Fake RR Phantom from Kazakhstan

[ssnyc]

http://blog.jameslist.com/2010/phant...om-borat-land/

Don't have the cash to buy a Rolls-Royce Phantom? Not a problem. Just make like Ruslan Mukanov and you'll be rolling like a rap star for a fraction of the price. No, we don't mean pay someone to steal one for you; the enterprising 24-year-mechanic from Kazakhstan simply took a 1991 Mercedes-Benz E-Class and converted it into a brand new Phantom for a mere $3,000 and some serious elbow grease. It may not bear up terriby well under close inspection but it's blowing "˜em away in the land of Borat. And chicks dig it.

With the Merc's 3.0L diesel engine the ersatz Rolls gets a lot better mileage than the original even if the acceleration's a bit sluggish. Mukanov made the thing entirely by hand from plaster covered in fibreglass. The crowning glory is an authentic Rolls-Royce emblem. He did have some trouble convincing the local traffic authorities that the thing was roadworthy but managed to prevail in the end. So Ruslan - we've got an old Corvette rusting away in the back yard, how about turning it into a Bugatti Veyron next weekend?

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[Artisan Fan]

That's hilarious!

 

[imageWIS]

Mukanov made the thing entirely by hand from plaster covered in fibreglass.

I really hope he doesn't crash...

 

[Connemara]

Bumpin' them sick beatz.

 

[Hany]

Feel the MTV generation...

 

[clee1982]

wow!

 

[ama]

Considering they built it based off pictures (as I sincerely doubt that there are too many real RRs in Kazakhstan...) its pretty good looking.

 

[clee1982]

pretty well maintain interior by the way, especially for a 1991 car, guess Mercedes build quality really used to be much better.

 

[DNW]

P.i.m.p.

 

[ssnyc]

Someone should tell him its not that difficult to spin the tires/burnout on snow and ice.

 

[clee1982]

Originally Posted by ama

Considering they built it based off pictures (as I sincerely doubt that there are too many real RRs in Kazakhstan...) its pretty good looking.

Isn't there quite a few "sudden" rich in Kazakhstan, commodity driven that is...

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by clee1982

pretty well maintain interior by the way, especially for a 1991 car, guess Mercedes build quality really used to be much better.

You have no idea. 5th Gear had a video where they tired to cease an 80's E-Class from working and even after they drove it through several feet of water, hit it with a wrecking ball and several other forms of destruction, the damn thing was still running!

In four parts:

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[JetBlast]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

You have no idea. I couldn't find it for you on youtube, but 5th Gear had a video where they tired to cease an 80's E-Class from working and even after they drove it through several feet of water, hit it with a wrecking ball and several other forms of destruction, the damn thing was still running!

Wasn't this the episode with the Toyota Hilux?

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by JetBlast

Wasn't this the episode with the Toyota Hilux?

See edited post with youtube links.

 

[Master-Classter]

lipstick on a pig...