Love luxury, but also love getting dirty? Well, this 1981 Rolls-Royce Corniche dubbed “Jules” might be right up your alley. It may be pricey, but it does possess some of the GRM spirit.
This Rolls-Royce tackled one of the most iconic rallies: the original Paris-Dakar in 1981. Thierry…
I‘d buy it just for the shifter. Like something out of the bus that took us to middle school.
That's really cool although I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't have more Rolls-Royce and less Toyota.
I want to thank you guys for the, um, brain-expanding experience of clicking on the link and reading the auction description.
(Pro tip: If anybody else wants to try it, being able to speak half-decent French will help you read the English, up to a point.)
APEowner said:That's really cool although I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't have more Rolls-Royce and less Toyota.
I'm sure some new Rolls-Royce owners want more Rolls and less BMW, too. 
Imagine pulling up to a rally and seeing a Rolls-Royce pull up to the start line. That's when you know your going to be in for a treat.
The description is wonderful.
The funniest thing to me is that they build a fiberglass body, put it on a Toyota chassis, jammed in a SBC...and used Rolls power steering? Of all the things to retain, why that?
This might just be the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Has it been done as a Lemons theme yet?
I had no idea there was so little Rolls there; which makes the interior among the coolest things to me! They didn't just not gut a Rolls, they put what appears to be much of a Rolls interior in a fiberglass race truck!
Bonus points for being a coupé.
Jesse Ransom said:I had no idea there was so little Rolls there; which makes the interior among the coolest things to me! They didn't just not gut a Rolls, they put what appears to be much of a Rolls interior in a fiberglass race truck!
I noticed the interior, too, which definitely makes it more like a Rolls. No sheepskin floor mats, though. *sigh*
In reply to Keith Tanner :
The original version of the car used the original RR engine, but they broke it during testing. So they swapped for a SBC as it was the best thing they could get last minute whithin budget.
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