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Model: Hustler 6
Year: 1984
Mileage: ??
Tax: None
MOT: None
Pics: See below
Location: Bristol
Price: £1,000
This is going to come as quite a shock to quite a few people, but yes....I am selling my 'collection' of Hustlers! (see my other Hustler for sale HERE)
I really don't want to, anyone who knows me at all will know how much I love these motors and also know pretty much everything I had planned for them. I took a long time to find these cars but big (and I mean BIG) plans are afoot, so space and money are needed. This is going to be a very, very regrettable sale
This Hustler 6 is one of only about 75 ever made....as confirmed by John Dickens of Complete Kit Car Magazine (a self confessed Hustler nut and previous Hustler owner).
The Hustler 6 was part of a range of Hustlers designed, developed and made by William Towns...who also designed such cars as the Aston Martin Bulldog, Aston Martin DBS and Aston Martin Lagonda as well as some seriously cool micro cars like the Microdot and Minissima (see more about him HERE)
Some great details about the majority of the Hustler range can be seen here Details on the Hustler range of cars - around 500 Huslters were made in total and the Hustler 6 was one of the more popular models selling around 75 of them. Even then, most have differences because William Towns was forever adapting and changing things...then owners who built them as a kit would fit different things too...so no two are ever the same.
This Huster 6 is properly registered on the logbook as the following:
Registration; Q226 WRX
Make; Hustler
Model/Type; 3-Axle-Rigid-Body Light Van
Colour; Brown/Cream
Fuel; Petrol
VIN/Chassis no; K****** (blanked for security)
Engine no; ****300 (Blanked for security)
Cyl Capacity; 1275cc
Date of Reg; 01/09/94
No. of former keepers; NONE since Sep 84
I have the original buff/blue V5 logbook with me but have not sent it off because I wanted to do this when the car was nearer complete. I am selling the car like this now so that 1 less keeper appears on the log book. If a buyer wants me to get a V5c sorted, I am happy to pay for this at my own expense, but this will mean 1 extra keeper added to the history of the car. At least there is the choice
The car came with no engine or gearbox and is sold with no engine or gearbox. I was going to buy a cheap Rover 214 and use the 1.4 K-series engine as a powerplant. Not too much power, but enough to make this light vehicle nippy and fun while still keeping it in the lower tax bracket. If you want extreme fun, you might want to consider my Hustler Sport. Obviously a Mini engine & box will drop straight in but I reckon this car will really respond well to a more modern engine...and the K-series kind of keeps it 'in the family' ;D
The car is based on the Mini running gear utilising the Mini front subframe and TWO Mini rear subrfames. Everything is very simple and easy to access. Working on this car is a joy.
The car comes with all subframes, suspension, axles etc...so can roll, steer and be moved around easily. I wouldn't take a lot to get an engine in this, overhaul the brakes and off you go. However, I would recommend a strip down & clean/rebuild of what is there before thinking of putting it on the road.
The frame on this car is immaculate. All glass intact and working perfectly (sliding glass 'windoors' ) and immaculate with complete lockset and spare locks! All body panels are there and all of them are in excellent condition including the dashboard and very, very rare interior full lenght roof panel (headlining) with roof console etc...
It also comes with two fuel tanks. Why mention this? Because they are like poor quality wobbly children's play pony doo doo, so worth money!
The floor tub is in excellent order and very solid although the previous owner glued carpet over it, and this has left glue residue where the carpet was removed on the tub. BiAS was going to re-carpet the interior for me so this wasn't an issue to me and if you want the interior to look immaculate with hard wearing carpet, I have seen what BiAS can do, it's AMAZING and I would recommend anyone thinking of buying this car to get him to trim the floor tub. You won't get a better job!
The 'interior' was removed as much as the nasty home-made foam covered plywood panels they called seats were ripped out. The car will come with a choice of a nice set of 80's grey tweed Recaro's or a set of black vinyl classic bucket seats, so you have a choice from the outset.
