Ponton estate conversions?
Ponton estate conversions?
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W124Bob

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1,863 posts

204 months

Monday 7th June 2010
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Anyone help with identifying who did this conversion?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28630680@N06/46800898...
I thought it might be Crayford but they didn't start conversions until 1965 and their first was not a Ponton.

Catchpole

7 posts

259 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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I think that's a Fintail (Heckflosse) estate, not a Ponton. The Fintail estate conversions were done in Belgium by IMA Zaventum and known as the Universal. That doesn't look like a Universal, as the ones I've seen haven't had that peculiar lip in the roofline. There is actually a picture of a Ponton estate on Flikr - its in the photostream of MR38 - sorry I havent worked out how to do a link yet. Another one, said to be by Karosserie Binz (?) went over the block at Bonhams in April of this year. I have to confess that I didnt know that there was a Ponton estate till I found the picture on Flikr. Anyone know anything about them?