It could have bloody worked - cars which could have been...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

33 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Vanden Plah Princess R?

Bingo!

 

Front end is a bit of a gopper, unfortunately. 

[Crackers]

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! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

....

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Back end has hints of Merc "pagoda" roadster

[somewhatfoolish]

Has that got the RR B60 in or is it just the outside they've tinkered with?

[JeeExEll]

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.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

 

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.

[Rocket88]

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…..

[JeeExEll]

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.

[chaseracer]

29 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

The only 4-door pillarless prototype after it bumped up a kerb.

@Slowsilver will fix that, no problem.

[JimH]

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?

[Asimo]

^^^   As above, but the M100 Lotus Elan.

[Inspector Morose]

All this maxi talk…

Ahem.

It  might have sold. Poorly.

[JeeExEll]

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. 

[sierraman]

Nothing BL would have tried would have worked. They’d this magic ability to make sure everything they touched turned to shit.

[Sham]

No budget meant even the best ideas, of which there were surprisingly many, were utter crap by the time they were built.

[Soundwave]

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/





 

 

[JimH]

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?

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Inspector Morose said:

All this maxi talk…

Ahem.

It  might have sold. Poorly.

Reminds me of an inflated Peugeot 204.

[bezzabsa]

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

[TheOtherStu]

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?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

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...

 

[martc]

4 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

Delorean wannabe

1978 Austin Princess 'Glassback' Triplex wannabe (made in 1981)

[bezzabsa]

3 hours ago, martc said:

1978 Austin Princess 'Glassback' Triplex wannabe (made in 1981)

wasnt sure of the timeline

 

[Timewaster]

Maybe someone from BL saw Marty McFly on one of his adventures? 

[Austat]

Has a Triumph Toledo estate or Dolomite estate been mentioned here already?

Or a Spitfire shooting brake?

[HillmanImp]

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. 

[inconsistant]

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!

 

[D.E]

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/

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

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. 

 

[HillmanImp]

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*