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plastic surgery gone wrong
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Posted 8/13/2014 10:38 AM
4x4abc



Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
5000
plastic surgery gone wrong

why would you want to look like someone/something else?



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Posted 8/13/2014 1:35 PM
Chris
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Date registered: Sep 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
Vehicle(s): 2012 G550, 2012 GL350 BT
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Range Rover??? Yikes!
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Posted 8/13/2014 1:54 PM
AGuess
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Holly Springs NC
Vehicle(s): 93 500GE, 93 500GE, 2002 G500
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Looks like a bad Toyota stretched with a old style mb grille.

Sad.
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Posted 8/13/2014 4:00 PM
jack7preston



Date registered: Nov 2012
Location: NYC/Southampton
Vehicle(s): 87 LWB 2 door with rear barn door Kastenwagen, G55
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Posted 8/13/2014 4:06 PM
kerry460
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: tasmania australia
Vehicle(s): 1984 300GD LWB WAGEN
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RE: plastic surgery gone wrong

why would any one want to make something so fugly .
kerry
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Posted 8/13/2014 5:06 PM
nadd
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UAE, Dubai
Vehicle(s): G500 2016 LHD, numerous Chevys
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RE: plastic surgery gone wrong

Inferiority complex
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Posted 8/13/2014 5:31 PM
AlanMcR
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
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RE: plastic surgery gone wrong

Perhaps that pool ladder goes to an onboard hot tub?  Might explain the need for four wheels in the back.
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Posted 8/13/2014 6:29 PM
Redbull Addict
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: Morgan Hill, California USA
Vehicle(s): '12 G550
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Wow, a LandBenza...very rare...for those select few (one).
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Posted 8/13/2014 7:05 PM
DesertStar
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500
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RE: plastic surgery gone wrong

Actually plastic surgery gone right....usually done to gain attention, either positive or negative.   Mercedes and Rover...I wonder if it has twice the leaks ?
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Posted 8/13/2014 7:47 PM
Toronto230ge
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: Toronto
Vehicle(s): 2002 VW van 1987 230GE, 2002 G500 1965 porsche 911
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

HAHAHA I like the ladder to no where!
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Posted 8/15/2014 1:27 PM
Boy G
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Date registered: Feb 2007
Location: Bushveld, South Africa
Vehicle(s): Diesel G's: 617A and 602
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

I would have put the white letters on the tyres inside.....
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Posted 8/15/2014 4:18 PM
grazza
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Date registered: Apr 2010
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RE: plastic surgery gone wrong

I think Alan is right about the spa.
3 ton of water in the back will need some support...
Would have looked pretty decent with the original front, smaller side steps, etc, etc, etc...
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Posted 8/16/2014 12:02 PM
stevegsmith
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

So funny!
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Posted 9/7/2014 4:46 PM
Suppatime
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Unfortunately it seems this conversion was done by Vantagefeild London, a very high-end coach builder... and is still sought-after.

http://1000sel.com/index.php/vantagefield/range-rover-benz-rover

Edited by Suppatime 9/7/2014 4:46 PM
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Posted 9/8/2014 1:06 AM
4x4abc



Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
5000
Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

well, the Brits are so beautifully liberated from good taste
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Posted 9/8/2014 6:02 AM
Dave P
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Date registered: Jun 2006
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

If you go on to the website and, scroll down the side to Robert Jankel Design, have a look at the interior of the two 'limos', all the upholstery and trim is my younger brothers work, he was the coach trimmer for the company.

I once spent a day watching them cut a Bentley in half, an interesting experience watching the owner see his brand new car being cut in half!
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Posted 9/9/2014 9:26 AM
MiN
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Date registered: May 2006
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Dave P, did your brother do many for Gulf country clients?

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Posted 9/9/2014 10:35 AM
Dave P
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Re: plastic surgery gone wrong

Yes, I saw a couple of stretched Range Rover open top with hydraulic lift seats for Falcon hunting, lots of Rollers, and Bentley's with some wonderful upholstery .

He also did most of the Sultan Of Brunei's fleet of limos over the years, some really weird stuff.

He is now employed by a consultancy, bringing to life all the silly ideas that Audi, Porsche, and Mercedes designers can come up with, when you next get to sit in an Audi R8 or S8,that was him.

They give him a set of seat frames and, a drawing of their idea, then leave him alone for 10 days or so, he makes up and sews the panels, they come back, if they like it, the seats are taken to pieces, scanned into a computer, if they want to do it a different way............it's another 10 days, all over again.

If they piss him off, he will refuse to speak German, so all the discussion have to be in English..........so they know when he's pissed off !

I won't tell you what he earns but, it's lots!
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