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How to Build A Phantom Caprice

Remember Autorama last spring? Remember the insane Caprice/Rolls Royce Phantom mashup that sported 30-inch wheels? Now, nearly a year later, we can show you photos of how the creation was created. Seems the fellows at Spate—and here comes that word again—Creations are master sculptors, as the entire nose was preformed in closed-cell foam then skinned with fiberglass. Translation: That's some goddamn creativity! We also get details on exactly what kind of money went into creating this one-of-a-kind...ahhh yeaaahhh...creation!

Plastic surgery is never cheap, and this is no exception. Putting a Rolls nose on a Chevy seems to have had an impressive price tag. Rumors place it in the neighborhood of $150,000. But what's above the bottom line on that total? A $23,000 572 cubic-inch supercharged Merlin marine engine, for one thing. And those flashy TIS 30s run up to about $20 large. Candy-apple paint chipped in $12,000, and the air bag suspension another $7,000. Those are some hefty numbers, and we haven't even heard about the sound system or quite probably opulent interior yet. We believe the proper term in this case is not "creative," but dayum!

3:15 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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POLAЯBEEЯ at 03:22 PM on 02/01/08
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I'd rather build this...
NICKNICK at 03:25 PM on 02/01/08
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and they all like wooWOO
bluecoupe at 03:26 PM on 02/01/08
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What, were they sitting around one day and throwing out ideas on how to best waste 150 Large?
Indiana Bento and the... at 03:26 PM on 02/01/08
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I can admire the work put into this car, and heck, I think a Roller Caprice is dern funny, but I just can't get into the whole "Donk" thing.
maxforrest32 at 03:28 PM on 02/01/08
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I just...I feel like looking at the Hitch-Hands has made me hallucinate...is this for real?
teargas at 03:28 PM on 02/01/08
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I think the proper term in this case is not "creative," but "awful."
LTDScott, Porcubimmer... at 03:31 PM on 02/01/08
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I thought that started as an Oldsmobile...
Papercutninja at 03:31 PM on 02/01/08
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It is well done, sculpturally. As an idea? It stinks and i don't like it.
crazygutgut at 03:34 PM on 02/01/08
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stupid comments? where did mine go?

sorry if this is a repeat

that car reminds me of this
[es.motorfull.com]

also some one tell me how to embed an image?
piththeelder at 03:34 PM on 02/01/08
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Eh, needs more ground clearance.
JoSCh at 03:34 PM on 02/01/08
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I've got my mind on my money and my money invested in reeeeeems. One love bitches.
diskreet at 03:53 PM on 02/01/08
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I appreciate the effort put in, but 'fake it till you make it' just does not work with cars. You just look like a poor *******.
CARBONFIBER at 04:02 PM on 02/01/08
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* Check this out!!!

[www.youtube.com]
htrodblder at 04:09 PM on 02/01/08
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Still needs more cow bell...
Seth L at 04:24 PM on 02/01/08
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Betcha this guy loves potholes!

So the Rolls would have been cheaper then?
ranwhenparked at 04:25 PM on 02/01/08
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So, for $150,000 they ruined a perfectly good vintage Caprice and created something even uglier and more vulgar than a real Phantom. Mission accomplished I suppose.

This seems all the more retarded when you consider what preowned Silver Seraphs are going for these days. 150 grand could easily get you into a low mileage, nearly-new , REAL Roller built by the fine folks at Crewe.
badco/LoJ at 04:28 PM on 02/01/08
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You mean they splashed the foam with fiberglass to make a mold, right? The front of that car isn't made out of fiberglass-covered foam. Is it?
slackinfux at 04:28 PM on 02/01/08
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That is one FUGLY car! Someone PLEASE set it on fire!

Let me guess...commissioned by a rapper? A soon to be broke ass rapper when his talent runs out and he realizes that he should have invested his money instead of spending $150K on making a classic ugly.
Mad_Science at 04:32 PM on 02/01/08
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The funny part is, if this had the same front-end, different paint and different wheels (I'm thinking steelies), I'd be all for it.

The stylistic line between "Urban" and white trash grows ever blurrier.
Euromobile at 04:54 PM on 02/01/08
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Ugh. Someday make them stop.
Iamtehawesome at 05:17 PM on 02/01/08
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This car made me so angry, that I punched myself in the throat.

