A unique 1971 Ford Country Squire with a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow front is up for grabs in the United States with a top bid of just over $15,000 at the time of writing.
Scar Cars Inc., from Massachusetts, built only eight such vehicles, making sure to integrate the front fascia seamlessly with the rest of the car while keeping the proportions plausible. Aside from the face, the wagon has brake lights inspired by those of the British luxury saloon. There are new ‘Shooting Brake’ captions on the sides and the rear, and the silvery-red paintjob is admittedly rather fashionable – albeit cracked in places due to old age.
Interior modifications boil down to an aftermarket steering wheel, front seats and maple wood inserts. Air conditioning, CD changer and power windows have been present from the beginning.
With a touch over 110,000 kilometers (68,350 miles) on the odometer, the car draws its power from a 6.5-liter V8 rated at 260 PS (256 hp / 191 kW) and 542 Nm (400 lb-ft) of torque. It hasn’t been driven in three years.
Rolls-Royce may never have produced a station wagon, but it often carried out bespoke modifications to maximize the interior space of its cars. Aftermarket companies did it, too: a Rolls-Royce Seraph converted by an Italian tuning company went on sale late last year sporting a wagon body, a full picnic set in the trunk, and a built-in shower cabin. Yes, a shower cabin.