Slowest Vehicle

[JEBar]

we tend to talk about the fastest but what is/was the slowest vehicle you have ever owned and drove on a daily basis


for me, '65 Jeep CJ5 with a Dauntless 4 cylinder engine, 3 on the floor .... all of the aerodynamics of a concrete block .... it would do 50 mph falling off of a cliff ... kept it 5 years and put just under 100,000 miles on it

 

[Bert]

1965 2 dr. Rambler American. 3 on the tree and a flat head six.
It got great gas milage, but the savings were offset by the cost of oil...

 

[Norahsbed]

"74" Chevy Vega, I was constantly being passed on Hwy 10 heading East out of Moorhead, Mn. (very flat until just before Hawley) it sucked when I was passed by trucks going up hill. Bright side, great mileage for back then. Mine unlike others in my family, didn't use oil.

 

[pistonboy]

My first car: 1964 Ford Fairlane.
3 on the tree.
Fill the oil and check the gas.

 

[Norahsbed]

My first car: 1964 Ford Fairlane.
3 on the tree.
Fill the oil and check the gas.

I got my first speeding ticket in a 68 Fairlane. I got busted doing 69 mph in a 55 mph zone. Of course the Highway speeds back than were 55 mph. The cop gave me a break on the speed, anything 15 mph over the speed limit was double the fine. I was well over 70 when I saw the lights! And yes I checked the gas and filled the oil!

 

[Ian442]

My Dad had a Vega. apparently he was at the dealer the day I was born. He traded up to a big station wagon. Turns out I was nearly 12 pounds at birth

 

[Ian442]

I had a VW Rabbit diesel. 5 speed with a 0 to 60 time of 30 seconds plus.

Top speed maybe 78 mph. I got clocked at that once.

 

[Ekh]

Fiat 850. No power on hills at all. Also, in France, a Renault Quatrelle. But the real winner -- my 1955 Dodge milk truck, which I had converted into a camper for a grand total of $350. 8 mpg, 55 mph top speed. Cruised from Ct to Nova Scotia, then down to Virginia, where I sold it.

 

[bowers baldwin]

1987 Nissan Pulsar, 70hp, made my bug look like 911 turbo.
I did once hit 90 mph, in neutral, going down a LONG mountain road.
Still, T-tops and a removable rear hatch, I did love that little POS

* not mine, random Google pic.

 

[Coss]

1963 Ford Galaxie 4dr just a beast; got it for $75 and it ran! Same thing about fill the oil (usually 50wt with a can of STP) ran great, but wouldn't idle worth a darn. Decided to pull the heads to find out what the problem was and found it only had 6 1/2 pistons; put the heads back on and sold it for $100.
Total time of ownership, 2 months.