Daihatsu Charmant - anyone seen one?

[heathrobinson]

Back in the day, a mate gave me one of these, and I ragged it about for a while before selling it to a guy in Plymouth for £100.
Looking back now, I'm sort of kicking myself, it was a really unusual car, 4-door, 5-speed 1.6 rwd, with that chintzy oriental thing going on, with greeny-silver paint and some tasteful 80s J velour inside. I reckon it could have been cool as.
Has anyone seen one, or better yet got pics of one?

[jayom]

[gn3dr]

Couple over here in Ireland running twin cam toyota running gear. Bolts straight in apparently as I believe they were based on a Corolla. There's one here near me running a Lexus V8 as well.

[gn3dr]

maples8.com/cars/syncro/albums/userpics/10002/normal_Photo0506.jpg

[markbognor]

Don't know if you'll manage to find one, but here's some inspiration if you do.

[rmad]

How Many Left says there's currently four on the road: www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=charmant

[rmad]

Hirst's old one hasn't had an MOT since 2010 according to the DVLA

[HoTWire]

oooh oooh oooh I've seen one (as has rmad ) even if it has been in this thread before I'm posting it again...


Daihatsu Charmant by Retro Rides, on Flickr


Daihatsu Charmant with 4AGE by Retro Rides, on Flickr

Best day evAr!

[rmad]

Jan 18, 2015 17:09:28 GMT HoTWire said:

Best day evAr!

'Twas a very good day indeed.

[quackshot]

Bolf on here had one. Its a rebadged Toyota corolla DX

Not cheap in the slightest, unless you find an old biddy who's had it in the garage forever and you knock on the door.

[heathrobinson]

Balls, knew I shouldn't have flogged it! It was brilliant and awful at the same time - it gave you no notice that the back was going to step out whatsoever. Tried to kill me many, many times.
It also had some great alloys, although they'd been on so long that I had to jump it over a little bridge with loose wheelnuts to get the rears off!

[trigger]

This is the last one i saw, that was back in 2010 though and it shows as having not been taxed since.

1984 Daihatsu Charmant 1.6 LGX Near Clacton by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[heathrobinson]

I wish I could remember the reg, that looks exactly like it, wheels and all.

[Mercdan68]

Seen a nice one of these up at clearways west kingsdown, blue and silver and very low , at a garage premises

[jaypea]

I think DriftMoto are doing the Lexus V8 conversion in one or two. . .

[hatsu]

Jan 18, 2015 15:38:54 GMT rmad said:

Hirst's old one hasn't had an MOT since 2010 according to the DVLA

I sold it to Hirst. Great fun car to drive. Entertainingly sideways with ancient rubber, even with a puny engine.
Real potential. One of a long list of 'really shouldnt have sold that' cars.

[Hirst]

I've still got it! The car, not my marbles. They departed years ago.

[mikeymk]

Jan 18, 2015 14:20:57 GMT gn3dr said:

maples8.com/cars/syncro/albums/userpics/10002/normal_Photo0506.jpg

Why aren't i driving one of those..?!

[heathrobinson]

Mine definitely didn't go that well...
It did however do that snapping from side to side, but mostly only when you weren't expecting it. That vid made me feel I'd made a terrible mistake selling it, right up to the point the Capri appeared in the shot. That's made me feel a lot better about my current car choices. Now all I need to do is get it running again...