This '80s Rolls-Royce up for auction could be a real-life version of 'The Homer'
 

This '80s Rolls-Royce up for auction could be a real-life version of 'The Homer'
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OK, this pistachio-green British family truckster might **t quite be as crazy as "The Homer," but it's close.

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This 1983 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Estate is headed to auction May 20 in Berlin, Germany. And, amazingly, its wagon body isn't its wildest feature.

First off, **: Rolls-Royce never made a wagon. The car was commissioned in 1983 for a private buyer in Britain who used it to tow his race car. (We should be so lucky, right?)

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If that weren't mad e**ugh, he also had the 6.75-liter V8 engine converted to run **t on gasoline but rather propane instead — for some reason. Perhaps he did it for better eco**my? Read more...


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