Bob Boston: Shortened DS420 Coupé

Please bear in mind that time moves on. These photos were contributed in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Do not assume that the situation (or the people, or the cars) will remain as shown forever.

In 2009/2010 Bob Boston from Atlanta, Georgia, USA converted a DS420 limousine to a shortened coupé. He was inspired by a two-door mockup that was presented by Vanden Plas when the DS420 was introduced in 1967. Click on the mock-up illustration for a description of that presentation.

Bob owns a company that converts cars for use by handicapped people, so this job was done by a professional car converter. On his own website he describes the project as follows: "Conceived by Daimler (a Jaguar owned company) but never built, we decided to bring this dream to a reality. Over several years and with the help of Donald Lower Coachworks, we shortened a DS420 limo. Extending the doors 10 inches and flattening the roofline a little to create this beautiful "personal" Daimler coupe. We sent it back to UK for DLOC meet and Jaguar World Magazine tour of France in 2011 where it received People's Choice award." Registration BRG0296 (USA).

More from Bob's conversions is on the "Cars and Owners" page and on the photo gallery page of one of his other conversion projects.

In 2023 this coupe was offered for sale (for US$59,500.-), as this advertisement shows.

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