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

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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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justsomereportingguy
03/09/09

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So has anyone tried a parts swap to PROVE this sharing?
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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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pauljones
03/09/09

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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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P161911 probably shoudn't have
03/09/09

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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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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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MushyHeirloom
03/09/09

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But nobody wanted the headlights from a Volvo 240?

Gee, I wonder why.
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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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MushyHeirloom
03/09/09

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

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Though I'm not generally a fan of these click-fests, this is a great post.
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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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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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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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Brady Butterfield
03/09/09

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How about which cars have received GM transmissions? R/R, BMW, Bentley, etc...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Syrax
03/09/09

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

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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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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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günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
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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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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Maymar
03/09/09

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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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