Estates That Never Were.....

[Carsie]

The Bentley posted by BalmoralG set me thinking - How many different Estate conversions can you think of that were never officially produced. No semantics,- it's just a game

Here's a few to kick off -

[jonnylayze]

Lynx Eventer:



Rover P6 Estate

[vixen1700]

Mk.II County.

[lowdrag]

There's all the Abbott Farnham Fords as well, based on the Consul etc., and I know of one XK150 estate. I'll get to thinking some more.

[ritmo]

[Conian]

but why are they known as Shooting Brakes??

[gareth_r]

Conian said:

but why are they known as Shooting Brakes?

A brake was a type of horse-drawn wagon, a shooting brake was a horse-drawn wagon with seats that was used to transport shooting parties out to the fields. When horsepower replaced horses the term continued to be used for the coachbuilt vehicles that were used for the same purpose.

Edited by gareth_r on Saturday 8th January 15:47

[AndrewW-G]

Daytona abomination . . . . . could only be bettered by somebody sticking a Grouch Marx moustache, nose and glasses on the Mona Lisa!

[AndrewW-G]

330 Shooting Brake

[AndrewW-G]

And the best of the bunch . . . . . The Jerrari 365GT, built by William Harrah out of a 365GT and IIRC a Jeep Wagoneer, theres also one done with a Ford Bronco



And not forgeting the badge

Edited by AndrewW-G on Saturday 8th January 15:45

[gareth_r]

gareth_r said:

Conian said:

but why are they known as Shooting Brakes?

A brake was a type of horse-drawn wagon, a shooting brake was a horse-drawn wagon with seats that was used to transport shooting parties out to the fields. When horsepower replaced horses the term continued to be used for the coachbuilt vehicles that were used for the same purpose.

Don't know what happened there, lost this R-R.

[Huntsman]

Love the MkII Jag County! Never seen that before.

[a8hex]

ritmo said:

This was a real factory car, you could order them.
I couldn't recall it having 5 doors, so is that what is "special" about this one?


I know there are a couple of XK150 estates including the "foxbat" I'll see if I can find a picture. I think I took one at XK60.

[Lotus 50]

...or this an Elan +2 estate that was built a couple of years ago...

[80quattro]

Renault 5 estate 6 wheeler

[RosscoPCole]

One of my favourites

[mgtony]

[slomax]

Maserati quatroporte estate, dubbed the quintroporte-

[Pothole]

slomax said:

Maserati quatroporte estate, dubbed the quintroporte-

Why?

[Jumturbo]

TR7 Tracer by Crayford.....




and BLs own still born take on the next generstion of TR7s.....



better than the Crayford attempt for sure. Even the convertible would have been better received than the original.