sierraman Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On another thread there was a picture of a Tesco specially adapted Escort Mk3 to carry trolleys, looked like it never left the confines of the car park. These cars that are adapted to suit some odd purposes fascinate me. phil_lihp, vonmon, HarmonicCheeseburger and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 chaseracer, bunglebus, HMC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 Tissier? Weren’t they built for delivering newspapers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 This Mini Van popped up on Gumtree a few years ago, converted for wheelchair transport. adw1977, Dan_ZTT, bunglebus and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Aye, I think the most famous Tissier conversions were for the newspapers but they did a wide variety of conversations including flatbeds/car transporter configurations chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Mercedes have a rich* history for specialist vehicles sierraman, Amishtat and timolloyd 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, HMC said: Mercedes have a rich* history for specialist vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, sierraman said: On another thread there was a picture of a Tesco specially adapted Escort Mk3 to carry trolleys, looked like it never left the confines of the car park. ... Looks like it lasted up to October 1992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 37 minutes ago, HMC said: Mercedes have a rich* history for specialist vehicles They certainly do timolloyd, Alan Prost, MT606 and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 So do most major German companies! Read "Remains of the day". Lot of blood on folks hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 hours ago, sierraman said: On another thread there was a picture of a Tesco specially adapted Escort Mk3 to carry trolleys, looked like it never left the confines of the car park. I just can't imagine a car being needed for this purpose - how big was the car park!? There were far fewer large supermarkets back then too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, egg said: I just can't imagine a car being needed for this purpose - how big was the car park!? There were far fewer large supermarkets back then too. it's for offsite retrieval. egg and martc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, egg said: I just can't imagine a car being needed for this purpose - how big was the car park!? There were far fewer large supermarkets back then too. Nowadays the big branches have a Polaris ATV type thing or a little Kubota/New Holland tractor with a lowdeck trailer on the back to collect the trolleys. Basically the same idea, but I guess those little ATVs didn't really exist back then. Having done trolley duty occasionally in a (smaller) supermarket, I can see why you'd want a vehicle doing the legwork when the car parks are as big as they are. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/runway-model Leyland Worldmaster, Datsuncog, Kringle and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Crackers said: Nowadays the big branches have a Polaris ATV type thing or a little Kubota/New Holland tractor with a lowdeck trailer on the back to collect the trolleys. Basically the same idea, but I guess those little ATVs didn't really exist back then. Having done trolley duty occasionally in a (smaller) supermarket, I can see why you'd want a vehicle doing the legwork when the car parks are as big as they are. Locally we have one of those Ridgeback thingies that scoops up the hundreds of trollies abandoned round here (High rise estate...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 SEAT Terra Chairman. Because the regular SEAT Terra wasn't unusual enough over here. Carlosfandango, Aston Martin and phil_lihp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 A few years ago there were stories about cars used for transporting diamonds throughout Europe. The reason was something like you could buy diamonds in London one day , take them to Amsterdam ,Paris or Moscow the next day and make a fortune. It came to light when one of the modified cars appeared on eBay with 600,000 miles on it. The seller had a fleet of specially modified Golf R32s, with strong boxes welded to the rear floor pan, armoured glasss and run flats. Don’t know if it’s still a thing or what they use now, Golf Rs would make sense. Aston Martin, Stevebrookman, Leyland Worldmaster and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Asimo said: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/runway-model I’ll see your Saab runway tester and raise you a Tatra runway tester Kringle, Alan Prost, Yoss and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 And a 613 ambulance. Lifting the casualty over the tip of the V8 in the back must have been a hoot Aston Martin, RayMK, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 10 hours ago, sierraman said: On another thread there was a picture of a Tesco specially adapted Escort Mk3 to carry trolleys, looked like it never left the confines of the car park. These cars that are adapted to suit some odd purposes fascinate me. When Sainsbury's had a supermarket in meadowhell shopping centre they had a couple of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 minute ago, sheffcortinacentre said: When Sainsbury's had a supermarket in meadowhell shopping centre they had a couple of these. Can’t remember that, we used to do the big shop at Savacentre. I know at Crystal Peaks they had a couple of Talbot Express trolley truck things at the Sainsburys there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 There are almost endless numbers of uses people have come up with for the Beetle over the years MT606, sierraman, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 And the type 2 too JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 warch, Stevebrookman, sierraman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jazoli Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 hour ago, willswitchengage said: That was for filming horse racing, apparently it was the only vehicle which had a smooth enough ride to have a stable platform for filming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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