"boredalways" (boredalway666)
07/06/2017 at 10:31 • Filed to: Not Monaco Enough
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"boredalways" (boredalway666)
07/06/2017 at 10:31 • Filed to: Not Monaco Enough | 3
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Only a madman would turn a Bentley Arnage T into a Woodie!
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boredalways
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:31 |
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http://newatlas.com/worlds-most-expensive-station-wagon-bentley-arnage/50362/#gallery
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:33 |
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I like it
PartyPooper2012
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:35 |
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I looked at the image quickly and thought there was steam billowing from under the hood. Wasn’t really surprised looking at the wood around doors. Normal look for a woodie.. but now I look closer... it’s a friggin bentley frankenwagon with a woodie. No steam either
WilliamsSW
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:35 |
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I grew up with this - the Bentley just reminded me of that. I’m not sure that’s a good thing - but I loooove that Bentley. So, I’m weird, what of it?
Textured Soy Protein
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:36 |
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This is as good a time as any for a double Obama Not Bad.
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boredalways
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
07/06/2017 at 10:38 |
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[Smallbear does everything with pinky finger out and goes nowhere without Grey Poupon]
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boredalways
> PartyPooper2012
07/06/2017 at 10:43 |
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...trying to get that PT Cruiser Woodie out of your head, huh?
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PartyPooper2012
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:44 |
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I had more of a wagoneer in my head...
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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:45 |
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On the contrary, I like the pinky finger in.
HEY-OH
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boredalways
> WilliamsSW
07/06/2017 at 10:47 |
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Whaaaaaat? We’re not going to disown you! But a Caprice Estate is a better look.
Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:48 |
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Would have been easier to throw a Bentley grill on this one:
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boredalways
> Textured Soy Protein
07/06/2017 at 10:48 |
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Never seen that photo...and I’m barely keeping it together from laughter at work
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Textured Soy Protein
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 10:51 |
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Well now you can read the full history of the Obama Not Bad meme .
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boredalways
> Textured Soy Protein
07/06/2017 at 10:54 |
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Nooooooo
For Sweden
> WilliamsSW
07/06/2017 at 11:02 |
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bruh where can i buy this
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WilliamsSW
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 11:02 |
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But luxury! TBH, though, I’m pretty sure that I could find a Chevy and do all these mods (LS swap FTW!) for a tad under $900k.
I think Fancy Kristen would approve of the Bentley.
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WilliamsSW
> For Sweden
07/06/2017 at 11:09 |
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Here, the photos for this ad were all taken by a 4 year old apparently. :0
https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1985/chevrolet/caprice/100792406
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WilliamsSW
> For Sweden
07/06/2017 at 11:18 |
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This is more realistic - still too much $ and no wood paneling. I’d want an older one (ours was a ‘79) for $3-4k.
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/182593
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For Sweden
> WilliamsSW
07/06/2017 at 11:26 |
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[under breath] holy shit
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WilliamsSW
> For Sweden
07/06/2017 at 11:34 |
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Not that I tried very hard, but I couldn’t find a good one with paneling. Now I want one. Rear-facing 3rd row FTW! :/
AuthiCooper1300
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 12:10 |
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Many, many years ago Rolls-Royce/Bentley built several “shooting brake” Bentleys and Rolls-Royces for the Sultan of Brunei. The base body was that of the Silver Spirit/Bentley Eight. I’ve seen a couple (one a Bentley, the other an R-R) advertised for sale in UK classic car magazines.
They were fitted for shooting trips, with selectable 4WD in first and reverse. I seem to remember they also had wood panelling.
The Silver Spirits and Eights being more, er,
square-rigged
meant the whole estate look worked better than in the Arnage.
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AuthiCooper1300
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 12:35 |
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While trying to find pictures of the cars I talk about in my post I saw some articles that mention Mulliner but and also Jankel as firms who would undertake that kind of conversion.
The description of the Bentley
Val d’Isère (
estate) by Jankel sounds suspiciously similar to what I remember of those ads, back in the day (which did not mention Jankel at all and said it was a factory job).
Tellingly the
Val d’Isère
also had selectable 4WD in first and reverse – in fact a hydraulic system “by motors built into the front hub assemblies” with its pump driven from the transmission via a tooth belt.
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boredalways
> AuthiCooper1300
07/06/2017 at 12:41 |
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Now this is classy
http://www.thedrive.com/vintage/3452/please-somebody-buy-this-1983-rolls-royce-station-wagon-tow-rig
Also, was this one of them:
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AuthiCooper1300
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 12:53 |
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Ouch, that duotone thing is long (and very much looks like a hearse, a common complaint about these conversions).
Regarding the silver Silver Spirit, I don’t think so. It looks slightly longer than the Bentley/R-R I remember – particularly that rear overhang.
The Bentley I remember best (or maybe there were more pictures of it) and it was a bit on the garish side (wood panelling!). The actual shape of the body was very pleasing though.
Some pictures, info and links here. The first photograph shows what is probably the most elegant one I’ve seen so far, rather understated.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=887066&i=0
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boredalways
> AuthiCooper1300
07/06/2017 at 13:02 |
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Found it!
It was further down on a reply you linked to.
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AuthiCooper1300
> boredalways
07/06/2017 at 13:20 |
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Actually thanks to the marvels of Google I had seen that link before the PistonHeads one. That silver Bentley looks more like the R-R I remember (quite restrained, could be almost a stock model). As I mentioned before, the Bentley was not so, huh, discreet (external panelling).
The point to remember with the Sultan’s vehicles is that he rarely commissions just one, but several of them, and not necesarily identical.
Years ago I got quite a lot of info about the “Venice” 456s. Now that was a car, particularly the estate (there was also an open top one and something else I cannot remember). It was quite funny the very polite way in which Ferrari, Pininfarina and AMG did their “plausible deniability” thing regarding their work for “a certain very special customer”. AMG was best: regarding the 300 SL they just replied (also in an extremely nice way) that “we don’t do this kind of work anymore” (yeah, right).
I think barchetta.cc used to have nice pictures of the
Venice
family of cars. Cavallino also published an article on one of them, but in the quite microscopic magazine I was free-lancing for I beat them by a couple of months...
pip bip - choose Corrour
> boredalways
07/07/2017 at 07:02 |
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kill it with fire!