Rolls Royce with Snowplow on Lake Minnetonka

Rolls Royce with Snowplow on Lake Minnetonka!

Gary Berry's Rolls Royce Snowplow on Lake Minnetonka. Gary is a regular at the summer Tonka Cruzers Car Club Car Shows in Excelsior, MN. He took his unique vehicle out on the ice roads of Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior Bay, last week.  Here is the story of this unusual car in Gary's own words:

Info provided by Gary Berry:

Some specifics on my car

1981 Rolls Royce Silver Spur originally from Germany.

I bought off ebay from a dealer in Florida.

Through a series of unfortunate circumstance the motor blew leaving the car pretty much worthless. Rather than scrap it i held onto it to bring back to life a project i wanted to do in the early 80s when i had a 1962 rambler with a good body and bad frame and a 1976 jeep cherokee chief with a bad body. I had totally rebuilt the drivetrane in the jeep so i was going to put my rambler body on the jeep frame. That project never happened so when the Rolls became a project it seemed natural to Minnesotaize the Rolls by making it 4 wheel drive.

I bought a 1993 suburban, tore it down to the frame and shortened it by 8"

I bought a new 4 bolt 350 chev, 4 speed truck trans and a remanufactured transferre case and have now been working and tweeking on it for about 4 years.

I still have lots of work to do but at least it is useable and a fun car to have.

See more photos at the Tonka Cruzers Car Club blog.

Photos by Rick Meyer, Tonka Cruzers Car Club, Excelsior, MN