Parts bin offenders

[gm]

4 hours ago, DavieW said:

Hard to see but is that MX5 interior door handles?

certainly looks like them, well spotted

 

[TheOtherStu]

30 minutes ago, SiC said:

No its a Bentley

I always thought it looked a bit Bentley like. Ironically, it holds its value better than the E class too, even though Chrysler pulled out of the UK market some years ago.

Talking of Bentley, of course, most of the parts are shared with the Volkswagen Phaeton (and the engine with the Touareg W12).

We've mentioned the Rover 75? I remember taking mine apart to fit some aftermarket parts and being amazed how much of it was BMW badged.

[B4lljoints]

4 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

It uses Mercedes engines and suspension, but the actual base is Chysler's own.

...

Before it got recycled into a Lancia.

 

 

[TheOtherStu]

6 minutes ago, B4lljoints said:

 

Wasn't that just a straight rebadge?

[OM646]

On 11/1/2021 at 11:39 PM, Jamie said:

Coach with E46 headlights

 

 

Actually, this bus model followed part of the BMW 3 series life cycle:

 

The OG had E36 headlights and Punto taillights

 

 

Then it got the first restyling into the 2000's, that gave it pre-LCI E46 headlights

Then the one in the post, and then they got rid of the BMW headlights for standard off the shelf round headlights

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, OM646 said:

Actually, this bus model followed part of the BMW 3 series life cycle:

 

The OG had E36 headlights and Punto taillights

 

 

Then it got the first restyling into the 2000's, that gave it pre-LCI E46 headlights

Then the one in the post, and then they got rid of the BMW headlights for standard off the shelf round headlights

OT, but when did those rabbit ear mirrors first come into use on coaches?

[OM646]

11 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

OT, but when did those rabbit ear mirrors first come into use on coaches?

My mind wants to say it was the early '90s when the Setra S3xxHD series came out but i'm not really sure, could have been earlier 

 

[B4lljoints]

13 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Wasn't that just a straight rebadge?

Yeah, but isn't that the ultimate Parts Bin raid? 😁

[cort1977]

On 11/4/2021 at 12:14 AM, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Those wheels remind me of Volvo alloys... That Bristol is a real dogs dinner! 🤢🤮

I quite like it. 😳

[chaseracer]

21 hours ago, SiC said:

No its a Bentley

Nearly...

[Yoss]

Certain Tatra 613s, I think series 4 but obviously the ones from the late 80s/early 90s use air vents, buttons and Ash tray from the Škoda Favorit. 

Obviously it has far more buttons. 

 

And the Škoda. 

[DavidB]

Tvr Chimera etc indicator stalks are just mk3 Astra Cavalier Corsa ones with an aluminium bit stuck on the end.

 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Nearly...

Doesn't look Bent(ly) to me

[chaseracer]

14 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Doesn't look Bent(ly) to me

Didn't make much sense without the comparison pic of the Chrysler 300!  Soz - long day...

[Richard_FM]

The BL interior lights were used well into the Rover era, my Mum's 1984 Metro had one with the Plughole logo moulded into it.

[Richard_FM]

The Ford door handles introduced for the Mk3 Cortina were used on quite a few Ford models, & also by Jaguar & TVR long after the last Mk3 Capri was made.

[willswitchengage]

East Lancs briefly used Renault Kangaroo rear light clusters.

[17-Coffees]

One I've read about, but not 100% if true...is the MG6's boot lamp used AR group lens, complete with the logos. 

 

Anyone able to confirm this?

[Richard_FM]

Vauxhall Senator rear light clusters were used on a Bristol & possibly a TVR.

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

2 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

One I've read about, but not 100% if true...is the MG6's boot lamp used AR group lens, complete with the logos. 

 

Anyone able to confirm this?

I’m of the understanding that something in the recent MG lineup was still using the electric mirror switch from the Montego.

[Noel Tidybeard]

primera p12 has renner loonyguna interior lights & on the facelift the rear wiper arm

iirc scooberoos use p12 heated seat switches

 

i heard mumbling some years ago that the early metrocab used alpine/solara headlights rather than fraud items making them rather like rocking horse poo when fixerating ones cab

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Volvo FL6 face-lift and Volvo V70 share the same door pull thingies: 

[Rusty_Rocket]

The interior light in the Porsche 986 Boxster is from a Peugeot 205/ 106/ Saxo, still with the Citroen logo on it.

[Tommyboy12]

This Ford switch. It was and still is in all sorts of vehicles. Fords from 80s-00s. Volvos. JCBs. Jaguars including the new Jag F-Pace.

[Jamie]

8 minutes ago, Tommyboy12 said:

This Ford switch. It was and still is in vehicles. Fords from 80s-00s. Volvos. JCBs. Jaguars including the new Jag F-Pace.

My wife's 2013 evoque has it, made me laugh as my dad's 93 mondeo glx company car had the same one

[Fumbler]

I wonder if there's a price markup depending on the brand?

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, Tommyboy12 said:

This Ford switch. It was and still is in vehicles. Fords from 80s-00s. Volvos. JCBs. Jaguars including the new Jag F-Pace.

Hmmm.🤔 Not sure; unless the guts of the switch are shared... 🤓

[Jamie]

29 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Hmmm.🤔 Not sure; unless the guts of the switch are shared... 🤓

It's the seat height adjustment switch as is in the wife's evoque

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, Jamie said:

It's the seat height adjustment switch as is in the wife's evoque

 

A-ha! 👍 So much for all the flowery design language speak in the brochure... That's brilliant! 😎😎😎

[OM646]

On 11/22/2021 at 10:19 AM, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Hmmm.🤔 Not sure; unless the guts of the switch are shared... 🤓

And even those, I'm fairly sure the guts are still coming from the 1999 Volvo S80

 

 

(Edit: this switch is from a 2007, not a 1999.

The 99 is below and still looks remarkably similar)