Can you think of a car that's based strictly on function?

[SteveSS]

No style points, just made to follow the function it was designed for. I'm thinking the WWII Jeep. Maybe a specific land-speed racer, and probably F1 cars but I mean street vehicles sold to the public. The original Power Wagon? I would think the original Beetle is pretty close. Ease of manufacture should count too since that lowers the price.

When I was young I wondered why tractors looked the way they did. Two straight frame rails with engines and axles attached.

 

[DeltaV]

VW Beetle for basic, affordable transportation for traveling from point A to point B.

Otherwise, the purpose-built 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. Need I say more?

 

[gdrill]

1968 Hemi Dart
1968 Hemi Cuda

 

[69 Sleeper Bee]

Model T , VW Beetle or WWII Jeep

 

[66 Sat]

1968 Hemi Dart
1968 Hemi Cuda

How do they fit the bill? They are based on normal production models and are therefore compromised in some ways.
I know it's a Mopar forum but there are other brands out there.
Needs to be something like a Lotus 7.

 

[AR67GTX]

Original 289 Cobra. No power assist, no windows, barely any bumpers, no radio, compact, lightweight, V8 power, all independent suspension, disc brakes, a piece of vinyl and some bows for an erector set top.

 

[gdrill]

How do they fit the bill? They are based on normal production models and are therefore compromised in some ways.
I know it's a Mopar forum but there are other brands out there.
Needs to be something like a Lotus 7.
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They both had the same, and only one, purpose.

 

[DeltaV]

Henry Ford supposedly said "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

He was certainly correct!

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Plymouth Valiant slant six.

 

[33 IMP]

Beetle was gonna be my answer.
Model T also qualifies.

 

[BSB67]

Dodge minivan

 

[PROSTOCKTOM]

I suppose this is related to your geographic location in the World.

In the US the model T sold 15,000,000 units, and the VW Beetle sold a little over 5 million units in the US out of 21.5 million produced worldwide.

WWII Jeeps only 639,000 units

The ultimate winner is the 40 million Ford F series pickup trucks sold worldwide.

Tom

 

[440 4 speed]

Yugo

 

[PROSTOCKTOM]

Yugo

Total production on those were only a little under 800,000

Tom

 

[Pecos Bill]

The first and 2nd gen Vipers

 

[SteveSS]

I would think no stereo is a good prerequesite. My latest purchase the '66 Covette coupe has no radio. I'm trying to think of something non functional on it. I guess the hubcaps.

 

[SteveSS]

Some of the factory lightweight cars, but those weren't really for the public per se.

 

[dadsbee]

Picking up chick's...

 

[Sahara]

The Lada Niva was pretty utilitarian, perhaps early Suzuki Samurai’s.

 

[sr71mopar]

My F100.