Apparently it can be done! I wonder if this is what Crayford actually did? I'd probably rather use W123 wagon parts, though.
https://www.drive2.ru/l/504624161176420491/ (https://www.drive2.ru/l/504624161176420491/)
https://www.drive2.ru/r/mercedes/s_class/455171701571847947/logbook/ (https://www.drive2.ru/r/mercedes/s_class/455171701571847947/logbook/)
(https://a.d-cd.net/2sAAAgIWreA-960.jpg)
From what I've read, that's exactly what Crayford did. Or at least the load area windows were from some Ford. Could have been a Granada.
Quote from: ptashek on 11 October 2020, 05:45 PM
From what I've read, that's exactly what Crayford did. Or at least the load area windows were from some Ford. Could have been a Granada.
Ha! Even before I found those links I posted, I heard that the windows were from a Granada wagon. Very interesting. I wouldn't mind turning my 300SD into a wagon at some point, but I think I'd rather have a W123 rear door, taillights, and side windows.
Looks like a West Coast Customs type of rape. Not my cup of tea.
Nonetheless, the result got something to it.
But I'd prefer the Granada, or even more the Granada I waggon. Those are rare birds.
Are they known overseas?
Bernd
Crayford is apparently not the only company to have converted a W116.
Results all look similar to my eye but differ in details, predominantly the rear part:
This one is one of three built by body shop Brinkmann, other sources claim that it is one of two built by Pollmann:
http://www.nast-sonderfahrzeuge.de/exotenforum2/forum/index.php?id=134255
This one is labelled as well as Crayford but the attachment of the C-column is different from others from Crayford:
http://www.nast-sonderfahrzeuge.de/exotenforum2/forum/index.php?id=92040
The topic was dealt with before on this Forum.
Bernd
Wow! The C-pillar treatment on the last example is clever. I don't think we got those Granada wagons in North America, so even acquiring one of those would be a challenge.
I always thought that the tailgate looked like one from an Austin Maxi hatchback with the bottom part lobbed off