Bad Rolls Royces

[bunglebus]

On 28/08/2026 at 08:37, Asimo said:

The crudely-chopped Shadow that Jools Holland drives in The Groovy Fellers.  ( Watch it!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zDtkI8OoT4

Interesting to know PPC weren't the first to roof chop a Silver Shadow 

[bunglebus]

I don't actually hate Mike Skinner of The Streets Silver Shadow either

Although the interior is vile

[HMC]

Seen a few spirit/ phantom conversions. Looks like they have changed the rake of the rear screen so fairly involved surgery.

[quicksilver]

John Lennon's second Phantom, originally a nice distinguished black and green. He had it refinished in white inside and out so it looks like a low-rent wedding car. Proof that money can't buy taste.

 

[HMC]

looks nicely executed but the proportions are a bit awkward imo.

[HMC]

I quite like it when old separate chassis ones used to get modified in later life and repurposed for practical reasons- when they were old cars,  after all the OG rolls thing was to sort the body with a third party depending on taste and function, if not aesthetics…

 

 

[Royale80]

3 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Very Jason King.

Indeedy doo!

[DSdriver]

6 minutes ago, HMC said:

I quite like it when old separate chassis ones used to get modified and repurposed for practical reasons- when they were old cars,  after all the OG rolls thing was to sort the body with a third party depending on taste and function.

 

 

I have memories of an RR ice cream van from when I was a very small kid in the early 50s.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 28/08/2026 at 09:05, cort16 said:

Do you think they still call these by their nick name at rolls royce car shows in 2026? The answer is yes as I heard someone say it on a youtube video last week.

I always thought Chinese Eye was the official term for these, growing up. Always described as such in Motorsport ads etc.

What I was never clear about was where the term “ Chinese Six “ came from when applied to Lorries and coaches. Apparently is because traditionally 6 wheelers had 1 axle at the front and 2 ( both driven or not) at the back. When the twin steer chassis started to appear in the late 50’s the term was coined because it was backwards like reading in Chinese. Which was slang for anything the wrong way round.

 

Anyway vaguely on topic .  Not a bad Rolls but a bad driver, me in flowery shorts with my lunch stolen from the free Eurostar lounge , trying to pictures of Citroen Visas. Generally lowering the tone of an Englishman abroad.

 

 

Note period sounds, all I had for 800 miles ( that or NRG merde)

[HMC]

Ive also seen them referred to as the “koren coupe” but presumably that refers to the earlier one without the quad lights as well (?)

[HMC]

John Dodd was an engineer who famously created the vehicle that had a rolls aero engine “the beast”

My fave of his vehicles wasnt that but a silver cloud on slot mags that was used as a tow barge…

(sorry for thread drift this is becoming about modifications )

[Asimo]

Definitely bad at being a Rolls Royce.

[Sigmund Fraud]

A disreputable Rolls, used in a totally inappropriate manner, you say ? 

[grogee]

#sorrynotsorry

[MantaGTE85]

But that's just a 'Merde'des-Benz W211 underneath, no?

[HMC]

Not so elegant, but very practical. 

(Lenin aboard? ) 

[grogee]

4 minutes ago, HMC said:

Not so elegant, but very practical. 

(Lenin aboard? ) 

All animals are equal. But some are more equal than others. 

[Royale80]

6 hours ago, HMC said:

John Dodd was an engineer who famously created the vehicle that had a rolls aero engine “the beast”

My fave of his vehicles wasnt that but a silver cloud on slot mags that was used as a tow barge…

(sorry for thread drift this is becoming about modifications )

I think they recovered the Yankmobile from Valencia Spain. What an adventure. One of my favourite photos!!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

14 minutes ago, Royale80 said:

I think they recovered the Yankmobile from Valencia Spain. What an adventure. One of my favourite photos!!

A few years ago I recovered his son (Paul?} from Santa Pod, when his 9 second  Oldsmobile shit it’s transmission and he couldn’t drive it home to Epsom. Really nice bloke full of fascinating anecdotes, I think his dad was in Spain still fixing auto transmissions at the time.

[chaseracer]

8 hours ago, HMC said:

Seen a few spirit/ phantom conversions. Looks like they have changed the rake of the rear screen so fairly involved surgery.

My eyes...!! 😳

Still, novel use of early MINI tail lights.

[camryv6]

23 hours ago, chaseracer said:

My eyes...!! 😳

Still, novel use of early MINI tail lights.

I didn't notice the MINI lights util you pointed it out, now i can't unsee them

[2flags]

I've always fancied a roller, but it's the running costs that terrifies me. I think I would be paranoid listening to every squeak and rattle, thinking it was about to condemn me to the poor house!! 😁

[mintwth]

44 minutes ago, 2flags said:

I would be paranoid listening to every squeak and rattle

Squeaks and rattles in a Rolls Royce? Perish the thought

[D.E]

Gypsy king Koko Petalo and his Rolls.

[Asimo]

1970 World Cup rally competitor. I have always liked the exhaust arrangement on this. 

[dome]

Spotted this in Málaga motor museum while I was there last week. Swarovski studded proving yet again that money can't buy taste🫣

[Marina door handles]

19 minutes ago, dome said:

Spotted this in Málaga motor museum while I was there last week. Swarovski studded proving yet again that money can't buy taste🫣

As Dolly Parton once said "it takes a lotta money to look this cheap"...........................

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