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[58classiccars]

Hi all, if you could weld two cars together, what would you make.I fancy a classic 315 front welded to a capri mk 1 back, or a mk 1 A40 front with a 105e back. What would you do ?.

[Guest]

Ford escort mk1 front-Daimler ds21 hearse rear

[MrRegieRitmo]

Somebody with the software should try these out using Photoshop!

[pogweasel]

Who is going to be first to find a pic of that f'kin awful half-minor half-capri that appears on eBay every few months. It's a right shitter.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Skoda Estelle front and Mk3 escort rear. No engine!

[seth]

Austin A55 bottom and Calibra top!

 

[mk2_craig]

Rear end

 

 

Front end

 

 

If done well enough most of the public wouldn't notice

[Torsten2001]

Austin A55 bottom and Calibra top!

 

Stunna!

[chaseracer]

At the 2CV world meeting in Scotland a year or three back, one of the Dutch traders plied his wares from a Merc 560SEL, converted to two-door using SEC rear wings with the business end of a Renault Extra/Express welded on top Looked surprisingly good. I have a photo... somewhere...

[stoterstangen90]

Citreon C6 frontend, and Tissier autoambulance at rear

[Adrian_pt]

Saab 99 front, Volvo 240 estate rear.... Or Astan Martin Lagond front on a SD1 V8... mmm.

[aled]

datsun 100a front- sunbeam stiletto back - twin engine 1.875cc 4 wheel drive

[Marty]

I'L Monstro

 

Arse end of the Maestro, Front end of a Montego, Arse bone of a giraffe.

I like a lot

[Jazzy Jeff]

I'd like to win the lottery and set up a showroom specialising in importing those Maestego things and Second Hand Huandu Ital's. It could be a model enterprise towards forging lasting Sino-Anglo industrial relations. We sell you the rights to manufacture BL tat, and we buy it back as a penance for such a crime.

[mouseflakes]

Skoda Estelle front and Mk3 escort rear. No engine!

You silly, silly man.

[TheScrapman]

Skoda Estelle front and Mk3 escort rear. No engine!

You silly, silly man.

Maybe not so silly. Estelle was originally designed to take a front engine. I am suprised no-one ever used the front clip on anything else. 4 bolts and it's out, a lovely low crossmember to clear a sump. Double wishbone with no geometry issues to worry about (i.e. it all bolts to the crossmember including the rack iirc). Also had camber adjustment and 4-pot calipers as standard.

[mouseflakes]

Skoda Estelle front and Mk3 escort rear. No engine!

You silly, silly man.

Maybe not so silly. Estelle was originally designed to take a front engine. I am suprised no-one ever used the front clip on anything else. 4 bolts and it's out, a lovely low crossmember to clear a sump. Double wishbone with no geometry issues to worry about (i.e. it all bolts to the crossmember including the rack iirc). Also had camber adjustment and 4-pot calipers as standard.

You not so silly, not so silly man.

[MrRegieRitmo]

1st choice, MkI Strada front, R14 rear.2nd choice, R14 front, MkI Strada rear.I'm nothing if not predictable!

[wuvvum]

Or how about the front end of a 2CV and the, erm, front end of a 2CV?

 

[MrRegieRitmo]

The two horses don't know which way to go, like a comedy pantomime horse!

[garethj]

I'L Monstro

 

Arse end of the Maestro, Front end of a Montego, Arse bone of a giraffe.

I like a lot

Pardon my naive head here, but that's not a photoshop, is it? Which means it must be a real car??

[Spottedlaurel]

Capri Mk1 front and Jag XJ6 rear, with an extra axle to make it a six-wheeler, like that crazy one in Street Machine years ago? Seamless…I don’t have any examples to hand, but there’s quite a thing in Japan for swapping front ends. I think it comes from the ability to chop and change between the fronts and backs of the 180SX and Silvia range (creating SilEighty or Onevia, depending which base model is used). Sure I’ve seen a 240/260Z front on something newer, and a Laurel hardtop made to look like an old Skyline.

[michiel]

I think I'd just swap the front and rear ends of a Zundapp Janus. Or maybe glue the front of a new Rolls onto the rears of two Isettas, side by side.

[retrogeezer]

I always thought Porsche made a good job of a car with 2 back ends....

 

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

I think I'd just swap the front and rear ends of a Zundapp Janus.

We can imagine for ourselves the results of this in just over a week’s time! Thinking about it though, wasn’t the Janus just two front ends welded together anyway? I could chop the middle out of my Camry and create much the same result with front and rear facing seats.

[outlaw118]

Erm.... I quite like the look of that Maestro/Montego thing.... Call an ambulance!!!!! The fat blokes finally snapped!!!!!

[Ratdat]

Here's some examples of the Japanese style end swapping that SL was speaking of...

 

Nissan Stagea with an R34 Syline front end...

 

Nissan 180SX with a 240Z style front end...

 

Nissan 180SX with an S15 Silvia front...

[Milford Cubicle]

Where are the pictures of that wonderful Rover 400 estate/MG ZR hybrid? It gelled together really well.

[Jazzy Jeff]

Monstro MPV unveiled to an unsuspecting public.http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?news200805f.htm

[Marty]

Monstro MPV unveiled to an unsuspecting public.

 

http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?news200805f.htm

 

 

Is it me, or does the roof line look higher than the original. Looks very similar to something my mate Daz knocked up using the rear windows from one van and the rest of another