Parts bin offenders

[bangernomics]

Ok Citroën CX mirrors.

 

Citroën CX!

Aston Martin DB7, Virage, Vantage, V8

Jaguar XJ220

Lotus Esprit, Excel

TVR v8s, Griffith, Chimera, S4.

[Spiny Norman]

They're also on the McLaren F1 prototype, the Venturi (Froggy Lotus type thing)  and bizarrely the Renault Sport Spider used them too.

Is there anything that uses CX door mirrors AND Morris Marina door handles?

[New POD]

1 minute ago, Spiny Norman said:

Is there anything that uses CX door mirrors AND Morris Marina door handles?

I'm not sure that some TVRs used the door handles in the late 60s ? 

Also the Rover V8 engine. In 1994 Land Rover were making near 300 different versions of that engine. 

The component you want to consider is the Lucas Colette Caliper. 

 

https://www.trwaftermarket.com/en/news/zf-trw-produces-one-bllonth-colette-brake-calper-contnues-to-enhance-world-leadng-desgns/

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Mazda 323F tail lights

- used on the Aston DB7.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Those doors :

[anonymous user]

Hllman Minx lights on the back of a Bristol

[Timewaster]

106 push switches in the Elise. 

Mind you, you could fill this whole thread just with Lotus bits. 

From memory, the s1 Elise also used AX wiper motors. Renault 4 headlamps and Vauxhall Astra ignition barrel. 

Late LDV Convoys lifted the entire power unit from the Transit. 

Maestros with Golf gearboxes. (and the rear suspension set up blatantly copied from VW). 

Despite owning a 205, and working for a Peugeot dealer in the very late 80s, I only recently discovered that 205s and 309s use the same doors. 

I highly recommend Richard Porters Boring car trivia books. Now on its third edition. 

I share an amazon account with my Mrs and I'm sure she was delighted when they appeared on her kindle. 

"What the bloody hell is this??!!" 

[Barry Cade]

I was watching a Doug Demuro you tube vid last night, about the Lamborghini Jalpa... Noticed X1/9 door handles and switches... then.... BL stalks! 😲

[JMotor]

35 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

Late LDV Convoys lifted the entire power unit from the Transit. 

They also used a lot of Rover 800 interior bits and the radiator is from a Isuzu Derv powered Mk3 Astra. 

But I can see why low volume manufacturers used parts from different cars.

As I shudder to think how much it would be to engineer and prototype switches and the like.

[Schaefft]

Z32 300ZX headlights on the Facelift Diablo

Ford Mondeo taillights in the Noble M12:

[Timewaster]

You can just imagine an LD.V engineer rummaging around the warehouse of their local motor factor in a brown stores coat holding a tape measure in 1 hand and a carpenters pencil behind his ear. Vernier gauging his top pocket.

 

There was a conversation at work regarding a late Defender which has a Ford diesel engine under its oddly bulged bonnet. Imagining the Land Rover engineers trying to make the bonnet fit.

In a thick brummy accent "It'll be alright, just stick a bit a wood in there and slam it a bit!"

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, anonymous user said:

Hllman Minx lights on the back of a Bristol Sunbeam

Yeah I know Rootes Group

[bunglebus]

Fiesta lights

Rover 100?

[bunglebus]

More Ford lights, and grille

[anonymous user]

On 10/30/2021 at 7:43 PM, Mr Pastry said:

BMC 1100 (?) quarterlights, door windows and frames, and TR4 front suspension on earlier Reliant Scimitar.

MG Midget doors and screen, and Vauxhall Magnum floor pan and running gear on Panther Lima.

Complete BL Maxi body side frames (those doors again!) on Panther De Ville.

 

 

The early de Ville also had Sherpa bumpers

[richardmorris]

X1/9 door handles. Lancia, and Ferrari.

ditto the roof catches with Lamborghini too.

[anonymous user]

52 minutes ago, JMotor said:

 

As I shudder to think how much it would be to engineer and prototype switches and the like.

Unfortunately Reliant did just that with some little bits for the Scimitar. And ended up with thousands of bits in stock.

The SS1 borrowed lots of Metro stuff swichgearwise though.

[Braddon81]

Jag Xjr 15.  1989 Mazda 626 Coupe taillamps..

[Barry Cade]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

X1/9 door handles. Lancia, and Ferrari.

ditto the roof catches with Lamborghini too.

Boot/engine cover handles are shared with the Countach, and the headlamp pods are shared with the Stratos. Rear lights shared with the early Esprit and interior door handles are also in the Lamborgini Jalpa..

[captain_70s]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Rover 100?

Corsa B.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

2 hours ago, anonymous user said:

Hllman Minx lights on the back of a Bristol

I think we once had an entire thread on Bristol tailights. By the90’s every other car had different bloody lights

 

[Mrs6C]

Bitron 2043018 central locking relay... used on Alfa 33, Maserati Biturbo, Ferrari 348 and 355, one or other of the Fiat range, IIRC the VW Golf Mk1 as well and no doubt several other cars as well...

[JMotor]

1 hour ago, Timewaster said:

You can just imagine an LD.V engineer rummaging around the warehouse of their local motor factor in a brown stores coat holding a tape measure in 1 hand and a carpenters pencil behind his ear. Vernier gauging his top pocket.

You know. 

I could actually fully believe that actually happened! 

Or they had nicked a pile of various supplier books from said motor factors!

Then used what ever was close enough to the right size. 

[chaseracer]

4 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Is there anything that uses CX door mirrors AND Morris Marina door handles?

Esprit?

[JMotor]

Rover 45 facelift and the Pagani Zonda EVAP controls is another good one. 

[Andyrew]

Is this the biggest parts bin offender? 

A re-skin range rover and sherpa headlights, maestro van rear lights, rover 800 interior bits, GM made door locks (but from what?) 

 

[gm]

Mk1 mx5 door handles feature in the Aston Martin DB7

[SiC]

Ferrari 348 uses the exact same engine ECU as a Peugeot 306 1.8 just with a different map. One ecu for each bank.

So much so, you can swap the ROM from the 348 into the donor ECU from the Pug and plug it in. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 minutes ago, SiC said:

....you can swap the ROM from the 348 into the donor ECU from the Pug and plug it in. 

Has anyone done that? What was the result.....?

[Joey spud]

A lhd Austin 1800 steering rack was flipped over and used on the Scimitar Se5.

Also a Scimitar Se5 rear screen was used as a front screen on a Bond Bug.