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11 hours ago, Austat said:

Alfasud Giardinetta:

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Nice one, I‘d forgotten those existed. I saw one for sale at a specialist dealer  in Germany ca. 1993 and remember looking in wonder at the crazy Alfasud ergonomics such as the heater fan being on the windscreen wiper stalk if memory serves correctly. It’s the only Giardinetta I think I‘ve ever seen on the road.

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I've only ever seen one of those 'Suds in the flesh, was outside a small town Alfa dealer near Rimini. 

I must have a photo of it somewhere. 

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4 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yes I did, had one in the early 90's - 'mine' popped up as a barn find on Facebook about a year ago so its still around, and looks just as shite as it did when i had it

Any photos of it?

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Saw this on intagram earlier. Its based on a 1969 300SEL 6.3 Styled by Pininfarina

Kind of a mix of the Fiat 130 Coupe, Rolls Camague and a Mazda 929 Stacklight!

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https://www.fanmercedesbenz.com/1969-mercedes-w109-300sel-6-3-coupe-pininfarina/

 

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7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yep it's a Sierra. But it only has one mirror. Weird Portuguese spec? Doesn't look broken off

Early UK base Sierras had only one mirror as standard (someone presumably ticked the option box for a second one on GVG510Y) but of the dangly type.  That Portugese example seems to be the internally adjustable sort.

Being a police car, it could well be a non-standard spec.

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With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

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Annnd the real money shot!
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Oooft! 

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28 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

With the demise of the Lexus GS range, I did some looking. I know of the Mk2 having the 4.0 and 4.3 V8's, as well as the Mk3's having the 4.6 V8, but there's one spec I never knew of...

The Mk1 GS V8 AWD! 

Okay, that's because it never existed...as a Lexus. You could get the Mk1 Toyota Aristo with the LS400's 4.0 V8, and AWD! Sadly, a JDM only model. 

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Sold by Brave Auto - a comment on the characteristics required when faced with the first repair bill.

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Just now, Richard_FM said:

I remember Renault had a few weird cars in the range at one time which had to be culled from uk sales lists.

I have never seen one in the many EU countries I have visited either.

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There's one on my delivery. Because I see it nearly every day I forget how weird it looks then one day I'll look at it and the odd proportions hit me again. Not sure if it's too tall or too short. 

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