Spiny Norman Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 A mate of mine posted this photo he'd taken today onto our Facebook car group, and I was trying to find out about it but info seems quite scarce. It appears on a Flickr page, taken at what looks like one of the Brum NEC classic car shows a few years back but that's all I can find. Anyone know anything more about it? anonymous user, RayMK, LightBulbFun and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I don't have any info, but I have these from the 2016 NEC classic show. Sudsprint, privatewire, Disco Fever and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hella cool. Imagine rocking up outside Spearmint Rhino in that. Fumbler, BL Bloke, skoda_fan and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikovron Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Its owned by a guy called James Goulding who has a vast collection of showroom ornaments, he posts about it and other estelles he has etcĀ on the skoda club gb facebook pageĀ I hear it was a 120 quad light super estelle converted to a limo when relatively new and then facelifted with estelle 2 mechanicals and the front rear panels and lights etc. Ā skoda_fan, bunglebus, Spiny Norman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I understand it was either built by or commissioned by Fortune Auto Sales (Skoda dealers at the time)Ā whose name is on the rear wing. From what I've seen it's very professionally done. It ended up for quite a few years in the showroom of ex-Skoda dealership turned specialists Whitehill Garage in Kent (now closed). I think it was they who showed it at the NEC. It's now in the safe hands of a Skoda Owners' Club member. When it was first built it had the earlier style front end, hence the Y-reg. It was updated when the later Estelles came out. egg and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 That's immense. What other autoshite limos were created for things like this or more ordinary carriage-trade reasons? I've seen pics of Wedge limos and there's that hideous Omega limo that keeps appearing on the Tat thread. LightBulbFun and Spiny Norman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Cheers for the info chaps, certainly looks like a professional job. Ā LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 A photo of it before it's facelift: somewhatfoolish, LightBulbFun, ProgRocker and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Even cooler before the update Not much that hasn't been stretched over the years Ā Spiny Norman, LightBulbFun, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Believe it or not, these two limosĀ were built at the factory by FSO. Theyāre called Jamnik,Ā which means sausage dog (Dachshund) in Polish. Ā Fumbler, CreepingJesus, timolloyd and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Is this just turning into a thread of unlikely limousines? Ā Here's a Porsche 914. Spiny Norman, bunglebus, adw1977 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 If we're doing silly limousines, how about a normal limousine that was built as a one off convertible. The Frua bodied Rolls Royce Phantom Vi Mrs6C, Sudsprint, Spiny Norman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 It's a bit BOBFOC innit? The headlamp treatment is horrible. Looks good from that angle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I thought it was a one off, apparently there is at least one more, a four door with a less FAB1 front treatment Spiny Norman, BL Bloke and somewhatfoolish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 The four door does look better from the front, reminds me a bit of a Camargue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vicar Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 21 hours ago, bunglebus said: Hella cool. Imagine rocking up outside Spearmint Rhino in that. ..or the house of a grieving widow, to accompany a hearse to the cemetery!Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I actually prefer the pre face lift Estelle. That six door effort is awesome.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Sudsprint and LightBulbFun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Funnily enough... just saw the SkodaĀ on Instagram.Ā Ā Ā And the stretched Yugo has blown my mind!Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 6:44 AM, Peter C said: Ā Ā Ā That Polonez is awesome. ? I bet if you looked hard enough you'd find just about everything will have been limo-ised at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Probably handles better than the original. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 From the unlikely to the sacrilegious Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Spiny Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Spiny Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: From the unlikely to the sacrilegious Thatās not a real Countach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Think this one was in Chrome and Flames mag years ago Ā Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Ā bunglebus, 808 Estate, Sudsprint and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 hour ago, 155V6 said: YOU WIN! ? 155V6 and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 some gentlemen* of good taste* had this or one very like it in Birminghamshire a couple of years ago thet seem to have switched to hummer, rangerooney, aldi q7 type chod (in white naturally) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I've seen the signwritten Regal in the flesh. Or in the fibreglass if you preferĀ chaseracer, LightBulbFun and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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