Here's what happened to some of the prototypes at the Factory.

Interesting details on the car. How many differences can you spot from the final production models?

Alan T.

What I see are the 3 "gills" for the vent on the C-pillar or is that tape or painted on......hard to tell with all the stickers on it...

and the stamped steel mag wheels... course, they may have had them elsewhere but the US only got the plain steel wheels..:disappoin

Kinda like the way the wheels look BTW, with a set of trim rings they'd be kinda neat...

Other than that, it's kinda hard to tell anything considering the condition of it...

First off the bat the door handles are different. No quater panel emblem. Looks like the passenger side and drivers side had different door handles.

There's something funny about the rear end I cant put my finger on. Hmm maybe it's just me.

-Brandon

Only Glass is the front windshield

The slot for the rear bumper appears different. Mine is almost parallel whereas the one pictured seems quite a bit wider near the rear.

what do the squares mean and why is there a number slightly to the left of every squar?

-Brandon

Originally posted by lordbiotree

what do the squares mean and why is there a number slightly to the left of every squar?

-Brandon

I think that's just a crash test thing. It probably allows a precise measurement of deformation.

Interesting that they would crash test a shell only?

I would have thought a complete car [motor, gearbox etc] in the front end would give a better indication of how the unibody withstands a headon?

Wonder at what speed the front folded in this pic?

Not sure but it looks like the hood or bonnet for you English folk goes all the way to the windshield. It doesn't look like it has the cowling.

Mmm..... anything else?! Well the rear quarter window kinda looks the wrong shape, but it might just be because it's missing glass...

Also, off topic perhaps, but what's the deal with petrol flaps? I've seen lots without the lock, but mine had one, and this one seems to be made for one too. Any story?

in 72 in the US cars the PETROL (gas) flap lost the lock part and we got a lip.

My 71(late) and my 72 are different

Big difference I see is that the car is much shorter up front -- maybe they just had a 2 cylinder in-line engine :classic:

Kind of looks like my first wreck...