A British car enthusiast has forked out £150,000 to convert a £165,854 Bentley into an El Camino-style truck featuring a wood-lined bed in the back.
The luxury car spent 18 months at DC Customs' Dudley garage and engineers took 1,800 hours to transform it into a utility vehicle.
Photographs show the purple car with a silver bonnet and tan leather interior, which has been named Decadence, parked up inside a concrete tunnel.
Darren Coleman, DC Customs' owner, told he had to figure out how to turn the luxury vehicle into a truck 'along the way' because such a job didn't have any instructions.
He added: 'The car was worth £25,000. It had one previous owner and low mileage. It was perfect before we chopped it up which was good because we didn't have to do any repair work.'
The luxury vehicle was ripped apart before the bizarre truck bed - which has resemblance to the deck of a yacht - was installed.
The Bentley now looks like a Chevrolet El Camino, a 1960s vehicle known for being the size and shape of an average car but with a pick-up truck-style rear.
Mr Coleman said: 'It was turned from a four-door to a two-door car. The rear doors were welded up, the rear was removed and a new bulkhead was made. The roof was chopped up and moved forward, we moved the seat post forward and all the suspension was moved as well. All the back end was custom made. There was a body kit fitted to it and front rear bumpers.'
He revealed the owner and his brother, who died a few years ago, had long dreamt of transforming a Rolls Royce into a pick-up truck.
'We get asked for all sorts so took it with a pinch of salt because a lot of people don't know what the conversions cost. He bought the car specifically to do this to it so he was obviously serious. It was a dream of his and his brother who passed away to do a pick up on a Rolls Royce but it wouldn't work so we did the Flying Spur.
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The luxury car spent 18 months at DC Customs' Dudley garage and engineers took 1,800 hours to transform it into a utility vehicle.
Photographs show the purple car with a silver bonnet and tan leather interior, which has been named Decadence, parked up inside a concrete tunnel.
Darren Coleman, DC Customs' owner, told he had to figure out how to turn the luxury vehicle into a truck 'along the way' because such a job didn't have any instructions.
He added: 'The car was worth £25,000. It had one previous owner and low mileage. It was perfect before we chopped it up which was good because we didn't have to do any repair work.'
The luxury vehicle was ripped apart before the bizarre truck bed - which has resemblance to the deck of a yacht - was installed.
The Bentley now looks like a Chevrolet El Camino, a 1960s vehicle known for being the size and shape of an average car but with a pick-up truck-style rear.
Mr Coleman said: 'It was turned from a four-door to a two-door car. The rear doors were welded up, the rear was removed and a new bulkhead was made. The roof was chopped up and moved forward, we moved the seat post forward and all the suspension was moved as well. All the back end was custom made. There was a body kit fitted to it and front rear bumpers.'
He revealed the owner and his brother, who died a few years ago, had long dreamt of transforming a Rolls Royce into a pick-up truck.
'We get asked for all sorts so took it with a pinch of salt because a lot of people don't know what the conversions cost. He bought the car specifically to do this to it so he was obviously serious. It was a dream of his and his brother who passed away to do a pick up on a Rolls Royce but it wouldn't work so we did the Flying Spur.
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