THE VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
Model dossier
- Production period
- 1965
- Body style
- Station Wagon
- Engine
- Flat-4
- Type
- Prototype
- Production
- 2
- Displacement
- 2,212 cc
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
No editorial history has yet been published for this vehicle.
IN THE ARCHIVE
Related people
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production
- 2
- Production type
- Prototype
- Production notes
- Two R5 estate prototypes, R5/1 and R5/2. Walter Belgrove designed the R5 body; Michelotti's documented Ferguson role applies to R4, not R5.
Engine & performance
- Engine configuration
- Flat-4
- Displacement
- 2,212 cc
- Specification notes
- ROLE CORRECTION VERIFIED — Ferguson Club separates Michelotti's 1959 R4 estate body from R5; Standard Motor Club identifies Walter Belgrove with the Ferguson R5 commission.
Design & manufacture
- Designer · Documented
- Walter Belgrove
- Engineering / Prototype builder · Documented
- Harry Ferguson Research
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
No events or documented awards are currently recorded for this vehicle.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 3 photographs
08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
References held in the vehicle dossier. Their inclusion does not establish that every historical claim has been independently verified.
| Reference | Source type |
|---|---|
| Ferguson Club — After the Tractor: Harry Ferguson & the R5 4WD www.fergusonclub.com | Marque research club archive |
| Standard Motor Club — Walter Belgrove www.standardmotorclub.org.uk | Marque club designer history |
| Autocar — Ferguson R5 road-test retrospective d2km96w3x5blkf.cloudfront.net | Major automotive periodical archive |
| Ferguson Club — R5 flat-four engine archive www.fergusonclub.com | Marque research club technical archive |
THE CONVERSATION
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