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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372   
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https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/l...=6&g=1
I am intrigued that the fill-in panels on the sides are in fact opening doors (suitable for very tiny people or dogs), and I am surprised for a (supposedly) factory build how crude the roof joins are. |
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2nd Oct 2023 9:01am |
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| rustandoil Member Since: 08 Sep 2012 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 738  
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I think that vehicle or one very similar was featured in one of the magazines a few years back
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2nd Oct 2023 9:28am |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1361
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My kids wouldn't complain about legroom in that
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2nd Oct 2023 12:04pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1972
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/\ I was just thinking the same. They might complain it takes hours to get anywhere, but at least leg room would be sorted. I wonder if there was a cage across the middle for the dogs?
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2nd Oct 2023 12:29pm |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1031 
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I doubt there's be a cage - there's no external door handle! Unless the dog has been trained to open the door from the inside?
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2nd Oct 2023 1:18pm |
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| Dinnu Member Since: 24 Dec 2019 Location: Lija Posts: 3414  
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Image 20 and 21 do not show any cage. So you have to open the 3rd row door to open the 2nd door for the dog to run out... but by the time you opened the 2nd door, the dog is already out
Unless you have extra long hands and can reach the handle of the 2nd door from the drivers seat. Ergonomics at their best....but the positive side of the design is that the 2nd row door hinges will last a very long time. The roof joint / extension  1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black |
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2nd Oct 2023 3:31pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372
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I suspect that the tiny doors were built that way because it was the simplest and cheapest way to do it, rather than because it was remotely useful. Bearing in mind that the extension required a second pair of B-posts, which will have the hinge points and the shut point anyway, what could be easier than hangind a tiny door between them.
The description really is a joke, especially as it would have been a 109" SIII is it hadn't grown up. I bet that it is a leisurely drive with the 4-pot 2286cc petrol motor, and it won't be good for MPG. I wonder why a Stage 1 V8 was used as the basis. |
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2nd Oct 2023 3:43pm |
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