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Zephyr Zodiac Abbott Estates
Launched in 1962, the Consul-Zephyr-Zodiac MkIII range was mechanically based on the outgoing MkII models. ED Abotts of Farnham produced an Estate car conversion, performed on completed cars in the same way as earlier Abbott estates.

 

Ford Zephyr 213E front Estate
Ford Zephyr 213E Estate. Abbotts of Farnham built estate cars on the Mark Three Ford Zephyr and Zodiac bodies.
Ford Zephyr 213E rear Estate
Ford Zephyr 6 (213E) Abbott Estate. The conversion of the boot opening into the rear door with clumsy external hinges is evident in this shot. Abbott built 1600 of these Zephyr 6 estates between 1962 and 1966.
Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate front
Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate. Coachbuilt by Abbotts of Farnham on a Zodiac body. In fact even the Zephyr estates used a Zodiac bodyshell as the rear doors were better for the estate rear.
Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate rear
Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate. Supplied by Abbotts of Farnham who coachbuilt the the rear estate onto a Zodiac body.
Ford Zodiac Series III Abbott Estate front
Ford Zodiac Series III Abbott Estate
s_Ford Zephyr 213E Abbott Estate side
Ford Zephyr 6 (213E) Abbott Estate. The Zodiac MkIII doors are evident on this Zephyr 6 Estate, and Zodiac bodyshells were in fact used on these Abbott Estates
s_Ford Zodiac Series III Abbott Estate side
Ford Zodiac Series III Abbott Estate
t_Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate tail
Ford Zodiac 213E Abbott Estate. This shows the top-hinged rear tailgate in place of the split openings or side-hinged openings which were more common on estate cars at this time.
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Ford Zephyr 4 (211E), Zephyr 6 and Zodiac MkIII (213E)
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Abbotts of Farnham
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