STRANGE ESTATE CARS

[360boy]

Years ago, I owned a rare Rover 3500 Estate, like the one below.
Even at the time, it was considered very rare. Mind you, it was god damn ugly, and as an Estate Car it was pretty useless, as the roofline at the back was too low.
Are there any of these still around, and are they of any real value?
Also, this is a good excuse to mention any other odd ball Estates.
I bet we will get loads of mentions of the Ferrari 456 Venice cars.

Edited by 360boy on Friday 26th January 09:30

[360boy]

vario-rob said:

360,

First up I love the website and being a complete sado I have looked through pretty much all of the photos on it, some great stuff. Once the restoration of my Deauville is complete it will be interesting to see what sort of plate can be dug out to do her justice

On the estate front Alessandro DeTomaso had a one off estate version of the Deauville commissioned for Mrs DeTomaso to carry her Afghan hounds around in and sat in the factory reception for many years and I think might still be on of the few cars remaining there. I just can't find a b----- picture of the thing

Bob
Thanks for the nice comments. The website is getting so many hits now, that I am thinking about expanding it to include a forum and news pages connected to cherished numbers. I would appreciate comments from anyone, before I throw a lot of money at it.
Back on topic, I recently bumped into a guy filling up a Deuville in a local petrol station.
It turns out that he lives local to me, although I have never seen the car before.
It is a silver LHD example which he claims to have bought as a runner for just £2500. A bit rough around the edges, but nevertheless, a lot more interesting than an XJ6.
The Deuville Estate is on the net somewhere, because I remember seeing a pic.
Many thanks again.