Jaguar estate car?

[David W E]

Back in the 1960's I used to see a Jaguar Mk VII (or VIII) estate car parked in our road. At the time I didn't give much thought to it but recently it got me thinking, did Jaguar ever produce an estate version of this model or was it a conversion job? If it was the latter is was a very professional job and suited the vehicle. It was maroon in colour and I wonder if it still exists, probably not?

[JOC Admin]

Hi David....welcome to the Club

It sounds more like it was a conversion but back then there were many more coachbuilders than around today so it could have been a conversion for a specific need (hearse or similar).

I seem to recall the first production Jaguar estate was the X-Type although there have been bespoke bodies for the XJS (Eventer) and a few others made for the Arab market.

[LairdScooby]

Welcome aboard David. I agree with Trevor, many conversions were carried out to cars that didn't have an estate in their range back in the 60s and 70s - Ford Zephyr Mk3, Triumph Stag estates, Rover P6 "Estoura" to name just three although to be fair, the Stag estate was based on a 2000/2500 estate with a Stag engine and brakes fitted.

There was also a pair of SD1 Rover estates, one produced in house by grafting on a Volvo 245 back end and the other (if memory serves) by FLM Panelcraft and Ladbroke Avon produced a Series III XJ6 estate :

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/jaguar/xj6-xj12/avon-jaguar-estate/

Avon also produced the Avon Acclaim, essentially a Triumph Acclaim with Jaguar-like luxury and also a turbo version.

Many conversions exist as aftermarket, sadly few manufacturers actually build their own estates from the drawing board onwards.