The Invacar!

I don’t know exactly where he got it or how he ended up with it, but long ago my dad bought an Invacar. I drove it around town when I was 17… almost 15 years ago. Today I splurged a bit and wasted some precious cash to buy the car from my dad. Compared to what I drove 15 years ago, it’s a total wreck; towed here on a trailer, covered in scum/pine needles, most of the rubber trim is rotting or missing entirely, the fiberglass shell is cracked in several places, blue paint/glaze coat faded and/or cracked in several places, doubtful that it runs, break lines basically frozen stiff, rusting everywhere, drum breaks totally shot… yep, she’s in bad shape.

But, I honestly like the little car that much. The first order of business was to wash the damn thing. While I still have my doubts about the little blue car, just giving it a bath raised my spirits considerably. The real trick is going to be finding parts for it. I know the drum breaks are impossible to find, which is why it was banned in the UK (most were recalled and crushed by the British government). My main concern is finding parts for the hodge-podge engine. There are parts on that engine from all kinds of companies. It’s like they played mix-and-match, with a block from here and headers from there… I’m guessing there are at least four different automobile engine manufacturers involved in this little 2 cyl engine.

Let the parts hunt begin!

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