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I'll start us off, someone had a vision here....
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#2 Post by C J Murray »

That is Vic Skirmants. Note the Michigan tag.
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#3 Post by Vic Skirmants »

Hey! Not mine. I did see it rusting in half behind Erhard Motors in Detroit about 1965.
If that car was modified in the same manner the Fageol twin-engine coup was, then the original fenders are still under the 1955(?) Pontiac fenders.
Along with the spare tire kit, that gave the car much-needed rear-end weight for optimum handling. :)
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That car has probably been sold in the last few years as a "one family owned from new, very original, great provenance" example.
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#5 Post by Craig Richter »

I think I'm in love! What's the front look like? Quad headlights? Adam, sell it to me...
 
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Another Speedster missing and presumed dead.
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#7 Post by Jay Broemmel »

He really wanted a Nash Metropolitan but his dad gave him this stupid Speedster? :?
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I want a nash metropolitan... or the superbird in the background.
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#9 Post by Al Cole »

Adam Wright wrote:I'll start us off, someone had a vision here....
The heckflosse rear of this car looks an awful lot like a Spohn. Spohn Karosserie was located in Ravensburg, about 100 miles south of Stuttgart.
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#10 Post by Vic Skirmants »

THAT is UGLIER than a Daimler SP-250!
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Vic Skirmants wrote:THAT is UGLIER than a Daimler SP-250!
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Spohn apparently did not believe that form should follow function.
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Sorry CJ, I have to agree with Vic. ……...Jim.
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Jim Liberty wrote:Sorry CJ, I have to agree with Vic. ……...Jim.
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C J Murray wrote:That is Vic Skirmants. Note the Michigan tag.
This one actually is Vic and is about as custom a 356 as you will find. It was called "The Mutt" if I recall correctly.
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