It seems I'm the only one who didn't know.

[derskine]

The mk1 Lotus Cortina initially used a very close ratio gearbox with a poorly geared 1st which would require major clutch slipping when hill starting.

This was replaced by the gearbox that was used in the Corsair 2000e a little into production.

The mk1 GT used the standard 1200/1500 gearbox throughout production which is known to have a long 3rd gear.

[red5]

Nova, Astra and Cavalier hazard switches (which fail regularly) are all the same, only the 'top' is different. Buy the cheapest and switch top.

 

Lada distributors have replaceable contact breaker plate bearings.

[Inspector Morose]

Rover P6 headlight switches are the same as on the Leyland National.

[eddyramrod]

OMG SCENETAX...no?

 

Hillman IMP sidelight/indicators are the same as Mk1 Escorts. Does this mean they are N.O.S. £25 to Impers, but £1600 to Ovalsceners??

 

 

TS

 

SOME Escorts may have had Imp indicator units, but they were by no means standard-fit.  The OEM Ford unit is a simple rectangular orange lens, indicator-only, as shown...

And here's the Imp type...

[morris_ital_lover]

Although only in the sales catalogue from 1958 to 1982, the last batch was actually built in 1995, to fill an order from Saudi.

Which means that essentially the same door stamping was used from 1930 to 1995.

 

The continued home of Land Rover 'Series 4' and Peugeot 405, 406 and Hillman Hunter pick-ups is still producing the L-Series unfortunately without a certain door.

OMG SCENETAX...no?

 

Hillman IMP sidelight/indicators are the same as Mk1 Escorts. Does this mean they are N.O.S. £25 to Impers, but £1600 to Ovalsceners??

 

IIRC, the Ford Escorts used for the London-Mexico rally  used Hillman Hunter indicator units, which means that all of the Hunter boys have to pay OMGRALLYSKENETAX on them

[warninglight]

Lotus Europa used the front bumper from a Ford Anglia.

 

Can't remember which Ford model they got the rear from!

 

 

And a Renault 16 engine on the non twin cam ones!

[Sloth in a bowl]

The mk1 Lotus Cortina initially used a very close ratio gearbox with a poorly geared 1st which would require major clutch slipping when hill starting.

This was replaced by the gearbox that was used in the Corsair 2000e a little into production.

The mk1 GT used the standard 1200/1500 gearbox throughout production which is known to have a long 3rd gear.

 

The Corsair 2000e box was also a fairly tight range of gears, and when you used it with a caravan, hill starts left a good trail of burnt clutch stench.

Without the van, 4th gear was ok for 60mph, but at 70 the V4 engine was already into its rough sounding range.

We had one when I was a kid.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Despite hundreds of years of design experience, that should have told them that a plain steel dipstick makes oil visible while a black dipstick makes oil difficult to see.

The muppets at VAG put black dipsticks into their TSI motors.*

 

 

*and if there is any justice they will burn in hell

[mouseflakes]

I only recently twigged that the Sherpa van body was just the J4 with a long nose (more or less).

[Asimo]

Maxi, Land crab, Austin 3 litre and Panther Deville: same doors.

 

Lotus Elan ( the M100 fwd one) and Renault Alpine GTA: same rear lights.

[castros_bro]

When Saudi Arabia started it's 1960's oil boom the conveys of equipment for overland trucking from the UK were organised from the Robin Hood pub in Great Clacton Essex.

[tooSavvy]

 

OMGSCENETAX... nah 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-PAIR-GENUINE-LUCAS-L792-FORD-ESCORT-RS-1600-HILLMAN-IMP-INDICATOR-LAMP-SIDE-/251222787751?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a7e0b86a7

+

 

TS

[dollywobbler]

 

This was pioneered with the Renault 4 and continued on the R16.

 

Pioneered within Renault perhaps. The Citroen H van had a similar set-up as early as 1947. I'm staggered by how ahead of its time the H van was. A front-wheel drive van, with monocoque construction and a super-low loading floor. It took the rest of the world a long time to catch up. No wonder it stayed in production until 1981 (which, incidentally, means the Traction Avant's engine remained in production for well over 40 years.)

[Pete-M]

Lamborghini Diablos use Fiat Cinquecento seat belt stalks.

 

Jensen Interceptors use FX4 brake pads.

 

Ken Dodd drives a W reg Primera.

[KruJoe]

205's and 309's use the same doors. The mirrors are different though. 309 and BX mirror heads are the same, but the mounting plates differ.

[rml2345]

I only recently twigged that the Sherpa van body was just the J4 with a long nose (more or less).

I remember telling that to a post office engineer who refused point blank to belive it.

 

LDV Convoys and Pilots use the same seat belt stalks as Maestros.

[richardthestag]

Jag 2.9 uses n/s head off the v12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and was a shit engine

[Rusty Pelican]

front screen and rear window on a R 12 is the same  , or so im told anyway 

[Charlie Croker]

The head rests on mk1 Fiestas Mk2 Escorts and Mk2 and 3 Capris are the same.. So are Mk1 facelift Fiestas and Mk5 Cortinas and Mk3 Escorts also. Now where is my anorack??

[anonymous user]

I think I learned on here that the Panther De Ville also uses Sherpa van rear bumpers

 

and was it the Lotus Elan Plus 2 that used an inverted 105E Anglia bumper?

[Pillock]

Although it's surprising how many car parts were shared across the whole range (like a headrest over Fiestas, Escorts, Capris and Cortinas), that's got to be preferable to the modern way of having a different headrest depending on whether your car had a DAB radio or not, or a different headlamp depending on what colour the carpet is. It's a nightmare trying to find parts for a modern.

 

My "didn't know" is that after being on this forum for who knows how many years, I never actually understood what a Landcrab was. I still don't know why they have that name, but at least I can make the connection between the name and "the bigger version of that car what John Cleese hit with a branch in that film"

[warninglight]

Can I take this opportunity to introduce you to the landlobster, then?

 

[dollywobbler]

front screen and rear window on a R 12 is the same  , or so im told anyway 

 

That's a definite myth. They're not the same shape. A similar myth exists that Bijou windscreens were just DS break rear screens.

[Ghosty]

Despite hundreds of years of design experience, that should have told them that a plain steel dipstick makes oil visible while a black dipstick makes oil difficult to see.

The muppets at VAG put black dipsticks into their TSI motors.*

 

 

*and if there is any justice they will burn in hell

Not just TSIs, mum's 10 year old Polo 1.4 has them too. 

[Albert Ross]

It's the Dacia 2 door version of the R12 that has the same screen front and rear.

[Split_Pin]

Metrocabs use MK 2 Granada lights and indicators. Mk1 Metroriders use MK5 Cortina lights and indicators and Escort MK3 cabriolet rear lights.

[Jim Bergerac]

The Pagani Zonda uses the same climate control unit as the Rover 45/MG ZS.

[chaseracer]

Same rear lights:

 

Bova coach - McLaren F1

Rover 200 - Jag XJ220

Vauxhall Cavalier mk3 - TVR Griffith

Ford Fiesta mk3 - TVR Chimaera

Ford Mondeo mk1 - Noble M12

Mazda 323F - Aston Martin DB7

Lancia Beta Spyder - Bristol 412

Lancia Thesis - Morgan Aeromax

[Rusty Pelican]

That's a definite myth. They're not the same shape. A similar myth exists that Bijou windscreens were just DS break rear screens.

Albert Ross has corrected my twatness , I was close but no cigar 

[Albert Ross]

The first Freelander test mule was a Maestro Van in big knickers.