What a waste of a classic car and 150K.

I need a lozenge.
Armand Bengle at 05:25 PM on 02/01/08
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Ten bucks said nobody thought to beef up the driveline between that 572-inch motor and those ridiculous wheels. Which means, of course, that the first person who tries to impress (trashy) chicks by peeling out will wind up recreating "donked on the strip." I'm also willing to wager that nobody thought about changing the suspension to deal with the raised center of gravity and the huge amount of unsprung weight those wheels add.
Armand Bengle at 05:28 PM on 02/01/08
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@POLAR: That picture looks Photoshopped to me, but for years there was a real, live, honest-to-god Silver Shadowamino running around Marin County, California. I haven't seen it in a while-- I think it was sold to a winery. But it used to get serviced at the local garage, and I would always ride my bike down to go see it. Maybe that's what started my 'mino fascination.
lanispet at 05:29 PM on 02/01/08
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At first i was shocked that the customizers spelled "Creations" correctly... then i checked out the "Rides" article linked in the earlier post...
[www.rides-mag.com]
"Spade Kreations". Of course!
What an absurdity.
(Cartman)In the ghe-ttttthooooo(/Cartman)
SpeedWagon at 05:35 PM on 02/01/08
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Does it come with a kit to closed-cell foam your spouse into a hooker - for the photo shoot.
NovaloadMissesPolar at 05:37 PM on 02/01/08
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I don't get it. When did the damn wheels become more important than the car???
Mad_Science at 06:00 PM on 02/01/08
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@Novaload: When you could get mid 90s GMs for $800 and 20-30" wheels on a rent-to-own finance plane.
Mad_Science at 06:03 PM on 02/01/08
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@Mad_Science: "Finance plan"
Triborough at 07:48 PM on 02/01/08
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This whole "urban" vehicle modification thing is just plain stupid. Stupid is what you have to be to do that to a perfectly good car and pay oodles of money for it.
Meatwave at 08:11 PM on 02/01/08
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Ha Ha..your car sucks. It reminds me of the VW superbeatle with the rolls grill. OH WAIT! Make a superbeatle/rolls/donk! Hell ya! oh wait I mean Hell No!
JayP71 at 08:25 PM on 02/01/08
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@Armand4: I watched a dude do that with a 70's Malibu. Nothing says 'cool' to on lookers quite like a corkscrewed drive shaft.
smokyburnout at 09:35 PM on 02/01/08
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@Mad_Science: tell me when you can get a mid 90s GM (or better yet, mid 70s or 80s) for $800 and a GM Performance Parts crate motor on a finance plan... and maybe a plan on a Tremec gearbox... and Corvette suspension bits...
MngoJuce at 12:21 AM on 02/02/08
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I remember seeing this on cribs. It belongs to some rapper...Birdman or Pigeonman, I forget.
Armand Bengle at 01:06 AM on 02/02/08
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@MEATWAVE: Use an early Beetle. The swingaxle rear suspension will give amusing camber angles with those 30-inch wheels.
donkeyassman at 03:12 AM on 02/02/08
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they did it for the LULZ?

also if it is birdmans, i'm pretty sure he can afford a real rolls and probably already has a few lying a round.. so thats kinda weird.
donkeyassman at 03:13 AM on 02/02/08
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they see me rolling.... they hatin'
junkman at 10:05 AM on 02/02/08
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@NICKNICK: That's only in the mawnin'!
Meatwave at 11:17 AM on 02/02/08
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brilliant I love it! It will be the new rage.
htrodblder at 01:01 PM on 02/02/08
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In a related story NASCAR and Snoop Dog have announced a brand new series for 2008 The official name is NASDONK The series will include sponsership from DUB wheels and 50 cent Pimp Juice Drink
DonModro at 01:59 PM on 02/02/08
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@POLAR: I think I am in love.
danio3834 at 02:33 PM on 02/02/08
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good lord.
GDUB at 05:04 PM on 02/02/08
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Bring on da DONK baby.
wheels OF satan! at 09:35 PM on 02/03/08
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PIMP my DONK, beeetch!
Trick at 02:47 PM on 02/04/08
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So what rap video will I have to watch on MTV to see this fine piece of work?
nyoh-ohio at 10:17 PM on 02/05/08
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Wait, are they sure that it isn't powered Fred-Flintstone style by that person trapped under the engine bay?