360beast wrote:I think the 340 diesel has been fitted with all GLT spec trim and wheels and then someone stuck a GLT badge on the back.
I find it quite amusing to read how the diesel is quickly dismissed as a frankencar by just looking at the brochures.
Knowing the previous owner, who worked at the Nedcar R&D facilities in Helmond, and the current owner, I have every reason to believe that the car is the real McCoy, even though a GLT version has, in the end, never made it to the forecourt.
At the time this car was built, a lot of strange things were done at the Helmond facilities. I can still remember the 1984 360 an aunt of mine bought in 1987 (she lived on the outskirts of Helmond at that time) that was fitted with a B200K and a Weber carb. For the anoraks amongst is this car cannot be, the B200K only appeared at the end of 85 and was fitted with a SolexZ11. Sadly enough the car got totalled in the late '90 on a roundabout in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands, otherwise it would have ended up in my collection.