Notable eco-cars (old & new) spotted in the wild: post your pics!

[freebeard]

Come the revolution, it won't matter. A better world is possible.

But if you want something they'll know you've built in your garage, you want the empi sportser - Google Search


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To bring it back on-topic, here's a picture I took at Bonneville



They might think this is a VW Thing, but it's all aluminum.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

That would look cool in camo.

[freebeard]

On the salt, the mill-finish aluminum looks right at home. Everything is so bright, camo would stick out like a sore thumb.

One thing leads to another. Here's the page that construction sequence pic came from:

http://http://beachwheels.blogspot.c...sportster.html

They have the plans and instructions for making you own Sportster.


Make mine PolyMetal. With a Schwimmwagen-style spare tire and a Shalako-style windshield. (The icon is broken)

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by War_Wagon

Here's one for MetroMPG - the grand daddy of Metros -

Neatest factoid I've read about those cars is the doors are usable on either side of the car. Just have to make a hole for the handle. Maybe it's even true!

[War_Wagon]

Oh man, that sounds like a lot of work ha ha. If it's still there on Monday I'll take some pics of the doors and we can try and figure it out.

Also, driving home today I saw the mintest Festiva ever going the other way. The good news is I recognized the driver as a transport driver for the auction, so I am guessing it will be waiting there tomorrow. I'll report back with pics, hoperfully it's not an automatic!

[freebeard]

Also, driving home today I saw the mintest Festiva ever going the other way.

Pastel green then? Your pictures are endlessly entertaining. Looking forward to what turns up.

I corrected my post. It was the EMPI Sportster, not the Burro—it's contemporary.

The prospects brighten for electric conversion of old VWs (and a lot of others) when Protean energy ships product next year.The redundant intergrated micro-controllers would be a big deal. I guess I'm all "Ooh-Shiny" about electric aluminum off-road chassis. Because PolyMetal.

MetroMPG -- Based on my experience with my '59 station wagon (kind of a mini-Nomad with the aluminum framed windows) there's little doubt. A single stamping that is re[die]stamped to make lefts and rights. In the '50s (anyway) panels for low-production models like station wagons and convertibles were re-stamped from high-production model parts. Or so I hear.

[War_Wagon]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Pastel green then?

Blue with factory grey swirly stripes/graphics on the sides actually. My spies tell me it's a '92 with 180k KMs (111k miles). They all went home before it got checked in to the auction though, so no idea if it's a 5 speed or not. It is Unreserved though, meaning it will sell for whatever the highest bid is. Cripes, if it's a 5 speed and no one wants it, I may have to rescue it from the scrap guy. I try to leave, and they keep dragging me back in!! ha ha

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Your pictures are endlessly entertaining. Looking forward to what turns up.

+1, or Like, or agree, or whatever the kids are saying these days.

[War_Wagon]

Thanks!

As promised, 1992 Festiva with 180k kms (111k miles). You can see the major problem with it in the second picture. But at least it didn't get scrapped, I think it brought in a whopping $400!

[MetroMPG]

Major problem indeed! Those seats look terrible.