| Author | Message | ||
     ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 890 Registered: 11-2015 |
Vlad .... lover of Royces, Cadillacs and Felines. ... | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 891 Registered: 11-2015 |
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| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 1298 Registered: 2-2013 |
What is it? Looks like a Silver Cloud but they never had running boards and the door handle looks Cadillac not Rolls Royce. Wire wheel looks cool but weak - not many spokes. White wall tire looks nice but don't see that wide a white wall here in Australia. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1763 Registered: 4-2009 |
yeah what is it? | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3083 Registered: 4-2003 |
Ross, More clues please - I suspect it may be a pre-WW2 Cadillac possibly an early V16 [1931]. | ||
| Mark Luft Prolific User Username: bentleyman1993 Post Number: 236 Registered: 10-2016 |
David, the door handle looks too modern. Also, to me, looks like fiberglass. Clenent or Excalibur? | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 892 Registered: 11-2015 |
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| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 893 Registered: 11-2015 |
David, If only... | ||
| Mark Luft Prolific User Username: bentleyman1993 Post Number: 237 Registered: 10-2016 |
Auburn or Cord replica? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1764 Registered: 4-2009 |
Stutz? | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 384 Registered: 6-2009 |
It’s definitely a neoclassic in the style of Excalibur, Zimmer, Clenet, etc... The door handle looks the same as on an Excalibur Series V and probably comes from a 70’s Lincoln. I don’t think it’s an Excalibur, but can’t figure out what it is. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 300 Registered: 5-2016 |
Lincoln-Zephyr Continental Cabriolet with rear wheel spat removed? I think Benoit is on the right track. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 894 Registered: 11-2015 |
Gentlemen, those would all be so muck better explanations for these photos. The photos are from a "royce inspired" limousine that was built on an 80's GM B platform. Later someone purchased the limo because it was cheap, and decided to make a sedan. They cut it in half then lost interest. It is a truly grotesque monstrosity. The royce part was that it was styled to look vaguely like a royce, the Cadillac part is that it is based of a big gm 80's frame, and the feline part is that one would rather eat a sandwich made from cat droppings than work on this particular car. I can post all the pictures, but remember before looking that this is not something you can unsee. They are asking 1500 USD, so if I didn't have two other project cars right now, I would be making the owner an offer. | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3086 Registered: 4-2003 |
Ross, Please post the photos - most if not all car assemblers have at least one abominable car design to their credit during their history. Now I understand the reason for your comment to my first guess........... | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 895 Registered: 11-2015 |
The rear of the auto hearkens back to the days of the Auburn 851. Days when great effort was given to integrating every aspect of design. The delicately formed bumper flows seamlessly with the fenders the two seemingly sculpted from the same piece of metal. The boomerang on a stick boot mascot so right, so natural in it's location that one can scarce imagine anything in it's place. Each element of the body, different and distinct as the instruments in the symphony , offered up together to create a sublime harmony so beautiful as to make the angels cry.  . | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Grand Master Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 1055 Registered: 4-2015 |
Cry? Yes. How much did you say the owner was paying you to take it away and presumably put it out of its misery? ...a la the movie titled "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" . | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 1299 Registered: 2-2013 |
That is literature Ross, what a silky tongue you have! | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 896 Registered: 11-2015 |
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| Brian Vogel Grand Master Username: guyslp Post Number: 2708 Registered: 6-2009 |
I shall sleep better tonight knowing that I never had to see this thing in "all its glory" in person. I weep for the Cadillac sacrificed to make it. Brian | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 1039 Registered: 4-2012 |
Ross I think IF anyone could save this it is you. Richard. | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 1300 Registered: 2-2013 |
Now that we have all called our therapists and incurred great costs to recover from Ross's last hideous post of things unspoken of..... Does anybody know what this car is? Hint: I would have to sell the Opera House in Sydney to Uncle Putin to be about to afford to keep it on the road let alone if it got into a traffic bingle. Hopefully, David will post a picture of it soon. Personally I like it and its definitely rarer than a Right Hand Drive Camargue. | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3087 Registered: 4-2003 |
Here is Vladimir's comment and photo - sent by smoke signals from Mount Coolon.............. Thanks, PS All the best for Xmas and New Year old chap. I have my eye on a triple black Spur in California at the moment and hopefully my next gig as a Bore Runner 300 kilometres west of Camooweal on a million acre plus cattle station will enable the purchase of my third but unlikely final Rolls Royce.  Cheers Vladimir | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 385 Registered: 6-2009 |
It’s a Rolls Royce Majestic, styled by Bertone and built for the Sultan of Brunei. | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 1301 Registered: 2-2013 |
Spot on Benoit, now how much can I buy it for? | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 897 Registered: 11-2015 |
I bet that majestic is more money and has less horns.  | ||
| Brian Vogel Grand Master Username: guyslp Post Number: 2711 Registered: 6-2009 |
Sorry, but I find that Majestic to be anything but. The custom cars for the Sultan of Brunei range from breathtaking to, well, leaden blobs. That car looks like the bastard child of a Goodwood Phantom and a Seraph, born prematurely. Brian | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 898 Registered: 11-2015 |
Brian, From that angle the rear and side remind me of a jaguar mk X which is one of my favorite car designs. If the grill was canted forward a few degrees and the headlights round... | ||
| ross kowalski Prolific User Username: cdfpw Post Number: 1439 Registered: 11-2015 |
Here's an even stranger take on car modding in the style of RR.  | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2279 Registered: 04-2016 |
Ummmmmmm NO, | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3731 Registered: 04-2003 |
Reminds me of the old adages: "A Camel is a Horse designed by a Committee" "It is something that only its creator would love". I rest my case................ |
