eBay Find of the Day: 1976 Custom Cloud
For those of you who thought that Chinese automakers invented the cheap knock off, this Rolls Monte Carlo is for you. Back in 1976, a company called Custom Cloud built 200 Rolls Royce look-alike kits for, of all vehicles, a 1976 Monte Carlo coupe. Rolls Royce rightfully got a cease-and-desist court order to stop production and destroy the remaining kits, which makes this cheesy and bizarre looking thing certifiably rare. The exterior shape was achieved with the use of fiberglass, which has retained its shape and sheen. The interior is a design statement of its own, with a maroon-carpeted dash and seating surfaces. The Monte Carlo is said to have 67,000 miles on it and the Chevy 350 V8 runs well.
It's not worth telling you where the bidding is at since the price has changed three times while writing the post, so you'll have to check here. While we can't say anybody would ever mistake this beauty as a Rolls Royce, we can say that you'll probably get quite a few stares.
[Source: eBay]
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ohhh, bacon 5:56PM (2/19/2007)
Ohhhhh, thats PIMPalicious.
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Howard Kerr 6:14PM (2/19/2007)
It should also be worth noting that this car has been "up" for awhile/been relisted. Perhaps the winning bidder comes to his or her senses and "ducks out" at the end of the auction?
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Bryan 6:45PM (2/19/2007)
Looks like a 78 Mercury Cougar, a Monte Carlo, a 70's cadi, and a rolls had a 4 some. Even the interior looks similar to the interior of a 78 Cougar. Wow, talk about the talk of the town owning this.
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jjs 6:54PM (2/19/2007)
The headlights look more like a '75 Monte Carlo's. The '76 Monte had four stacked rectangular headlights.
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chuck goolsbee 7:06PM (2/19/2007)
Proves the old axiom: All valuable things are rare, but all rare things are not valuable!
One of my college roomates (circa 1983) had a '76 Monte Carlo. The thing I recall most about it was its prodigious thirst for gasoline. I swear that thing gulped the go-juice down like a frat boy with a beer bong.
So, is that a late 70s vintage 450sl in the background? I'd rather have it were I in the market for a V8 powered 70s sled.
--chuck
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BOB 7:19PM (2/19/2007)
TOO BADD ROLLS ROYCE STOPPED CUSTOM CLOUD BEFORE THEY COULD INTRODUCE THEIR ULTIMATE MODEL,
________"THE CAPROLLS CLASSIC"____________
(rudely nicknamed by its detractors as "The Pimp Pala")
Because of the legal difficulties, we also missed out on the ROLLS CAMINO, the PARK WARD SUBURBAN, and the CORVETTENICHE CONVERTIBLE.
___ NATURALLY, ON ALL THESE CARS, THE FLYING LADY WAS NO LADY.
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Seabass 7:44PM (2/19/2007)
The giant fuel economy gauge screams 70's engineering.
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