Wooden six wheeler! The incredible Hustler 6 In Wood - what's it like to drive?

This was something special - an Interstyl Hustler 6 made out of wood! Designed by William Towns, the Hustler was sold as a kit of parts - unless you opted for a wooden one when pretty much all you got was the plans. John Brazier, a teacher in Bristol, built this one in the 1980s - then used it as family transport! The Hustler uses Mini subframes. Three of them in this case.

Berlingo camper video soon!

#woodencar #minikit #roadtest

[grayfool]

I know a guy who built a completely wooden car . Wooden body, wooden wheels, even a wooden engine. Only one problem, wooden go.

[charliemansonUK]

My dad had a collection of Hustler magazines under his bed...but i never saw any of the cars in them 🤔

[ThreeCoos]

Better than any supercar review, it's Ian driving a motorised sideboard 😁

[dave_s_hemmings]

Have you ever wanted to sit in your grannies glass cabinet and drive to the seaside? Or have you looked at your great aunts sideboard and thought, “what that needs is a seat and an A-Series”? Well boy do we have the car for you 😂

[michaelsanderson]

'Corners of wild ignorance'. Well there's the new hoodie right there!

[MoniqueStirrups]

If Hubnut was immortalised as a would be it!

[jonathancraig]

Well done Ian for colour matching your outfit to the car

[CaptHollister]

This looks like something out of Gerry Anderson production.

[mobiledevto]

THIS guy is the most British person ever and THIS car is the most British car ever.

[howardsportugal]

The wooden "quartic" steering wheel is fabulous!

[bigglesrecyclesthebristolp]

Nice one, ,, i worked as supply staff for couple of months in 2001 ish in Brislington school where John worked, ,, saw that beuty in the car park, ,, ❤
Great video thanks

[gareththompson]

Thats like driving around in an old sideboard!

[stephenfry]

Used to walk past this car every morning in Brislington, Bristol!!! So happy it's still with us :-)

[adienowed]

Built a Hustler 6 in the 80's.using a Mini 1275 twin carb engine. Instrumentation was from a Triumph. Brilliant vehicle and with the reversed Mini rear subframes, had a brilliant ride. My young kids at the time absolutely loved it. Took a bit of nerve at first driving it as everyone just stared at you as you went by!

[angusnz]

I had forgotten about these. I remember seeing kit sets for sale when I was a kids. They offered 4 and 6 wheel and I always wanted the 6. Even at the age of about 12 I was a bit odd lol

[notsohairybiker]

Looks like a hearse for an old carpenter.

[EVguru]

You got the glass, along with the plans, from Interstyl, which was William Town's design company. This was partly so that one set of plans couldn't be used to build multiple vehicles, but mostly because the windscreen had to be approved laminated glass and the other windows had to be tempered. I was a one stage talking to William about buying a set of plans and indeed one of the Tracer mid engine sports cars, but sadly the chemotherapy he was undergoing proved ineffective and he died before a deal could be done.

[edgarbeat]

Big fan of William Towns' designs. This is epic. Like No80.

[Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

This certainly solves the _car body rust problem._ 😊

[scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Wood you believe it! Ian.drives a Hustler. I wood love to have a drive of that.

An excellent review as always Ian.