but why no 240 van? surely a more sensible proposition

5lab wrote:3 drs
1976-1990
528.985

4 drs
1983-1990
154.446

5drs
1979-1991
456.258

Total

1.139.689

of which CVT

~235.000
so now you know..

Interesting statistics on the V3C website. On the same page, we can see that UK was the biggest market:

example: year 1983 > Total: 102,102

UK: 36,332!!!!!
NL: 17,424
S: 10,210
F: 9,100
D: 6,261
rest EU: 18,275
outside EU: 4,500

Oops, I forgot to say that I have had 2x 5 doors and I still have 2x 5 doors. > total = 4x 5 doors > 5 DOORS POWER lol

i think that later on it was more so - i mean over here we have lots of mk3s and very few mk2 and mk1 cars, but on the continent you seem to have a lot more early cars than late ones - so maybe the later on we were buying even more cars?

Redline mate, two of each! Who, me? Well, the figures are (all 360 GLT's BTW).
My parents have owned in the past, two five doors and two saloons (my Dad still has one saloon, though it is not on the road).
I currently have four five door 360 GLT's (one crashed shell however and only one actually on the road an in use) and one saloon, a project for the future.
I believe the saloons were more expensive when new as well, so some people may have been put off by that.
Pete

ok Pete so between you and your dad YOU DO HAVE TWO SALOONS AND TWO FIVE DOORS + TWO MORE FIVE DOORS INSTEAD OF THREE DOORS TOTAL 6 so I was right on number of cars just wrong on number of doors LOL

LOL, indeed, not a bad guess! I feel the need to expand the collection, not just 360 GLT's, maybe work towards other 300 models, but I'm not sure my Mum is too keen, plus there's no more room yet.......
Pete

Get rid of the black GLT shell and replace it with a nice mk2 340 CVT

Steve

Or that bloody redline

Hmmmm, interesting..........maybe..........one day, we'll see, I can't hog many more, one for each day of the week would be plently! Not far off.
Pete

Re the comments about the van , A couple of weeks ago I saw a 240 estate made into a van in Milton Keynes , it had a raised roof so it might even have been an ambulance at some stage of its life , It was white and covered in stickers, it was wearing dutch plates but I couldent find the driver to have a chat

Just incase anyone is interested, as we've touched on the 300 series van, and the 240 estate/van conversion in this thread, I've seen 240 pickups, but my Dad made a 140 pickup many years ago!


Sorry the pictures aren't fantastic. We saw it again recently, painted a dark green, similar to British Racing Green, I can't find the pics at the moment.
Pete

that would look great slammed to the floor with big rims and sidepipes, Oh there I go again showing my age

My car's a Mark.1 5 door (all it could be, being a 345?)

could be a 345 van