Defender, Gazelle, Bear
In 1984, Stutz started to develop an armoured car, based on a Chevrolet Suburban.
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The Defender, later renamed into Gazelle, had a machine
gun as standard equipment...
Well, it was made for military purpose, for example
in Saudi Arabia.
The Bear, a four-door convertible was built 46 times.
photo available at TK AutomobiliaClients were the Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia,
photo available at TK Automobiliaand King Hassan of Marocco.
photo available at TK Automobilia
In 2009, I got the following photos:
These photos, taken by Hatem Shammari show some interesting details!
Oh, what an impressive front!
The running boards are missing, hopefully they are in the trunk.
Back, in August 2008, I got this photo, most likely showing the same car.
Interesting to see that the car is named "Royal Guard", not Bear...
Well, it had to guard a Royal, the King of Saudi Arabia, and so it also had to guard a Stutz Royale.
In January 2009, I got in contact with Alrammal Abdulrahman, he took a photo of "Royal Guard", too.
The canvas-top seems to be darker, and fits better, in addition to that the car was shown at a different location, with a different license-plate, so it's perhaps another car...
Going to:
Blackhawk Coupé
Bearcat Convertible
Duplex / IV-Porte / Victoria
Diplomatica
Royale
