank sits below the driver seat - since the rear is filled with another engine.
There are 2 engines, 2 gearboxes in the car, and both are controlled by just 1 set of controls - so the engines /gearboxes are usually a little out of sync - so changing a gear might have one engage before the other - a very interesting driving experience...
I’ll have to get the scoop from my dad and report back lol. It’s his old mini beer fridge that had been in his shop since before I was born.
The Dart was a very dependable car. Always wanted one back in the mid 60s but never had the money.
Sit on his lap? In '68 I was dodging 150 mm rockets in a war.
I had 3 of them in my life...each one cost 300 dollars and I sold them for 300 dollars each time..basically the free cars of my life..they are wonderfully reliable, ugly cars with decent mileage...that slant six in those darts was one of the best american motors ever put in a car in my view....you had to put a new starter motor in them once in awhile because they were so low to the ground they'd eat gravel and weren't like other starters that were easy to rebuild....only design flaw
Our neighbors on our block had MGs and other neighbors had an Austin Healy and a Sprite. I loved all of those cars. Another neighbor had a Volvo which got me interested in Volvo. My dream car was an Austin Healy.My dad still has his 1967 MGB Roadster in the garage, but it hasn't been driven since 1995. He and his buddy each bought one after they came back from the Vietnam War and started life in Portland in 197(1 or 2?). He actually still has the MG catalog from back then, too.