The car is being sold on 10" steel wheels, but I have a set of awesome and rare 8x13" Allycat Rallye wheels which can be purchased cheaply by seperate negotiation. I say this because I have a set of SIX of the Allycats - bought because I knew they would just work perfectly with my plans for the car. They are 4x108, but this isn't a problem when you can easily redrill Mini hubs to that size.
I sold my other Hustler 6 in Jan for £600. This was unregistered and would therefore have needed an IVA which would cost just short of £500....plus the cost of changing ALL that glass to meet IVA spec, plus any other work needed to get it compliant. This car needs none of that, it's properly registered (unlike most Hustlers I've come across) so once the engine and mechanical overhaul is done, it's simply a case of MOT then tax.
Here are some shots of it when I bought it:
As mentioned, the seats have been removed along with the carpet and the rear hardboard panelling (which supposedly constituted it being a van!) but the rest of the interior is there: dash, guages, that awesome steering wheel, roof mounted CB radio, awesome retro speakers etc....
So what were my plans for it?
Well, you have seen that I was going to fit a 1.4 K-series engine for the powerplant, I have mentioned the awesome wheels I was going to put on it....but here is the best bit.....
Everyone who sees the car thinks the proportions are a bit, ermmm, boxy with a lot of glass. Well, thankfully being box section and 100% flat glass, I was going to roof chop it. I'd always wanted to do this because I've always felt this is what it needed to really make the design work. Turning ungainly into super cool. Roof chop and slam.
From this:
To this:
But then rake the screen as well to give it more of a 'shooting brake' look.....like this:
So there you have it, potentially one of the oddest, but coolest looking kit cars ever...with sliding glass doors (driving with the doors slid back FTW!)
Because the chassis (lower frame), which holds all the running gear, is totally seperate to the body panels and the upper frame (the upper frame being where the glass sits) you can roof chop it to your hearts content without falling foul of the IVA. Bonus!
Anyone wishing to come and take a closer look is more than welcome. I am happy to provide lots of photos and details of everything.....but most of all I just hope this car goes to a good home. Hopefully where someone will carry out the ideas I had for it...the car would look SO awesome if chopped/raked/slammed ;D
Year: 1984
Mileage: ??
Tax: None
MOT: None
Pics: See below
Location: Bristol
Price: £1,000
This is going to come as quite a shock to quite a few people, but yes....I am selling my 'collection' of Hustlers! (see my other Hustler for sale HERE)
I really don't want to, anyone who knows me at all will know how much I love these motors and also know pretty much everything I had planned for them. I took a long time to find these cars but big (and I mean BIG) plans are afoot, so space and money are needed. This is going to be a very, very regrettable sale
This Hustler 6 is one of only about 75 ever made....as confirmed by John Dickens of Complete Kit Car Magazine (a self confessed Hustler nut and previous Hustler owner).
The Hustler 6 was part of a range of Hustlers designed, developed and made by William Towns...who also designed such cars as the Aston Martin Bulldog, Aston Martin DBS and Aston Martin Lagonda as well as some seriously cool micro cars like the Microdot and Minissima (see more about him HERE)
Some great details about the majority of the Hustler range can be seen here Details on the Hustler range of cars - around 500 Huslters were made in total and the Hustler 6 was one of the more popular models selling around 75 of them. Even then, most have differences because William Towns was forever adapting and changing things...then owners who built them as a kit would fit different things too...so no two are ever the same.
This Huster 6 is properly registered on the logbook as the following:
Registration; Q226 WRX
Make; Hustler
Model/Type; 3-Axle-Rigid-Body Light Van
Colour; Brown/Cream
Fuel; Petrol
VIN/Chassis no; K****** (blanked for security)
Engine no; ****300 (Blanked for security)
Cyl Capacity; 1275cc
Date of Reg; 01/09/94
No. of former keepers; NONE since Sep 84
I have the original buff/blue V5 logbook with me but have not sent it off because I wanted to do this when the car was nearer complete. I am selling the car like this now so that 1 less keeper appears on the log book. If a buyer wants me to get a V5c sorted, I am happy to pay for this at my own expense, but this will mean 1 extra keeper added to the history of the car. At least there is the choice
The car came with no engine or gearbox and is sold with no engine or gearbox. I was going to buy a cheap Rover 214 and use the 1.4 K-series engine as a powerplant. Not too much power, but enough to make this light vehicle nippy and fun while still keeping it in the lower tax bracket. If you want extreme fun, you might want to consider my Hustler Sport. Obviously a Mini engine & box will drop straight in but I reckon this car will really respond well to a more modern engine...and the K-series kind of keeps it 'in the family' ;D
The car is based on the Mini running gear utilising the Mini front subframe and TWO Mini rear subrfames. Everything is very simple and easy to access. Working on this car is a joy.
