Two intrepid souls entrusted their lives to a Ford Festiva that theyd shortened by two feet and decapitated before setting off from British Columbia Canada to run the Le. Mons Rally. They report that the handling is pretty good at slow speeds, but if youre going fast and the road gets bumpy, the front end can bounce off the ground. Sounds exciting Hyundai AccentYou want HOW MUCH to fix the AC Never mind, Ill do it myself How hard can it be to throw a window AC unit on the trunk, and park a generator next to it to power it. No word on how it affects fuel economy1. Buick Century HoopzillaPrices are plunging on 4. Its far easier to justify parting out an old pickup for a major 44 lift project, and busting out the welding torch to give the project some Mad Maxian teeth. Where To Buy Preserved Lemons In DublinFord Aerostar Lucky 1. Ah youth. When youre young you can hop on a plane to attend a rally, expecting to grab a Craigslist impulse purchase as your race car. These brave souls laid out some 3. Ford Aerostar that quickly revealed itself to be suffering major cooling problems. The work around Buy a bunch of tubing, funnels, and water containers to keep things cool. The tube above the driver fed the radiator, the passenger one fed a copper tubing encircling the transmission to keep it cool. The water usage rate was averaging two gallons of water to each gallon of fuel burned. Rambler Roadster. Heres another owner who opted against restoration in favor of chopping and shortening his rally mount. Theres evidence of some lovely metalwork in the panels covering the cockpit and the vestigial rear seat area. Panhard PL1. 7 Tigre. Presentation is half the battle and these owners are gunning for the class win in the Unmitigated Gaul division, dressing up as stereotypically as they can muster in French Maid and Marseillaise sailor outfits. It helps that this two cylinder front drive miracle of French engineering enjoys the double whammy of being both homelyunloved and in shabby shape. SEAB Flipper IHeard of the FlipperKind of an contraindicated name for a top heavy voiturette with a double caster front wheel and engine setup. SEAB stands for Societe dExploitation et dApplication des Brevet. You may never have heard of them, but they built the plastic bodies for the Citroen 2. CV Mehari jeeps. The Flipper I models were unique in having the 4. Sachs Adix air cooled engine and transaxle mounted to the front two wheels, which pivoted about a single axis. Reversing the car just meant turning the whole front axle around backwards. You could have any color as long as it was beige or brown. Lovely. 1. 95. 9 Tempo Matador Camper. This snazzy camper was built by Karosserie Mikafa on a German Tempo Matador truck chassis expressly for the use of the Austro Hungarian diplomat Count Frigyes Szapary de Szapar, Muraszombat et Szechy Sziget thats quite a mouthfuleven without the diacritical marks and his wife, the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. They used it for two European vacations in 1. U. S. to use when traveling between their Pound Ridge, NY homestead and The Breakers Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. They were clearly glampers before glamping was cool1. Wolseley Heinz Hornet. The only way to acquire a new Crayford conversion Wolselely Hornet convertible was to send in two Heinz soup can labels and enter a contest. A total of 5. 7 lucky winners ended up with what must surely be the fanciest of Mini spinoffs, as these cars, converted by Crayford coachbuilders came complete with extras like insulated food cabinets, a 1. Brexton picnic hamper, and a makeup tray stocked with Max Factor products There are 4. Volvo P1. Sport. The new owner of this gorgeous Swedish Meatball class favorite purchased the car on the eve of Le. Mons, and as of show time had yet to even drive the car. We drove a P1. 90. Sport owned by Volvo and loved it, so were sure the new owner will be delighted with this lovely light blue Swede.