Maybe it was once a 2.2 but the original engine was swapped to decrease fuel consumption and taxes, also the Volkswagen-like clutch pedal suggests that the car might have had an automatic transmission. Or it really was a 1.6 originally with all of the goodies transplanted from another car at some point.
Now, a nice story about a 1953 Plymouth Cambridge Wagon.
This is the earliest known picture of the car, dating around 1999-2000. Licence plates were returned in 1967, and the car has been sitting in this parking space ever since.
This is from 2005, and as you can see, the vandals really got a hold of the car. At that time, a friend went to see the car, since he is an oldtimer-enthusiast (also a former owner of my Typ43). Exactly when he got there, junkyard people came to tow the car away, and he, for no rational reason whatsoever, bought the car just so it doesn't get destroyed.
Since it was a completely unplanned purchase, he left the car sitting in his backyard for the next 7 years.
Earlier this year, he decided to get it running. Some parts he got new from USA, others he had manufactured or simply improvised, and some (brakes, for instance) came from this Plymouth (tow car looks familiar, doesn't it):
After months of hard work, this is the result:
http://youtu.be/GvdwVzmrXMU
