andy18s Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 11 hours ago, bunglebus said: There was a lightly* modified one at the Pod last year. I think like Sierras, the UK wasn't seen as a good place to market bigger two door cars, more mainland Europe Supposedly UK buyers of larger cars didn't like climbing in to the rear & signified lower spec . bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Charm Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 16 hours ago, andy18s said: Geo Metro convertible? * *or possibly Suzuki Swift as they were the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 No picture, because I was driving. I saw a mk2 astra gte..... 5 door. If it was real, apparently quite rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Labelled as '1969 Mercedes-Benz C111, 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111-II and C-111 prototype' I guess that's in order back to front but I didn't know about any of them so your guess is as good as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Triple(or quad,I can't remember) rotary engine.My fave car in my Observers book of cars 1969. garethj and martc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 26 minutes ago, martc said: Labelled as '1969 Mercedes-Benz C111, 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111-II and C-111 prototype' I guess that's in order back to front but I didn't know about any of them so your guess is as good as mine. Used for testing rotary engines, then later - with BFO diesels - record breaking. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 53 minutes ago, martc said: Labelled as '1969 Mercedes-Benz C111, 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111-II and C-111 prototype' I guess that's in order back to front but I didn't know about any of them so your guess is as good as mine. I had one when I was a kid. https://www.dbcollectables.com/corgi-388-mercedes-benz-c111-mint-in-excellent-original-box Dan the van 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 And me.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Still have mine... garethj, chaseracer, Dan the van and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, martc said: Labelled as '1969 Mercedes-Benz C111, 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111-II and C-111 prototype' I guess that's in order back to front but I didn't know about any of them so your guess is as good as mine. Car with plate is 1969 C111, Car with big Benzo star on front is 1970 C111-II, car at rear is test mule. 12 C111s were built. The last two C111-III and C111-IIII were diesel powered and broke speed records at Nardo in the late 1970's 1976 C111-II D 1977 C111-III 1978 C111-IIII We had a discussion last month in the Shite in Miniature thread garethj, FakeConcern, bunglebus and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Looks a bit like a stretched Allegro to me, which may be why it never made it past the concept stage... bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 And here's the original inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Gah... bloody photoshoppers. It's only funny when I do it... 🤦♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 This is my larger booted version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Bolwell Mk VII. It used parts from the Holden HR Remspoor, Austat, somewhatfoolish and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Hyundai Taunus 20M MiniMinorMk3, warren t claim and delux 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 11 minutes ago, Austat said: Hyundai Taunus 20M I didn't know Hyundai was spelt F O R D 😉 High Jetter, Remspoor and bunglebus 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 1/22/2023 at 3:01 PM, MiniMinorMk3 said: This is my larger booted version Where's the fist-shaking emoji? You crazy kids! Get off my lawn! MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 3 hours ago, mintwth said: I didn't know Hyundai was spelt F O R D 😉 Hyundai started building Ford Cortina and Taunus saloons under licence in 1967. They built them up until 1976. Remspoor and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 VAZ-Porsche 2103 from 1976 In 1975 Porsche’s chairman Ernst Fuhrmann met with the Soviet automotive industry minister Viktor Polyakov and agreed on a three-year partnership where Porsche would help design Ladas. This is the failed result of that partnership. Remspoor, lesapandre, chaseracer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Hyundai started building Ford Cortina and Taunus saloons under licence in 1967. They built them up until 1976. ...then continued doing so with the Stellar, which was essentially a rebooted Cortina (in its original form)... RichardK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 23 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: VAZ-Porsche 2103 from 1976 In 1975 Porsche’s chairman Ernst Fuhrmann met with the Soviet automotive industry minister Viktor Polyakov and agreed on a three-year partnership where Porsche would help design Ladas. This is the failed result of that partnership. I'm sure the Porsche bits are underneath, but on the surface I'd say that's quite a poor use of three years of development time. I'd be pretty disappointed with that if I was Lada. Arguably, Lada were a bit more technologically advanced than Porsche was in 1975 - wasn't that around the time it was messing around with Rotary engines, etc? Whilst Porsche was still building cars based on a 1938 design in 1975, Lada was bang up to date with a 1966 car. Lacquer Peel, Rust Collector, lesapandre and 5 others 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Thought it was one of those mini Mitsubishi Shogun thingys but badge says it’s a Nissan Kix. No, me neither. Yoss, bunglebus, lesapandre and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Some Fiats. lesapandre and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 28 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Some Fiats. The X1/75 would have interested me. I wonder why they did not risk producing it? Perhaps 1 sale doesn't do it for the accountants. Remspoor and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formula Autos Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 19 hours ago, inconsistant said: Thought it was one of those mini Mitsubishi Shogun thingys but badge says it’s a Nissan Kix. No, me neither. After a quick look up of Shoguns on Wikipedia, this does appear to be a badge engineered version of the Shogun/Pajero Mini/Pinin’s second generation. This did also lead to another Nissan oddity - the Kicks. Which isn’t the Kix in the picture, but yet another SUV of some sort. Recycling and mangling of a nameplate by Nissan? - like Ford did with Cougar/Kuga? Only this time Nissan appeared to have reverted to the correct spelling with the later model. MiniMinorMk3, inconsistant and lesapandre 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Glas 1304. New one on me MiniMinorMk3, Yoss, RichardK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Didn't Glas get swallowed by BMW? If I squint it could be a shrunken 2002 Touring. lesapandre and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/27/2023 at 4:55 PM, MiniMinorMk3 said: VAZ-Porsche 2103 from 1976 In 1975 Porsche’s chairman Ernst Fuhrmann met with the Soviet automotive industry minister Viktor Polyakov and agreed on a three-year partnership where Porsche would help design Ladas. This is the failed result of that partnership. The partnership did continue however and Porsche helped to develop the brand new FWD engine used in the Samara. The internet also suggests that they had a hand in designing the body work as well. garethj and horriblemercedes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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