cort1977 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 This is more a spec of car I never knew you could still get... Chevy Silverado - Regular Cab, Short box. 14951743817.jpgReminds me of the old C10's and such!One of my friends who now lives in rural Oregon works at a GM dealership, and he said he's never seen in the metal, and none at the dealership has ordered or sold one! And i can confirm this spec can still be bought, having checked just now! I can't help but love it in this spec! That's Oregon for you, only sensible trucks get bought. Down here in ted Cruz country you see a few of them, just the thing for your sixteen year old to drive to school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why don't all vans have this ability? Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why don't all vans have this ability? Wasn’t the passenger seat an optional extra on the Reliant Robin Van? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 This is more a spec of car I never knew you could still get... Chevy Silverado - Regular Cab, Short box. 14951743817.jpgReminds me of the old C10's and such!One of my friends who now lives in rural Oregon works at a GM dealership, and he said he's never seen in the metal, and none at the dealership has ordered or sold one! And i can confirm this spec can still be bought, having checked just now! I can't help but love it in this spec!My old work had a SRT-10 Ram in that spec and it was still massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Citroen LNA enterprise, which is the 'van' version. Haven't confirmed whether this came in 652cc form yet! It did!! And the 652 had the option of LPG too, for some reason... http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/entreprise/entreprise2.html egg and TataBobu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 That LNA van would be great. Fill the back with sausage rolls, every time you brake they slide forwards so you can just grab one from next to you. Supernaut, Talbot, cms206 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why don't all vans have this ability? I seem to remember a Transit Connect that did that. Passenger seat folds flat and the bulkhead turned 90degrees.I think it must have been a hire van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I think you could get the mk1 Blingo with a folding passenger seat and swivel bulkhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I seem to remember a Transit Connect that did that. Passenger seat folds flat and the bulkhead turned 90degrees.I think it must have been a hire van. Current Transit Courier does https://www.ford.co.uk/vans-and-pickups/transit-courier?searchid=ppc:UK-TransitCourier-Courier-Exact:TransitCourier-Exact:ford%20transit%20courier:e:c:g:GOOGLE&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtJbTBRDkARIsAIA0a5PyMmr2-pu1W2koigdEBzOfY4q3dElUXsVtPRZCXzruYdauTc8qXBMaAmReEALw_wcB#/overlay/content/overlays/ford-transit-courier-media-carousel/transit-courier-bulkhead I can see the dash getting very tatty not to mention how many windscreens you could get through. My Astra can still carry a longer load too. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Of course the Ford Fusion has this ability also. I often fold mine down so can hear the rear speakers better above the general din! I believe the b max does too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I saw this thing a few times in West London. Didn't know it was electric, didn't know it was Chinese. Seems to be the first-ever Chinese car to get over here, and in right-hand-drive. Kind of looks like a modern Reliant Lucas Hybrid!! RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 There is an LNA Entreprise currently driving around the shows in the UK and the owner says he thinks he knows where to buy another one in France if anybody fancies one! This is Stratford-upon-Avon Sep 2017. Coprolalia, vulgalour, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 An Aston Martin Lagonda made out of Lego. Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Citroen LNA enterprise, which is the 'van' version. Haven't confirmed whether this came in 652cc form yet! I'm assuming this was some sort of tax-break special in France? When I was working over there in about 2002 I often drove company (waggles fingers) "vans" that were clearly just Puntos and Clios that never had the rear seats installed. They generally had engines so tiny that you could have walked quicker and had never, ever, ever seen any maintenance. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Tax on direct debit is my guess.It’s £0 being an EV so they’ve probably just left it instead of SORNing or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 ^^ Superb Autoshite post.Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I just saw what appeared to be a Nissan Qashqai that some cunt had stuck Maserati badges on. inconsistant, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, KiwiAlistair and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 /\/\ It must get about a bit as I saw it at Doncaster Services yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It looks like it's had a terrible shock and is trying to run away from itself shouting 'what's happened to my wheels they've swollen to huge proportions' bunglebus, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, Supernaut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The actual real Maserati Levante is worse!! It looks like it's had a terrible shock and is trying to run away from itself shouting 'what's happened to my wheels they've swollen to huge proportions' adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The actual real Maserati Levante is worse!! Hold on a minute - wide spaced vertical bars in the grille, three little air holes in the front wing, crease line over the rear haunches that then sweeps up and forwards to the nose... that’s not a Maserati, that’s a goddam 1950s Buick. Laseraligningfoofooflanges, jmsguzzi, vulgalour and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 When I first saw the Maser my initial thought was that the grille had fallen off. It just looks odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Someone's got a Tesla S estate and it doesn't look half bad; conversion made by a company called Qwest Norfolk apparently. Sudsprint, AlabamaShrimp, Asimo and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 It looks great.Apart from that rear door window... Sudsprint, Ghosty and cros 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Someone's got a Tesla S estate and it doesn't look half bad; conversion made by a company called Qwest Norfolk apparently. tesla wagon.jpg More here - think it looks better than the saloon, in a sort of Ford Cortina Mk.3 way. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 It looks great.Apart from that rear door window... C0169B2C-72EA-417A-A532-5470E4104216.jpegThe difference between a (perhaps?) five figure conversion and a six figure one I suspect; once you start monkeying with doors, door glass and door frames the costs get (more)stupid very quickly. Although if you can afford to hack up a Tesla S you're not short of boodle I guess. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Apparently (according to the owner), this beastie badged as a Verté Tempest is an Australian Ford (ford logo on the dash confirmed this) powered by an LPG only straight 6; 20180129_142008 by RS, on Flickr 20180129_142019 by RS, on Flickr overrun, jumpingjehovahs, Laseraligningfoofooflanges and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Apparently (according to the owner), this beastie badged as a Verté Tempest is an Australian Ford (ford logo on the dash confirmed this) powered by an LPG only straight 6; Good gravy, that's quite the spot. Verte Automotive In the UK, AU utilities were imported by Verte Automotive (then a subsidiary of AC Cars) as the Verte Tempest from March 2002. Sold in XL and XLS trim levels, it was powered by the 4.0-litre inline-six on LPG only. From the last quarter of 2002, plans included powering the AC Green and Black coupes with the same engine (LPG and petrol, respectively) and eventually selling a range of Tempest XR6 and XR8 utes and sedans, ahead of the Tempest T-Series and the long-wheelbase Fairlane/LTD duo.These plans, however, never eventuated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(AU)#Verte_Automotive Didn't think there'd be much call for an AU series Ford Falcon ute on these fair shores... even rebadged and running on LPG. Interesting that DVLA claim a 2005 manufacture as well as first UK registration date - this is the 1998-2000 pre-facelift version of the AU, with the all-new BA Falcon arriving in 2002, so they would have been well out of date by the time Verté started importing them in '02. There's bound to be a story in there somewhere... Still, quite a spot! And a tenuous AC link to Zelandeth's fleet, too... vulgalour, bunglebus, MorrisItalSLX and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The difference between a (perhaps?) five figure conversion and a six figure one I suspect; once you start monkeying with doors, door glass and door frames the costs get (more)stupid very quickly. Although if you can afford to hack up a Tesla S you're not short of boodle I guess.The two side windows are bespoke from Pilkingtons so I think they could have had two rear door windows made up with a sliver of extra glass on them. Rear hatch glass with wiper is mark 1 Focus, roof and structure is carbon fibre. It’s about 12 kg lighter than the hatch and apparently more aerodynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Yep same as mine (mines burgandy) does equivalent of hi 30s mpg on motorway. They where selling sedans & wagons to the funeral trade dunno if still same company but popular with co-op they replaced there's a couple of years ago with ecoboost versions mate works at local ford dealers who maintain them. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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