Also $12k. Why have a Honda Civic? 
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/2111201518.html
Also $12k. Why have a Honda Civic?
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/2111201518.html
Its a Bentley, but hey, make an offer!
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/2145908592.html
AngryCorvair wrote: i hate you guys....
I suspect the only sane way to own an old Rolls is to mate the body and interior with the underpinnings of an American car. Just an engine swap won't do it. I've heard too many stories of $10K brake jobs.
There was a Rolls at PRI that was very clean, had some pretty good upholstery work - and a supercharged Chrysler Hemi through the hood. I loved it. Combines elegance and brutality like Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Woody wrote: I've wanted to build a mid 70's Rolls Royce for a long time. I'd drop in an LSx and keep the body stock. But mine would absolutely have to have a set of Cragar's.
In the Denver area, there is a Bentley S2, matte black, Cragars, and I have no idea what is under the hood, but it ends in fat dual exhaust tips. Of course, when I saw it, I had no camera on me...
There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Rolls / Bentley.
Unless you can fabricate parts, and don't use factory pieces, parts costs will make restoring a Chris Craft seem inexpensive.
That said......A strong 396 or 427 Chevy with Aluminum heads / block would be my pick!
I'd love a Turbo R too. The whealer Dealers episode where they redid the Bentley was one of the better finished products of them all I think. They repainted it in a color from the contemporary bentley palette.
And I like the Cragar idea.
Otto Maddox wrote: I suspect the only sane way to own an old Rolls is to mate the body and interior with the underpinnings of an American car. Just an engine swap won't do it. I've heard too many stories of $10K brake jobs.
I wonder would a caprice 9C1 work?
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: Its a Bentley, but hey, make an offer!
E36 M3 now we're talking! Wish people listed prices though.
Large-displacement V8s would work, but if I were going to make a sacrilegious Rolls / Bentley, it would spew diesel smoke and reek of french fries.
Completely stock 69 Silver Shadow for me, maybe one day???
I know there was a British car magazine that built a pretty badass Bentley but they used a tuned Bentley Turbo motor.
ROLLS ROYCE LIMO 1928 20HP, nice, orig, for restoration, mech sound, extra parts, books & tools, all alum body, $20000 trades for Jaguar Northville, NY (518) 701-7096
ROLLS ROYCE LIMO 1928 Posted: 4/19/2008 Classic Others
AngryCorvair wrote: i hate you guys....
Seller says: Free shipping within 800 miles.
Damn, it's 820 miles away!
914Driver wrote:AngryCorvair wrote: i hate you guys....Seller says: Free shipping within 800 miles. Damn, it's 820 miles away!
so you only have to pay for 20 miles!
AngryCorvair wrote:914Driver wrote:so you only have to pay for 20 miles!AngryCorvair wrote: i hate you guys....Seller says: Free shipping within 800 miles. Damn, it's 820 miles away!
Those deep-dish Cragars from earlier in the thread would be the bomb on that car, although I've never seen a car slammed on them. You could be the first, Pat. 
Cotton wrote: I'm seriously considering a late 80s early 90sTurbo R in the next 2-3 years. This one looks nice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-Bentley-Turbo-R-Black-Tan-57K-1-Kind-/310284217703?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item483e616d67
This dealership is within walking distance from my shop. Unfortunately, I don't own anything nice enough to drive onto their lot that would convince them to let me test drive it.
alex wrote:Cotton wrote: I'm seriously considering a late 80s early 90sTurbo R in the next 2-3 years. This one looks nice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-Bentley-Turbo-R-Black-Tan-57K-1-Kind-/310284217703?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item483e616d67This dealership is within walking distance from my shop. Unfortunately, I don't own anything nice enough to drive onto their lot that would convince them to let me test drive it.
At first I thought it was a strip club because of the color of the building!
Soooo... that rolls... only about 450mi from me... free shipping....
/me runs of to CL to find a wrecked LS1 Camaro.....
Is this the grille?
http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/col/pts/2106411381.html
Cotton wrote:alex wrote:At first I thought it was a strip club because of the color of the building!Cotton wrote: I'm seriously considering a late 80s early 90sTurbo R in the next 2-3 years. This one looks nice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-Bentley-Turbo-R-Black-Tan-57K-1-Kind-/310284217703?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item483e616d67This dealership is within walking distance from my shop. Unfortunately, I don't own anything nice enough to drive onto their lot that would convince them to let me test drive it.
With the reputation that joint has around here, I think a strip club would be a step in the right direction.
And man, I wish there was one in walking distance...
DILYSI Dave wrote: 2. I'd be a little concerned about not being able to find a grille. 3. Probably not concerned enough to let that stop me.
Be different and put an 80s Caddy grill on it. I would buy one but my wife won't let me dress like a sheik anymore.
Rob_Mopar wrote: Cannonball Rolls
Aw, ya beat me to it!
Cop: "What's in it?"
Bodyguard: "Stock."
Bodyguard then makes a hand motion to tell the cop that maybe it ain't so stock afterall..
Rollers have names like Ghost, Cloud, Wraith, for their silence when running and driving. The Most Exalted Tom has it right with the ultimate sacrilege... " That diesel is so quiet you can hear a piano drop".
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