Rapport International in conjunction with Humberstone Engineering were one of the companies who early on, i.e. in the mid1970s, understood that there was a growing demand for highly customized versions of the Range Rover platform. From the late 1970s on Rapport International / Humberstone offered a whole host of conversions on the original two-door Range Rover, one of which was a conversion named the Rapport "Quadraporte". This four-door version of the Range Rover was based on a platform that was stretched by 10 inches (25cm), to give the extra pair of doors and the rear seats a little bit more room (compare the Rapport Quadraporte to a Wood & Pickett Sheer Rover Four-Door for instance).

A Rapport International Quadraporte built on a stretched (10 inch extra length) Range Rover. The extra length made more room for the extra doors and allowed the rear part of the cabin to be more roomy.

Enough legroom in this Range Rover.

A Rapport International Quadraporte Range Rover with a "low-profile-bonnet" ,also marketed as the "Droop-Snoot conversion"; using the parts of a Ford Granada Mk2 front-end including head lights, grille and bumper. A lower lip was also added, which was a Rapport item. It gave the Range Rover a completely different look, but one can question if the change made for an improvement... It most certainly was unique and exciting in it's different-ness. Cost of only the "Droop-Snoot" was 1580 GBP in 1980; compared to the price of a standard Range Rover (10,000 GBP) quite a serious investment.

An interesting example of the Rapport Quadraporte in beige metallic, which seems to have been fitted with a "Wood and Pickett" nose, which in the Rapport pricelist was listed as a "Slatted nose conversion". All at the customer's request one might assume.

The interior of a Range Rover Rapport Quadraporte, which included the most wonderful dashboard for any Range Rover which Rapport International designed in style of the dash of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II. Wood on the doors, new leather upholstery on the seats and doors and pillars, an armrest which contains a Blaupunkt Berlin stereo with swan neck controls, a microphone (27MC?) and some other audio-equipment.

More modern looking, semi-digital dashboard options were also on offer.

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Text: copyright Bram Corts

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