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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    03/10/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    I suppose everyone noticed the Pontiac Grand Am headlights on the Wienermobile - Pontiac = wiener, apparently.


    Great feature, but I must say that it is hardly surprising to find the Ford Sierra (on which the Merkur was based) donating its taillights to the RS200. I'm sure the European readership is befuddled.

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    Image of justsomereportingguy justsomereportingguy
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    So has anyone tried a parts swap to PROVE this sharing?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/09/09

    @justsomereportingguy: As soon as someone gives me a McLaren F1, I'll check the swap on the Corrado mirrors. You betcha.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    I have always lusted after 1999-2002 Trans Ams, and I have always been a total weenie, but I could never figure out why.


    Now I understand.


    Excuse me while I enter the realm of introspection to contemplate the broad lattitudes of my weenie-ness.

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    I remember that my Dad's Lincoln Mk VII LSC had some of the sunroof mechanism parts stamped with the BMW logo. I guess they supplied more that just the odd diesel engine for those cars.
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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    03/09/09

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    When my Dad and I rebuilt my '85 CJ-7, we were amazed to find a computer behind the dash.


    Nearly as surprising was that the computer had "Ford" stamped on it.


    At least it wasn't Renault.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    But nobody wanted the headlights from a Volvo 240?


    Gee, I wonder why.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/09/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: Similarly, it seems the only people who wanted the big flat Corrado headlights are people retrofitting them onto their Gen II Golves, Jettae and Sciroccos. Wonder why? Could it be their fantastic ability to attract highway rocks? I think it could!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/09/09

    @Deartháir now campaigns for leavethegun - takethecannoli: Cool, more quad-rounds for me!
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    Though I'm not generally a fan of these click-fests, this is a great post.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    03/09/09

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    Now I have this strange desire to start an exotic car tail light collection.


    Aren't those tail lights from a Rover 200?


    Fuck you! These are Jaguar XJ220 tail lamps.


    Hey those look like the lights I had on my old 'rocco.


    Go away. Just get out of here. These are Aston tail lights and you know it.

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    Image of ngoandy ngoandy
    03/09/09

    @smalleyxb122: That would be awesome.


    I wish I had one of those normal cars to sell. Put in the EBAY listing that I upgraded the taillights to use X supercar's lights.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    03/09/09

    @ngoandy: If I did I would take the lights off the car and list them as supercar items and sell them for more than the whole car is worth.
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    Image of Brady Butterfield Brady Butterfield
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    How about which cars have received GM transmissions? R/R, BMW, Bentley, etc...
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    03/09/09

    @Brady Butterfield: 1949-54 Lincolns.


    Another example of FoMoCo borrowing from GM? The 1967 GT40 Mk. IV, the car that won Le Mans with Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt for the most Amerigasmic result in the race's long and storied history, got its taillights from the Chevy Corvair.

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    03/09/09

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    Didn't the first Mosler use a steering wheel (with air bag) from a Chrysler Town & Country?
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/09/09

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    Although I love pop up headlights the Diablo looks better with the fixed 300ZX's.
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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    03/09/09

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    Hmmm
    All just makes the world go around...


    Never knew so many parts were shared between vehicles. But its quite interesting how many share the head and or tail lights.


    Awkward for aerodynamics on the A.M v The Volvo wagon. Talk about a massive potato on a stick!


    Might I add that the Rover is a slut from the Honda Accords.

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    03/10/09

    @Accordforall: The Rover is not derived from the Accord (that's the 600-series) but rather from the Honda Concerto, itself a slightly bigger version of the Civic - essentially an Integra for maturer customers.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    03/09/09

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    It's only right that most of the "supercars" would be sharing things like headlamp and tail lamp assemblies. The US RV producers have been doing this for some time now.


    Anyway, most of those "Super" cars are nothing more than glorified "Kit" cars anyway. The Noble? The Invicta? The SSC? I'd even put the Esprit in the "Kit" car category.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/09/09

    @UDMan: The Esprit is as much of a kit car as the XJ220.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    My favorite example of car part prostitution is the Jeep Wagoneer: AMC V8s, Chrysler transmissions, GM steering column and switchgear, and Ford carburetors. Not to mention a body designed for Kaiser.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    03/09/09

    @FromaBuick6: Most AMC cars used parts sourced from the Big Three throughout the 60s and 70s, particularly when it came to meeting emission and safety regs. The story is that the Big Three (especially GM) didn't want to be seen as killing off a smaller competitor, so they provided parts and technology at relatively low cost to AMC to help keep them going. The Jeep Wagoneer body was designed by Brooks Steven for Kaiser Industries, who owned Willys and Jeep from the early 50s until 1970.
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    03/09/09

    @tonyola: this, my fellow jalops, is why i love AMC. amalgamation motor company! (that's what i've always wished it stood for)-- the best parts of what already existed in separate companies combined in to one bad ass little vehicle


    though sadly.. my eagle is just a mitsubishi mirage with a few pentastars added for "taste" (and yes.. it leaves a sour/bitter taste at the same time... until a brake line blows... then you get the burnt taste... and smell... and and and.. what was i sniffing.. can i have a new car please?)

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/09/09

    @chrystlubitshi: It's amazing how much they did with so little. They probably had the most efficient engineering department in the industry. In fact, when Chrysler took over, it was AMC's engineering operations that were retained, rather than Mopar's.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    03/09/09

    In reply to 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution
    A little obvious, but the Viper borrowed some interior components from lesser Mopar products (seeing my Intrepid's power window switches in a brand new SRT-10 excited me quite a bit). Going the other way, I'm fairly sure the Viper's seats were covered in cloth to be used in the SRT-4.
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