Glenfrome
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- Created on Wednesday, 28 December 2011 12:54
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Glenfrome Engineering, also known as "Glenfrome of England" and "Glenfrome of Bristol", was founded in the late 1970s by Ken Evans and Vivian Hunt. The company's first show piece was the "Glenfrome Delta". The Delta was a sportscar designed and built completely by Glenfrome. The car was presented at the 1977 London Motorfair. But instead of returning from the Motorfair with orders for the Delta, Evans and Hunt were given an order for a series of special Range Rover conversions for export.
That wouldn't be their last order however, as Glenfrome became one of the biggest Range Rover coachbuilders, producing a whole range of named conversions, the most famous being their "Facet" and "Profile" Range Rover re-bodies. Although Glenfrome did convert other cars as well (Mercedes, Jaguar, and Rolls-Royce) the majority of converted cars were Range Rovers which included 6-wheelers, convertibles, stretched and hunting cars. Most cars were done for the Middle-East, although the Sultan of Brunei used to be big customer as well. The special bespoke conversions were such big business that Glenfrome never got to building the car where it all started from, the Glenfrome Delta.
Glenfrome Westbury
The Westbury was labeled as a "extra long wheel-base luxury limousine". The Range Rover was stretched by 33 inches but retained it's 4-door, 4-seat configuration. Some of the cars had two extra fold-away "occasional seats".
The early cars were based on the 2-door Range Rover, later ones on the 4-door Range Rover. Of course a Westbury conversion could be fitted with all the luxury options Glenfrome had to offer from special 12-coat paint to burr walnut dash panels, leather upholstery and TVs.
Glenfrome Westbury
More on the Glenfrome conversions coming soon.
Glenfrome six wheel Range Rover conversion.
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