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Originally Posted by Carrozeria
Hi, my name is Matt and I live in Sarasota, Fl. My interest in metal shaping goes back to my teen age years. When I was learning the welding craft. I always have wanted to build a roadster along the lines of the English& German automobiles of the early 30's. But powered by a Buick straight 8. I know that there is one close to me in Naples at the Collier Museum, The Bu-Merc, which is a Mercedes SSK with Buick running gear.
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Welcome to the forum, Matt. (I did a few restos for Miles back when he was starting that museum.  ) The BuMerc is but one of the old American-style homebuilts .... thinking of Frank Kurtis' first car ....
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"All it takes is a little practical experience to blow the he!! out of a perfectly good theory." --- Lloyd Rosenquist, charter member AWS, 1919.
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