The 1100 I had had fluid suspension which cost me almost as much as the car to get fixed when it sprung a leak, I fibreglassed the battery compartment, replaced the master cylinder and the slave cylinders on the drum brakes were always leaking. That being said the speedo was in MPH and I had to convert the bouncing needle to km/h which then just made me drive at the same speed as everyone else most of the time – was next to useless. As for the wet weather performance – never skipped a beat due to the shielding I put in place. Tyres were a problem – used to chew through the fronts like butter. But it did leak like a sieve – between .5 to 1l per week whether driving or parked
it had kg’s of gasketgoo.
Now the elephant in the cupboard – universal joints. You break one – that’s unfortunate but when you break 3 that is downright stupid. They are a complete pain to change out, even having to undo the engine bolts to lift to get access, as to the manifold, always made a hole 1.5” down from joint in the exhaust.
Brilliant car to drive and had a heap of fun – but I will leave it on those precious memories