Dick Longbridge Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 33 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Vanden Plah Princess R? Bingo! Front end is a bit of a gopper, unfortunately. Asimo, JeeExEll, adw1977 and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 10/06/2021 at 23:16, Dick Longbridge said: Wow. I LOVE this. There's a real hint of Daytona about it. It would look even tastier if that front end was grafted onto the nose of a Mk3 GT6. Who's good with photoshop?! 😉 Grief. What a beauty! I want one! Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: .... . Back end has hints of Merc "pagoda" roadster ETCHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Has that got the RR B60 in or is it just the outside they've tinkered with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2-dr pillarless. (Using longer doors from the 2-dr Landcrab). 4-dr pillarless 'sports-hardtop'. Countryman. Traveller. Traveller Max. Traveller Max Touring. Traveller Grand Max Touring. Royale-with-Cheese. Crackers, chaseracer, JimH and 15 others 9 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 32 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: 2-dr pillarless. 4-dr pillarless 'sports-hardtop'. Countryman. Traveller. Traveller Max. Traveller Max Touring. Traveller Grand Max Touring. Royale-with-Cheese. They're brilliant. Countryman and Royale with cheese are particularly good. They look oh so familiar too, despite having never actually existed. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: They're brilliant. Countryman and Royale with cheese are particularly good. They look oh so familiar too, despite having never actually existed. Don’t forget the mystical diesel version….. fraser.innes.3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 The only 4-door pillarless prototype after it bumped up a kerb. Plans for an open-top 4-dr 'Continental' and a 4-door 'Targa T -roof' were shelved until further notice. Dick Longbridge, chaseracer, LightBulbFun and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: The only 4-door pillarless prototype after it bumped up a kerb. @Slowsilver will fix that, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Most coulda shoulda cars didn't go anywhere because they were actually a bad idea. The one that baffles me why they have never done it is a proper MX-5 GT. Not some lame assed metal folding top thing or that bloody stupid RF targa crap but a proper MGB GT style fastback coupe with a proper hatch and a proper load deck. Obviously they aren't going to give the emergency get home from the pub rear seat the MG had any more but wouldn't it be nice to have an MX-5 that you could squeeze the dogs in? twosmoke300 and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 ^^^ As above, but the M100 Lotus Elan. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 All this maxi talk… Ahem. It might have sold. Poorly. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 One night in late 1971 Harris Mann took some very strong cheese and went to bed, his head swimming with designs for wedge shaped cars. During the night he had a vision in great detail, and next day a prototype was built. He named it the Maxado71. gtd2000, chaseracer, Shite Ron and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Nothing BL would have tried would have worked. They’d this magic ability to make sure everything they touched turned to shit. Timewaster and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 No budget meant even the best ideas, of which there were surprisingly many, were utter crap by the time they were built. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, JimH said: Most coulda shoulda cars didn't go anywhere because they were actually a bad idea. The one that baffles me why they have never done it is a proper MX-5 GT. Not some lame assed metal folding top thing or that bloody stupid RF targa crap but a proper MGB GT style fastback coupe with a proper hatch and a proper load deck. Obviously they aren't going to give the emergency get home from the pub rear seat the MG had any more but wouldn't it be nice to have an MX-5 that you could squeeze the dogs in? They sort-of did, with the Mk2 - it wasn't a hatch though. Very few were made however, and it was only sold on the Japanese market. They go for mega-bucks these days. Info here: https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/mazda-mx-5-miata-coupe-production-jdm-photos/ rainagain, Kringle, Minimad5 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I knew about those cars but without the hatch they are no better than the soft top. I know that MGBs were all sorts of shite but how brilliant is this? LightBulbFun and face 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Inspector Morose said: All this maxi talk… Ahem. It might have sold. Poorly. Reminds me of an inflated Peugeot 204. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 3:14 PM, Lord Sterling said: There was something similar but never made production: 1978 Austin Princess "Glassback" Triplex: Delorean wannabe Shite Ron and warch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Some of these "baby estates" make you wonder why they didn't try them. After all the Polo C And indeed the Clio Estate Seemed to do OK. As for the 205 estate, the 206 SW seemed to do well enough. I wonder if it was the precursor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Soundwave said: They sort-of did, with the Mk2 - it wasn't a hatch though. Very few were made however, and it was only sold on the Japanese market. They go for mega-bucks these days. Info here: https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/mazda-mx-5-miata-coupe-production-jdm-photos/ Z4 E86 Koop was a brave step for BMW at the time. They haven't repeated the exercise for the Z range since. I know Bangle era BMW are marmite (although these aren't actually Bangle, but anyway) but I reckon they're bloody lovely. Back on track, it's crazy to think this BMW Mille Miglia coupe concept was created in 2006, and built from carbon fibre. Edit: Looking again, there appears to be a little E85/6 Z4 in those swooping flanks... privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 4 hours ago, bezzabsa said: Delorean wannabe 1978 Austin Princess 'Glassback' Triplex wannabe (made in 1981) bangernomics, LightBulbFun, inconsistant and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, martc said: 1978 Austin Princess 'Glassback' Triplex wannabe (made in 1981) wasnt sure of the timeline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Maybe someone from BL saw Marty McFly on one of his adventures? catsinthewelder, martc and HMC 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Has a Triumph Toledo estate or Dolomite estate been mentioned here already? Or a Spitfire shooting brake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 11:16 PM, Dick Longbridge said: Wow. I LOVE this. There's a real hint of Daytona about it. It would look even tastier if that front end was grafted onto the nose of a Mk3 GT6. Who's good with photoshop?! 😉 They were driving that on one of those daytime tv antique programmes. The ones where they buy stuff from shops and then try abd sell it at auction for a profit, a bit like buying a car from a main stealer and then listing it on ebay. Anyhow, on this one an antique person and someone who was possibly a local news presenter or in a band that had a few hits in the 80s or something, drive around in old cars to antique shops in some sort of random tv premise generator ("this house aution programme is good but do you know what it really needs *spins wheel* - ex Coventry and Villa footaller, Dion Dublin", "Imagine bargain hunt but with *spins wheel* ex celebrities and *spins wheel*classic cars" etc). I was just walking through the living room when it was on and saw this car. Had to sit there for ages trying to figure out what it was. Asimo and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 6 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: Or the Peugeot Proxima Ooh thanks, I took these photos at a motor show in the 80s and beyond guessing Peugeot from the shape of the headlight had no idea what it was. Mystery solved! Dick Longbridge, HarmonicCheeseburger, privatewire and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 7 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: What about a Peugeot 205 limo? That's built by a Peugeot 205 specialist, he has a field with over 150 of them... http://peugeot205totaal.nl/limousine/ mk2_craig, HarmonicCheeseburger and Minimad5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 11:16 PM, Dick Longbridge said: Wow. I LOVE this. There's a real hint of Daytona about it. It would look even tastier if that front end was grafted onto the nose of a Mk3 GT6. Who's good with photoshop?! 😉 Just done a bit of digging and it transpires it's a 6 pot Triumph Fury. Front end is Bardot. Back end is Boyle. I'd still love to see that nose grafted onto a mk3 Triumph GT6. Gorgeous. privatewire and Crackers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: It would be interesting to know more about the story of it. I can't remember where I found the images from... Triumph Fury. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Fury *posted at the same time* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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