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'Custom Cloud' was a mid-seventies conversion offered by Key Chevrolet of Florida and Custom Cloud Motors Inc. to turn a Chevrolet Monte Carlo into a sort of cartoonish Rolls-Royce pastiche. They were pretty popular, with around 2,600 Monte Carlos being converted. R-R won a lawsuit against CC in '76, claiming that 65% of people polled mistook the converted cars for actual Rolls-Royces, although it's possible that the people they surveyed weren't very bright. But anyway, pictures...  1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo R.R. Conversion by sixty8panther, on Flickr  Monte Carlo,Custom Cloud in UK. by reidbrand, on Flickr  Monte Carlo,Custom Cloud in UK. by reidbrand, on Flickr     Click here for loads. |
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Nov 26, 2013 11:41:29 GMT
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Now that is, ermmm, 'interesting'...!
I know I shouldn't like it but my inner pimp keeps telling me that I should "dig it man" whatever that means...?!?!?!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Bioshock
Posted a lot
It aint hip to be square.
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Nov 26, 2013 11:51:32 GMT
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Now that is, ermmm, 'interesting'...! I know I shouldn't like it but my inner pimp keeps telling me that I should "dig it man" whatever that means...?!?!?! Leopard skin seat covers and purple paint job and I could have just pulled up out of Starsky and hutch. I dig it too  |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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tdk
Part of things
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Nov 26, 2013 12:23:57 GMT
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My God, that's ugly, and not in a good way. I could live with the interior but the grille and bonnet mascot - Ugh!
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VIP
South East
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Nov 26, 2013 13:19:45 GMT
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Kinda reminds me of the equally awful Stutz Bearcat, which was based on the late 70's G-Body platform.  Although not even the great John D'Agostino was able to turn that particular Pig's Ear into a Silk Purse...  |
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2013 13:21:58 GMT by VIP
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fogey
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Nov 26, 2013 13:32:26 GMT
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The people who were 'polled weren't very bright' - like the people that bought them then . . .
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Nov 26, 2013 14:48:56 GMT
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Reminds me of "The Car"  |
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Nov 26, 2013 15:36:51 GMT
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Brilliant stuff, the only thing that spoils it is the very RR grille, change that and I'd find it equally appealing as the Stutz mentioned above.
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Nov 26, 2013 16:15:34 GMT
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Predates similar efforts by Mitsuoka by a good few years.
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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