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Anybody who thinks that thing bears anything more than the SLIGHTEST, FLEETING resemblance to a Twenties Mercedes or even a "Bently", needs THICKER glasses than what I wear..
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Heres the Excalibur and Mercedes, For comparision, Can't beat the original but I can appreciate how much work and engineering goes into building the so called replicas.
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Sorry Sandy, they are a close enough to look good car.... And you gotta give'em
credit, they made a car they designed themselves, you don't see that too often... Even that Cougar whatchamacallit ain't that bad.... Someone will love it enough to give it a home.... I'd rather have that for $30K than a Camry.... .
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Well, the original Brooks Stevens' Excalbers WERE pretty decent cars, & at least they aped one of the GREATEST early racing cars EVER-the 1927-32 Mercedes SSKL. They had a top speed of 120 MPH in a day when MANY cars were doing good to hit 60. SSKL stood for Super Sports Kurz Leicht-Super Sports Short Light- they were shortened & lightened from the "Stock" standard Mercedes by about 20", & several hundred pounds, & fitted w/superchargers-"Blowers". The factory warned that prolonged usage of the "Blower" could cause the engine to destroy itself into bits small enuf to exit thru the exhaust...It was the last car designed by Ferdinand Porsche for Mercedes before he left to start his own company.
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but before that, he did some free lance work for Herr Hitler and designed the original Volkswagen Beetle.
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Naw, that came a little later..Mid Thirties.. But he was thinking of rear-engine cars for a LONG time.. There was a Mercedes, the 130, that he likely did some work on, it was rear-engine... And BEASTLY ugly. Mercedes was pretty much a full-line car company back then, they made lots of "Cheaper" cars, on up to the HUGE Nazi staff cars.
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