Estates That Never Were.....
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4rephill said:
Unsorted said:
Possibly a repost.
BMW 7-series estate by Automotive Design and Development with some assistance from Rapport International.
A seriously flawed/awkward looking design!BMW 7-series estate by Automotive Design and Development with some assistance from Rapport International.
I'm sure if BMW had decided to make an e23 estate, it would have looked tidier than that.
German coachbuilders Euler did a far better job of it - it looks almost factory (including the 2002 rear lights).
https://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/we-drive...
https://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/we-drive...
Hi all,
l have just come across this thread. I love unusual estate cars.
I have a Volvo 245 Turbo, which Volvo never built with right-hand-drive. I built this car, using a 1989 GL as a base (mine is nearest the camera).
I also have a 165, which I'm currently restoring. Volvo didn't make a 160 estate, except for a single example from their Australian plant.
Mine was built from a 145 and 164 by Clutterbucks Coachbuilders in the 70s
Cheers
John
l have just come across this thread. I love unusual estate cars.
I have a Volvo 245 Turbo, which Volvo never built with right-hand-drive. I built this car, using a 1989 GL as a base (mine is nearest the camera).
I also have a 165, which I'm currently restoring. Volvo didn't make a 160 estate, except for a single example from their Australian plant.
Mine was built from a 145 and 164 by Clutterbucks Coachbuilders in the 70s
Cheers
John
sim16v said:
Welcome to the forum, John.
I have an obsession with fast estates, and have a 240 Torslanda with a poorly engine.
I've been wanting to fit a turbo engine for years, so what is the best way to do it?
Best route is to get a running 940 turbo donor car, so you have all the parts needed and can test it out before fitting.I have an obsession with fast estates, and have a 240 Torslanda with a poorly engine.
I've been wanting to fit a turbo engine for years, so what is the best way to do it?
Most of the swap is fairly straightforward, a little wiring to do and you'll need a custom downpipe, or modify the 940 one.
You can have a look through my build thread (bodywork covered first, skip ahead to engine swap). Yours is easier electrically, because the Torslanda already has LH engine management.
http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/134243/1979-vo...
Well if you're going to do a 240 sleeper..... 450bhp Toyota 4.0 V8
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/turbo-v8-powe...
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/turbo-v8-powe...
One thing that has always niggled/annoyed me about these Volvo estates - The use of the unmodified saloon rear doors!
I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
4rephill said:
One thing that has always niggled/annoyed me about these Volvo estates - The use of the unmodified saloon rear doors!
I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
I was just about to write the same thing. I can't cite specific examples but I'm sure there are other, more modern (as well as older) manufacturers guilty of same.I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
Yertis said:
4rephill said:
One thing that has always niggled/annoyed me about these Volvo estates - The use of the unmodified saloon rear doors!
I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
I was just about to write the same thing. I can't cite specific examples but I'm sure there are other, more modern (as well as older) manufacturers guilty of same.I know it was done to help keep manufacturing costs down, but the way the top of the rear doors curve downwards, and don't line up with the estate glass-line, just looks so wrong to me.
Dapster said:
British built one off - looks very Jag Sport Brakey. Pity it's a diseasel - if that had a V8 and sports exhaust....
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26933273...
Stunning.https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26933273...
Out of all the examples in this thread, that one is perhaps the best resolved from a design point of view IMHO.
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