More cars you didn't know existed...

[MightyBadger]

Truckosaurus said:

3 door estates are a niche that needs to return.

Yes indeed, I have a soft spot for them as my dad used to have a MK1 Escort 1.3 estate.

[G-wiz]

TommoAE86 said:

daqinggregg said:

Luxeed S7

The love child of an Audi S7 and a Porsche Panamera.

what the f...

What's the 'what the f...' for? That interior is what modern EV interiors look like now.

[eldar]

Cortina, apparently.

[Mr Tidy]

eldar said:

Cortina, apparently.

More likely based on the P100 pick-up as that had a chassis IIRC.

[soxboy]

Mr Tidy said:

eldar said:

Cortina, apparently.

More likely based on the P100 pick-up as that had a chassis IIRC.

This is an S-reg, P100 was a lot later in the UK.

These camper van things were essentially kit cars with own chassis and body using Cortina bits rather being a GRP body stuck on a cut-down Cortina.

[Dapster]

soxboy said:

Mr Tidy said:

eldar said:

Cortina, apparently.

More likely based on the P100 pick-up as that had a chassis IIRC.

This is an S-reg, P100 was a lot later in the UK.

These camper van things were essentially kit cars with own chassis and body using Cortina bits rather being a GRP body stuck on a cut-down Cortina.

There was actually a Cortina III based pick up made for the South African market that pre-dated the IV based P100 that we know and love in the UK. You're right in that the P100 didn't arrive until '82 but the Cortina pick up was around since 1971




That camper - Clamshell bonnet, separate indicators, terrible fit and finish....it's a proper shed

Edited by Dapster on Tuesday 23 April 01:38

[biggbn]

MightyBadger said:

Truckosaurus said:

3 door estates are a niche that needs to return.

Yes indeed, I have a soft spot for them as my dad used to have a MK1 Escort 1.3 estate.

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

[dontlookdown]

Agree re 'sporting' 3 door estates. I would be tempted by one now, if such things still existed.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

biggbn said:

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

Vauxhall Viva, Ford Anglia, Triumph Herald, Austin Allegro, Austin 11/1300, Trabant Kombi...;)

Loads of them.back in the day.

[Benni]

Did you lot not have the Vauxhall Chevette estate ? Nice car that was bigger inside than outside 8-) ,
last rear wheel drive so very tight turning radius, and everything self serviceable.
https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/kadett-c-ca...

[Dapster]

Z3 and 2002 Tii Touring



Type 3 and 4



480ES


Accord Aerodeck


96


250GT Breadvan



Some more here


https://www.classicandsportscar.com/gallery/30-cla...

[Truckosaurus]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Loads of them.back in the day.

I assume that was because the 3dr estate was the original 'van with windows' like the current Berlingo etc.

Or did the 3dr estates have longer doors from the 3dr hatchbacks?

[soxboy]

Truckosaurus said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Loads of them.back in the day.

I assume that was because the 3dr estate was the original 'van with windows' like the current Berlingo etc.

Or did the 3dr estates have longer doors from the 3dr hatchbacks?

They were nearly all designed purely as estates, with the longer doors from the 2-door versions. Some had van versions with filled in rear panels.

[Hobbes003]

biggbn said:

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

I'd classify the Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES, Scimitar and Eventer as shooting brakes, and the likes of the Kadett and Escort 3-door estates.

My neighbor used to have an Allegro 3-door estate.

[droopsnoot]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Vauxhall Viva, Ford Anglia, Triumph Herald, Austin Allegro, Austin 11/1300, Trabant Kombi...;)

Loads of them.back in the day.

Indeed, and as I can't shoe-horn this into "pictures of your fast estates" as it's lacking the "for the time" bit, Viva estate (well, Magnum estate) with some extra bits:

[biggbn]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

biggbn said:

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

Vauxhall Viva, Ford Anglia, Triumph Herald, Austin Allegro, Austin 11/1300, Trabant Kombi...;)

Loads of them.back in the day.

My Saab 95 was one of my all time favorite cars!!

[biggbn]

Hobbes003 said:

biggbn said:

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

I'd classify the Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES, Scimitar and Eventer as shooting brakes, and the likes of the Kadett and Escort 3-door estates.

My neighbor used to have an Allegro 3-door estate.

Sure there was an Alfasud estate that looked worryingly like an allegro estate!!

[RATATTAK]

biggbn said:

Sure there was an Alfasud estate that looked worryingly like an allegro estate!!

Alfasud Giardinetta

[Abbott]

biggbn said:

MightyBadger said:

Truckosaurus said:

3 door estates are a niche that needs to return.

Yes indeed, I have a soft spot for them as my dad used to have a MK1 Escort 1.3 estate.

OK, so not 'estates', or were they? Lancia Beta HPE, Volvo P1800ES and the Reliant Scimitar. Oh, and don't forget the XJS Eventer by Lynx. Bloomin' lovely, the lot of them.

There is a company doing a Tesla S Shooting that looks pretty good

[NomduJour]

Two-door wagons were an American thing until the ‘60s, even a hardtop: