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I was watching Bergerac a few years ago and in one episode he drove a Merc 190e cabrio. Never seen one, can't be an official job.

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I was watching Bergerac

 

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OMG, I learned of a new thing. AND I WANT IT.

 

They were made by a company called AKH and benefitted from full Mercedes warranty.

 

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Nah his Triumph was just too pristine in Burgermac. He should have had a rusty Peugeot 504 estate that was an ex taxi to be a Jerseyshiter :)

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Mmmmmmm, so stylish...

 

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This screams "un-compromised structural rigidity".

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That blue lidless Dolly looks to have mahoosively thick sills

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Nah his Triumph was just too pristine in Burgermac. He should have had a rusty Peugeot 504 estate that was an ex taxi to be a Jerseyshiter :)

 

I met him in Jersey a couple of years ago, nice guy.  Bergerac episodes are so loaded with Autoshite especially when the episode heads in to France, CXs DSs, and yes 504 Diesels!

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Apparently Bieber built it. Could have guessed...

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This was a Peugeot concept car, but they screwed up not making it.

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This was sat on ebay for an age, couple of years back. 

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Continuing the Double Chevron theme...

 

 

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Oltcit (not Visa...)

 

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XM. Factory, innit?  I mean, can you see the join?

 

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Errrmm...

 

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This was a Peugeot concept car, but they screwed up not making it.

 

If they had made a 505 cabrio, we would have all missed out on the beautifully* facelifted, rubber-bumper 504 cabrio :

 

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I am a wrong 'un and I would certainly enjoy just about all the motors on this thread, it is totally ace 8)

 

I have form for shite soft tops, sometimes homebrew, such as a Reliant Kitten, a canary yellow Mini with full bodykit, and others back in the mists of time before digital photography, maybe my cousin Strange Angel has proof of these monstrosities somewhere :?

 

Not had any for a few years, but there is always time, a Saab perhaps at the right price may well persuade me 8)

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That silver mk5 crayford is number 8 of 28 & the one before mine.

The mk1 escort on previous page will be homemade as no mk1 or mk2 were done to my knowledge.

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That Viva is FWD...

Yup, and Ford engined iirc. Bastards.

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The hb viva was on a mk2 astra floorpan and the victor was on a mk2 can one both by same builder I believe.

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No mention of this delightful* thing yet? Factory-built and allegedly much better in a crash than the hardtop thanks to all the strengthening they had to add. It does look like a pram though.

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Is there a difference between a convertible and a cabriolet ?

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Is there a difference between a convertible and a cabriolet ?

Supposedly there is but I can never remember what it is. I think it might be to do with whether or not the window frames are fixed.

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Is there a difference between a convertible and a cabriolet ?

It's like the the difference between a kiosk or a booth...

 

Vic: "He's just frozen them with his special eyeballs so now we've got to get them into that booth."

Bob: "That's not a booth, that's a kiosk."

Vic: "No it's not, there's no shelving in it."

Bob: "No, a kiosk has a counter. Shelving, you're thinking of a pantry."

Vic: "So what's a kiosk without shelving or a counter?"

Bob: "That's a booth."

Vic: "Exactly."

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Isn't it that one is designed as a soft top from the start and the other is a hard top modified.

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