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Rolls-Royce Camargue prepped for the hunt
Click above for full gallery of this Rolls-Royce Camargue Custom Falconry Sporting Vehicle
This unholy marriage of a Rolls-Royce and possibly a Jeepster is the product of Swiss mad-scientist Franco Sbarro. Apparently, it was commissioned by an Arab sheik (natch) who was a huge fan of falconry. While the chassis and amenities remain, the doors have been removed, the windshield drops down to give a clear view of the road ahead, and a special falconer's platform has been built into the trunk area that extends out to provide an elevated place to stand on.
What started out as a 1978 Rolls-Royce Camargue, has turned into a butch Fiat Jolly in 1980. Dubbed the "Rolls-Royce Camargue Custom Falconry Sporting Vehicle," it is also referred to as "Hunting Car of His Royal High Ness," or just "Hunting Car" or "Falconry sporting vehicle." The price of the conversion was about twice what it cost new (£83,122), so figure around $400,000 in 1980 prices, for this one-off Roller.
Gallery: Rolls-Royce Camargue Falconry car
[Source: Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
happy_penguin 4:44PM (12/15/2008)
Yikes!
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Fau Veh 4:46PM (12/15/2008)
Further evidence of the inverse correlation between wealth and good taste.
(James Glickenhaus and his Pininfarina P4/5 would, of course, be statistical outliers)
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Erik 4:49PM (12/15/2008)
I generally keep 40-50% of my Rolls Royces falconry prepped.
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Jdub 2:26AM (12/16/2008)
Lol, best comment all year
Arumage 4:51PM (12/15/2008)
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
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Michael 4:56PM (12/15/2008)
That's awesome!
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David Hallen 5:34PM (12/15/2008)
I think it's an improvement
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JZeke 5:43PM (12/15/2008)
That is awful.
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the vegas style guy 6:05PM (12/15/2008)
At least it has a point. The new ones have little starlight holes in the headliner.
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calguy 6:47PM (12/15/2008)
Did Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island finally get HIS fantasy to come true and dump the Dodge Aspen and upgrade??
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happy_penguin 8:46PM (12/15/2008)
It's Cordoba. Chrysler Cordoba with rich Corinthian leather.
G-Meister 7:58PM (12/15/2008)
I get this vision of Jamie Farr running around as the Sheik in Cannonball Run demanding that his new Falconry conveyance bear a Flying Lady, throwing bundles of cash at anyone who questions his ideas. I know its a stereo type, but its one that amuses me.
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Jeff 10:16PM (12/15/2008)
That may be the fugliest thing I've seen in a very long time.
Pardon me, while I poke out my mind's eye.
-Jeff
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kwsdurango 8:19AM (12/16/2008)
I wonder what condition his Royal "High" Ness was in when he thought this up...
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