Matt Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 What cars do you know that share parts with cars that are radically different or where you wouldn't expect to find shared parts? I'll kick off with the Aston Martin DB7 that shares taillamps with the Mazda 323 and interior door handles with the first generation MX-5. DS20, EssDeeWon, Grundig and 4 others 7
brickwall Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 DeLorean has everybody's parts. S1 Disco had Monty rear lights. One old land rover had Rolls Royce sides and blinkers.
forddeliveryboy Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Various Lotus with interior door handles from Maxis, was it, or Marinas? Perhaps they were the same. CX Mk2 door mirrors for TVRs. Citroen gearboxes went into Lotus and Maseratis.
inconsistant Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 S1 Disco had Monty rear lights.Maestro van. brickwall 1
brickwall Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 MAN bus rear lights were used on a few cars iirc. Ghosty 1
brickwall Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 The Rover 400 lights were used on some supercar; I can't remember which, though.
barefoot Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 924/944 has suspension - torsion beam, trailing arms and wobble struts from a VW 1303.And door handles.
Paul Dupart Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 That bloody ugly Metrocab that had mk2 Granada front grill/lights and mk3 Escort estate rear lights. And the London Taxi FX4 that had Austin/Morris 1100 mk2 rear lights. Which looked good. 'Boy, should I get out more.... tooSavvy 1
Junkman Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Jensen Interceptor has Maserati Sebring door handles, which doesn't help much if you need them.The 1959 Cadillac was designed around the 1959 Buick front doors.
Asimo Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 The doors. robinmasters, Taff, Uncle Jimmy and 1 other 4
Skizzer Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 CX door mirrors went on all sorts of things, including the Esprit after the Peter Stevens restyle. Aston rear lights are always out of someone else's parts bin: The early 90s Vantage ones were from a mk2 Scirocco, and I believe the William Towns DBS/V8 ones are off a Hillman Hunter of all things. Edit: Yeah yeah, I meant Virage not Vantage.
Paul Dupart Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I think (cos I had one) Marina had a Toledo gearbox (early rwd)? And they shared the diff with the TR7?
saucedoctor Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 VW Shitrocco and Aston-Martin Virage rear lamps. Rover R8 lights were on the Jaguar XJ 220
dugong Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 TVR Griffith (90s) used upside-down MkIII Cavalier tail-lights, the Chimaera MkIII Fiesta jobs. Craig the Princess 1
DVee8 Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Picture 2.png The doors. Picture 3.pngThe doors Partridge 1
mercrocker Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 The cost of plastic engineering seemed to be too high for most small volume makers.....Look at the tail lamp shite that graced Bristol cars, from Hillman Super MInx to Vauxhall Senator. Ban the bomb Corty units went on to TVR Granturas (original one) and the Unipower Mini had HA Viva units...
Vin Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I know it's only rear lamps, but still an unlikely combination... pompei, laser wheels, Skizzer and 4 others 7
willswitchengage Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Christine, DVee8, laser wheels and 6 others 9
robinmasters Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I think it's heritage qualifies it as shite: Vin and laser wheels 2
RoadworkUK Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Rolls Silver Spirit headlamps used on Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen coach, Lister Storm had Audi 80 rear lights. Ford Ka was built exclusively from steel dredged up from the Torrey Canyon. Skizzer, Shep Shepherd, Twiggy and 2 others 5
chaseracer Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I think it's heritage qualifies it as shite: Yes, I've always liked that generation of Punto. robinmasters 1
chaseracer Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Citroen Dyane indicators... Bren and Sudsprint 2
PhilA Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 ^ Is that steam from the exhaust on the Rover a la HGF? Anyhow. Pagani Zonda: Ford Th!nk: --Phil
martc Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 ....Ban the bomb Corty units went on to TVR Granturas (original one) and ... ....every single ice-cream van ever made in the 1970's. tooSavvy, pompei and mercrocker 3
Asimo Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Lotus Elise S1 / Renault 4 : Headlights Lotus Elan S3 / Renault GTA : rearlights Lotus Esprit / Renault 30, 25, GTA, Master : Gearbox (Unless it was an early one in which case it had a Citroen SM 'box)
willswitchengage Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 michael1703, pompei and mat_the_cat 3
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