STRANGE ESTATE CARS

[becca_viola]

kraftwerk said:

Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona Station wagon...

I want one!

[TonyHetherington]

kraftwerk said:

Aston Martin V8 wagon...

Is that the back end of an old Renault Laguna?!

(PS: good thread!)

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 26th January 14:54

[-JUT-]

Already been mentioned but have to post them anyway - Reliant Scimitar GTE





I've had two of these, an SE6A 3.0 litre Essex V6 and an SE6B 2.8 Cologne V6 - definitely an oddball choice but surprisingly sideways fun for that sort of car

Edited by -JUT- on Friday 26th January 14:55

[twincam16]

TonyHetherington said:

kraftwerk said:

Aston Martin V8 wagon...

Is that the back end of an old Renault Laguna?!

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 26th January 14:54

Close - 21 Savanna

Then again, the standard coupe used VW Scirocco rear lights, so there you go.

[TonyHetherington]

Ta

[DJFish]

This'll be interesting once it's finished:

www.scoobyclinic.com/frameset.htm

[Philbes]

hugoagogo said:

mid 70s my dad had a Abbot Farnham Ford Corsair Estate

can't even find a picture of one
in fact, when was the last time you saw a corsair?

I saw a Corsair at 8:40 this morning, although it was on a trailer! But looked to be in good condition.

There appears to be two running examples around the Stroud area in Gloucestershire. I usually only see them in the summer though. One is a silver (silver fox?) 2000E and the other is pale blue metallic (blue mink?).

[danger mouse]

twincam16 said:

TonyHetherington said:

kraftwerk said:

Aston Martin V8 wagon...

Is that the back end of an old Renault Laguna?!

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 26th January 14:54

Close - 21 Savanna

Then again, the standard coupe used VW Scirocco rear lights, so there you go.

Is that true about the 'rocco tail lamps? Never spotted that.

There was an other Exotic "Shooting break" that used a MkI Renault 5 rear hatch. Haven't spotted on here yet... it may have been the XJ-S actually... can't remember... should go and look it up... brain is overloaded by resisting the temptation ot post a pic of my "Sporty Shooting break"...



...failed. Oh well someone else already posted the M5.

Listening to my friend driving off... I think surely the MGZT-T V8 deserves a little mention too. The noise that thing makes is fasntastic!

Edited by danger mouse on Friday 26th January 15:38

[littlegearl]

Plotloss said:

That was a production car in Germany, they just never made a RHD version.

More desireable than the saloon IMHO.

thats exactly why it is here, because i've never seen a M5 Touring in the flesh. or a 330xi or 530xi, but they exist...

[snotrag]

littlegearl said:

i seem to arrived too late to add anything other than this to the discussion, M5 Touring.

That would be in my ultimate garage. Pity the didnt do an E39 version ( did they? )

[tiga84]

snotrag said:

littlegearl said:

i seem to arrived too late to add anything other than this to the discussion, M5 Touring.

That would be in my ultimate garage. Pity the didnt do an E39 version ( did they? )

I beleive they made 1 for a BMW director, was a picture in Autocar a few years back in silver, looked like a normal 5 series estate though. I think they did it as a sort shall we/shan't build them, and decided against it.

[twincam16]

danger mouse said:

Is that true about the 'rocco tail lamps? Never spotted that.

[TonyHetherington]

Nothing "strange" about these, but I feel they are worth a mention...

M5 Touring E69





Audi RS6 Avant





E55 AMG Estate

[tiga84]

ah, here we go.

Edited by tiga84 on Friday 26th January 16:18

[williamp]

danger mouse said:

twincam16 said:

TonyHetherington said:

kraftwerk said:

Aston Martin V8 wagon...

Is that the back end of an old Renault Laguna?!

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 26th January 14:54

Close - 21 Savanna

Then again, the standard coupe used VW Scirocco rear lights, so there you go.

Is that true about the 'rocco tail lamps? Never spotted that.

Edited by danger mouse on Friday 26th January 15:38

The Virage shooting break uses a modified Escort tail, with Renault lights. And Audi 100 front lights. And 944 indicators. And Rover 800 seat bases (with Recaro backs), and jaguar aircon. And mercedes seat adjustment, and...

Oh, surprised no-one has mentioned the elanbulance. Lovely thing.

[TonyHetherington]

williamp said:

Oh, surprised no-one has mentioned the elanbulance. Lovely thing.

I had to google that...



Very good call, sir

[Andrew Noakes]

ian2144 said:

Avenger lotus estate....... two were built by talbot's copetition departmentin 79 / 80, as chase cars for the Works rally Sunbeam's

do they still exist??

At least one does - it was in Classic & Sports Car last year.

Jensen GT looks fun but I doubt it would carry much.

[mini_ralf]

This is one that you wouldn't see that often... A Lancia Thema Estate (or Station Wagon)

Edited by mini_ralf on Friday 26th January 16:57

[TonyHetherington]

Ford Scorpio 24v - a strange estate, but my word what a great one!

[kraftwerk]

Two of my favourites...