I remember seeing one as a kid when they were near new. What made it memorable was the tiny car going fast and getting a bit bouncy, noisy and smokey doing it. Lots of suspension travel. I seem to remember what I would now call swing axle tuck in. On a straight suburban main road but built in the twenties and not rebuilt or maintained much until the late seventies. Even though it had to be a less than five years old car , it struck me as rapidly deteriorating and so bought cheaply. Would have seen others but that one definitely stuck in my mind for those reasons. The Darts were a bit of a talking point among sports car interested eight year olds then but just judged them on looks.
Pretty cool car. Thanks for your time and effort to upload this. Around 54 years ago, when I was an apprentice, one of the tradesmen had one of these (he was from Europe). He took me for a long ride in it. It was quite an experience - loud and somewhat slow. At the time, I had a Kawasaki 500 triple motorbike, also loud though at least it was justifiable because if it's impressive speed. I joked that I wanted to put that motor into his car. He wasn't impressed and just said Why?, the car is fine just as it is! I just buttoned my lip and said okay.
what a laugh! very entertaining video. we had an ad (Australia) where they featured a goggomobile "Yellow Pages - 'Go Go Mobile' (Australian ad, 1992)" (on youtube) and later they did ANOTHER with the dart i didn't find, but SHANNONS insurance covered the Dart with the same guy "Shannons Insurance: Goggomobil Dart - Television Commercial" (youtube ) goggomobile dude (RIP) also was famous for doing ads for Don smallgoods "Is Don Is Good ad"( several on youtube). like a trip down memory lane, although i vaguely remember the ad you showed being about Holden Cars not Zeta ;)
If i ever owned one, i would have to look into getting that shifting system moved lol. I wonder if anyone could relocate it to a column shift. having your leg on it sounds like a whole world of trouble.
@@nashtubb just heaps of bolt in aftermarket parts for the banshee that I have noticed. I think I would do some suspension & a roll cage first though! So much potential lol. It would be a bit of a travesty to mod such an old vehicle that runs fine though.
At least the Gogomoble had merit as a fun car, unlike the extremely terrible Zeta. Note that 1 pint to 2.5 gallons of gasoline is a mixing ratio is a 20:1 mixing ratio. This would require 2-stroke engine oil not readily available in Australia back then. Pre-mix was not widely available then either - and mixing yourself would soon be pretty annoying. Who remembers the old BSA Bantam 2-stroke motorbikes that specified using ordinary 4-stroke oil mixed 15:1 - resulting in continual spark plug trouble and exhaust clogged up with sludge?
According to the internet around 700 of these were made. Have you seen one in real life? How many are left?
I remember seeing one as a kid when they were near new. What made it memorable was the tiny car going fast and getting a bit bouncy, noisy and smokey doing it. Lots of suspension travel. I seem to remember what I would now call swing axle tuck in. On a straight suburban main road but built in the twenties and not rebuilt or maintained much until the late seventies.
Even though it had to be a less than five years old car , it struck me as rapidly deteriorating and so bought cheaply.
Would have seen others but that one definitely stuck in my mind for those reasons.
The Darts were a bit of a talking point among sports car interested eight year olds then but just judged them on looks.
Pretty cool car. Thanks for your time and effort to upload this. Around 54 years ago, when I was an apprentice, one of the tradesmen had one of these (he was from Europe). He took me for a long ride in it. It was quite an experience - loud and somewhat slow. At the time, I had a Kawasaki 500 triple motorbike, also loud though at least it was justifiable because if it's impressive speed. I joked that I wanted to put that motor into his car. He wasn't impressed and just said Why?, the car is fine just as it is! I just buttoned my lip and said okay.
The correct amount of strokes.
I might need twice as many strokes to reach completion but at least I'm quieter about it :P
Someone needs to produce something similar…for the low speed vehicle designation, that is supported by recently passed DOT regulations!
what a laugh! very entertaining video. we had an ad (Australia) where they featured a goggomobile "Yellow Pages - 'Go Go Mobile' (Australian ad, 1992)" (on youtube) and later they did ANOTHER with the dart i didn't find, but SHANNONS insurance covered the Dart with the same guy "Shannons Insurance: Goggomobil Dart - Television Commercial" (youtube )
goggomobile dude (RIP) also was famous for doing ads for Don smallgoods "Is Don Is Good ad"( several on youtube). like a trip down memory lane, although i vaguely remember the ad you showed being about Holden Cars not Zeta ;)
If i ever owned one, i would have to look into getting that shifting system moved lol.
I wonder if anyone could relocate it to a column shift. having your leg on it sounds like a whole world of trouble.
Whats the 0-100kmh time? Its been 60 years and it hasn't got there yet? That record is going to be hard to beat
Imagine the insanity if cars like this had caught on instead of penis extension sized double cabs utes
Can you please check the motor the dart had a 600 cc and gogo with a roof had the 400cc motor
Woah what in the Gogomobile
NOT THE DART!
G. O. G.G. O.
Hippie version of the Trabant.
How fast did you get it to go? Did it feel scary or stable?
if anything needed a banshee engine swap its this ...
I support this motion!
Most people suggest hayabusa, or jet ski conversion. Banshee would make more sense.
@@nashtubb just heaps of bolt in aftermarket parts for the banshee that I have noticed. I think I would do some suspension & a roll cage first though! So much potential lol. It would be a bit of a travesty to mod such an old vehicle that runs fine though.
It's just a two-stroke motorbike in a car body
At least the Gogomoble had merit as a fun car, unlike the extremely terrible Zeta.
Note that 1 pint to 2.5 gallons of gasoline is a mixing ratio is a 20:1 mixing ratio. This would require 2-stroke engine oil not readily available in Australia back then. Pre-mix was not widely available then either - and mixing yourself would soon be pretty annoying.
Who remembers the old BSA Bantam 2-stroke motorbikes that specified using ordinary 4-stroke oil mixed 15:1 - resulting in continual spark plug trouble and exhaust clogged up with sludge?
The gearshift has an H pattern but rotated 90°?
Yes.
What would this car be worth please?