Rolls Roys Hemi ,,,ehhhhh ! yeah !

[challe]

Look what I find ,,, is it Great or just Crazy !?
Have Fun !

Challe /

 

[tony barnhill]

 

[PATR8]

I think in the Carolina's , in the foothills near, the NASCAR fans, it might be a hit. I do not care for it but it is different

 

[Banjo]

Aw, C'mon...I'd get a big kick outta seeing that thing go smokin down a drag strip!
Custom Rollers are fun to see. I could never cut one up myself, but what the hey!
Now if he diden't have that giant huffer stickin outta the hood, that'd be an awesome sleeper!

 

[Silverghost]

Actually Banjo....I agree. Lose the bug catcher injector system, cut the center section out of the hood, raise it 4 inches or so and you might not immediately know just what was different... :laugh:

 

[toysrrus]

It must be nice to have a ton of $$$ to [censored] away!!

Not Me even if I hit the Lottery.

Russ

 

[PAUL161]

Hmmmmm, is that a corn haulin tank in the trunk? Looks a little suspicious to me. Could be the reason for all that extra hardware. "Thunder Road"!

 

[JPSmit]

sing along now, "let me tell you a story bout a man named Jed.."

"Jethro, what in tarnation have you done now boy?!"

 

[Silverghost]

It's probably more reliable than the original factory assembled car! And easier to service! :laugh:

 

[racingenglishcars]

From the pictures it looks like a quality build. (based on the nice fit of the bonnet and the detail in the trunk)
Therefore I approve. Though they are wonderful to drive and nice to work on, I never really liked the complexity of the RR and especially not the price and availability of parts.

 

[RonMacPherson]

I have a good Bud who has converted the power train on several Rollers here on Oahu. Reason? The owners did not want to pay well over 20K plus just to get the engine back in proper condition. So for a lot less than an engine repair, new engine, trans, power brakes(which also does away with super expensive complex design)..Properly done it is at least keeping these things rolling.

My bud also has worked to repair several Rollers to an older gent who has nine (9) rollers. Some of which haven't turned a wheel in better than 25 years... So any repair that keeps them moving is better than just watching them rust away.

Perhaps the hemi owner had a major system failure and decided to modify rather than rust?

 

[Silverghost]

Though they are wonderful to drive and nice to work on, I never really liked the complexity of the RR and especially not the price and availability of parts.

Triple systems for the brakes, $1000+ per EACH brake hose. Fix the brakes or buy 2 older Mini's....one for each foot....hmmmm! :laugh:

 

[DrEntropy]

woof.

Old Rollies are goin' the way of th' dodo 'round here. Even so I don't think that "treatment" is too desirable... let 'em die a nice dignified demise. Recycle the working bits then have some fun watchin' the local crusher ~attempt~ to reduce it to a cube. :smirk:

 

[texas_bugeye]

leather wrapped nitro bottels.....is there no dignity?

 

[vagt6]

Akin to dressing the Queen of England in blue jeans and a tee shirt, IMO.

The most dignified of cars, torn to bits.

Sad.

 

[WA1KWA]

What, no straight front axle?

Colin

 

[DrEntropy]

...and we can't see if it has wheelie-bars or not...

I'm gonna ~elucidate~ (nice big word, huh? :wink: ) on my opinion now.

Rolls builds (or DID) a car to a particular standard. It comes from the philosophy that a "motorcoach" is to be passed down generationally, like the rest of the livery and estate possessions. A true heirloom. Buy ONE and expect it to be useful for a few generations. They were engineered and built to do just that. The only things they didn't have a concept of were "popularity" and a wealth increase of the 'average person' to make their cars "obsolete" LESS than ten years from build date. The things are an absolutely infinitely renewable vehicle.

Society changed right out from under them. "Eeeewww! Who'd want THAT ol' lump?!?!"

To take a Rollie like that one and turn it into a '64 Chevy L.A. low-rider simply because they can makes NO sense to me. But it's an example of how cheapened our values have become (societially). And at least to me harkens a very ugly time to come. Icons trashed, traditions belittled, respect for skill and knowledge disregarded. "I bought it, I'll do as I please with it!" No argument with the statement, rather the paradigm.

Knowing we stand on the shoulders of those who came before, knowing we owe them a debt unlikely to be repaid is lost. As lost as that Rolls is.

...just MY take on it, the history of the future will determine whether or not it has merit. Luckily I'll likely not make it to my 80's to know.

 

[Steve]

That's well-said, Doc! Can't disagree with your thinking, but MAN, is that deep! :wink:

 

[DrEntropy]

Got Wellies?!?!

 

[Steve]

Of course I got wellies! Still got the little "Tarmac" logo on the sides of 'em! 33 years old now, I shall never wear 'em out!