In 1967 Rover Company’s board of directors gave approval for the first prototype of the all new 100 inch station wagon. This was the green light for the styling department to get to work. It was their job to refine the original prototype product by the spen king and the Gordon Bashford. Initially artist drawings were made and then one or two of these were selected for developing into clay models either quarter of full scale.
It was an exercise that product some startling results, as legendry Land Rover engineer, Geof Miller, explains. As so often happened in the styling studio, the initial proposal were somewhat futuristic he recalls. But as always by the time we reached scheme number four a more sober image emerged and we built this up as a full size clay model.
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