The car comes with all subframes, suspension, axles etc...so can roll, steer and be moved around easily. I wouldn't take a lot to get an engine in this, overhaul the brakes and off you go. However, I would recommend a strip down & clean/rebuild of what is there before thinking of putting it on the road.
The frame on this car is immaculate. All glass intact and working perfectly (sliding glass 'windoors' ) and immaculate with complete lockset and spare locks! All body panels are there and all of them are in excellent condition including the dashboard and very, very rare interior full lenght roof panel (headlining) with roof console etc...
It also comes with two fuel tanks. Why mention this? Because they are like poor quality wobbly children's play pony doo doo, so worth money!
The floor tub is in excellent order and very solid although the previous owner glued carpet over it, and this has left glue residue where the carpet was removed on the tub. BiAS was going to re-carpet the interior for me so this wasn't an issue to me and if you want the interior to look immaculate with hard wearing carpet, I have seen what BiAS can do, it's AMAZING and I would recommend anyone thinking of buying this car to get him to trim the floor tub. You won't get a better job!
The 'interior' was removed as much as the nasty home-made foam covered plywood panels they called seats were ripped out. The car will come with a choice of a nice set of 80's grey tweed Recaro's or a set of black vinyl classic bucket seats, so you have a choice from the outset.
The car is being sold on 10" steel wheels, but I have a set of awesome and rare 8x13" Allycat Rallye wheels which can be purchased cheaply by seperate negotiation. I say this because I have a set of SIX of the Allycats - bought because I knew they would just work perfectly with my plans for the car. They are 4x108, but this isn't a problem when you can easily redrill Mini hubs to that size.
I sold my other Hustler 6 in Jan for £600. This was unregistered and would therefore have needed an IVA which would cost just short of £500....plus the cost of changing ALL that glass to meet IVA spec, plus any other work needed to get it compliant. This car needs none of that, it's properly registered (unlike most Hustlers I've come across) so once the engine and mechanical overhaul is done, it's simply a case of MOT then tax.
Here are some shots of it when I bought it:
As mentioned, the seats have been removed along with the carpet and the rear hardboard panelling (which supposedly constituted it being a van!) but the rest of the interior is there: dash, guages, that awesome steering wheel, roof mounted CB radio, awesome retro speakers etc....
So what were my plans for it?
Well, you have seen that I was going to fit a 1.4 K-series engine for the powerplant, I have mentioned the awesome wheels I was going to put on it....but here is the best bit.....
Everyone who sees the car thinks the proportions are a bit, ermmm, boxy with a lot of glass. Well, thankfully being box section and 100% flat glass, I was going to roof chop it. I'd always wanted to do this because I've always felt this is what it needed to really make the design work. Turning ungainly into super cool. Roof chop and slam.
From this:
To this:
But then rake the screen as well to give it more of a 'shooting brake' look.....like this:
So there you have it, potentially one of the oddest, but coolest looking kit cars ever...with sliding glass doors (driving with the doors slid back FTW!)
Because the chassis (lower frame), which holds all the running gear, is totally seperate to the body panels and the upper frame (the upper frame being where the glass sits) you can roof chop it to your hearts content without falling foul of the IVA. Bonus!
Anyone wishing to come and take a closer look is more than welcome. I am happy to provide lots of photos and details of everything.....but most of all I just hope this car goes to a good home. Hopefully where someone will carry out the ideas I had for it...the car would look SO awesome if chopped/raked/slammed ;D
