Estates/Shooting Brakes/Station Wagons Gallery (Originals are best)

[MattBLancs]

Those MG estates have a terrible design detail at the back, and every time I have seen one I can't help but wonder what we're they thinking!?!

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Zoomed in from Falcon's picture

a useless bit of black plastic slapped under the UK numberplate presumably to very indiscretely cover screw holes for a squarer US(??) Style plate

[MattBLancs]

Apologies all...misspelled the title (used break instead of brake)

Don't tell the Grandma Police!

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grammar police

[mickthemaverick]

Those MG estates have a terrible design detail at the back, and every time I have seen one I can't help but wonder what we're they thinking!?!

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a useless bit of black plastic slapped under the UK numberplate presumably to very indiscretely cover screw holes for a squarer US(??) Style plate

That looks like a trick from the early German manufacturers, built in fragility to keep the dealers busy!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Here is a nice pair of "shooting Breaks" one made it to 67 examples, the other remained a prototype trailed in 1982 at the Paris Motor Show.

For the one which made it to 67 examples head here...
https://www.aronline.co.uk/the-converte ... rt%20XJR-S.



I invite those with a bit of curiosity to name the Castle in the background (yes no idea currently from me!)

For the other is this


Lancia Gamma Olgiata 1982 schräg
Buch-t, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by ... de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Could go in the nice two tone thread too. A closer look at one of the Lynx Eventers...



Neil

[Gibbo2286]

I think you may have seen this before.

[NewcastleFalcon]

I think you may have seen this before.

A welcome addition to the thread...and here's one of your tales about it!

Your Merc parts story reminded me of the old Rolls I bought in 1960, a 1928 20hp shooting brake, it needed a silencer so I called into the Brum Rolls dealer and asked what the chances were of getting one, "In stock sir." was the reply. but at £80 I had to leave it and rebuilt the old one from Castrol oil drums.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

A blown up view of the Toyota Auris Hybrid taxi I posted earlier!

Own work

[mickthemaverick]

I invite those with a bit of curiosity to name the Castle in the background (yes no idea currently from me!)

Neil

TOTH the only castle that I have been to which is similar is Warwick castle so that would be my punt!!

[myglaren]

Youngest's Mini Clubman

Clubman

My C5 after an argument with a wall.

C5

Nice Volvo estate.

Fiskebilen

Best estate of all.

Loadrunner

There are more but finding them is proving difficult.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Youngest's Mini Clubman

Some good ones there Steve, but the Clubman Estate fits so nicely with what I dug up before on the Thread. I presume its an old photo, but if it is your youngest's current vehicle that would be brilliant! and a very unlikely coincidence to boot

Neil

[myglaren]

No, it was her second car, first was a Mini Cooper.
That photo is probably 20 years old.

[mickthemaverick]

Best estate of all.

I might have to disagree there Steve The best estate for me is:

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Balmoral Estate

[NewcastleFalcon]

The difficult day 2 of a thread. Posts required if it isnt going to turn into a one-day wonder...

So onto the Estate doors of the larger modern Mini although this one is 10 years old now

Falcon Original

This one is badged as a Countryman. Flip up rear "door".

Falcon Original

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Half time post, I think there are a fair few Arsenal fans in estate at the moment!