'73 phantom drophead

[anonymous-user]

it may just be me but I'm struggling to find the inner beauty with this one - or the outer for that matter...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Rolls-Royce-Phantom...

[jith]

That looks like an American car with a RR grill stuck on. The body overhang is dreadful to the point of being dangerous.

The price is utterly ludicrous at half a million.

J

[anonymous-user]

indeed - you could buy 5 Mk1 Escorts for that….

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1971-FORD-ESCORT-/161886...

and having now viewed it on a full size screen the carpets are grubby and ill-fitting, and the bodywork looks to have quite few issues especially where the main tub meets the sills though it could just be a bad reflection.

[grumpy52]

That's got to be a Chinese copy surely !

[restoman]

Were Leepu and Bernie involved?

[sun.and.rain]

I think it's a fantastic creation, there's a red one too.

Thunderbirds are GO GO GO!!!

FIAT 130 rear lights, stylish. Huge boot for concealing things. Twin tailpipes showing it's a V8 musclecar.

Wonder how it handles. A bit (lots) of negative camber on front wheels to tighten response when taking sharp bends at speed. Cunning stealth move.

"Aw, give the man Half-a-Mill and we'll git this baby slammed, stanced, and jumpin on hydraulics. Les git it togetha to show off ma Hos".

The world is a better place after seeing something mad like this.

Edited by sun.and.rain on Friday 13th November 16:38

[dbdb]

It is quite a famous car. I also like it, even if it does look a bit odd. It is just so exuberantly, unselfconsciously bonkers and very imposing. I don't think it looks particularly American - it reminds me more of a Zil open top limousine.

[texaxile]

What's going on with the uneven bonnet shut line, and the dogs leg of the drivers door along the coach lines?.

Bonkers, yes. 500 large, absolutely no.

[TooMany2cvs]

Strela said:

100k mark up. These things are appreciating by the second!

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23234/lot/24/

Good luck if they can get it...

Have to admit, I quite like the thing. It might not be perfect (but damn well should be for that price!), and it's a ridiculous amount of money, but... yes. It's so ridiculously OTT that it just works.

A hundred grand for a Mk1 Scrote, though... The world HAS gone mad.

[Rich G]

Just needs to be painted pink and have a large Perspex bubble roof - ho yus m'lady....

[anonymous-user]

Strela said:

100k mark up. These things are appreciating by the second!


https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23234/lot/24/

Actually it looks a lot better in those photographs than in the ones on ebay. But still for £500k they could have stretched to a bottle of carpet shampoo...