But that story doesn't quite tally with the info I have:
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The Brunswick, Maine-based seller's description of this custom includes all the pertinent details we've turned up on it:
A truly unique vehicle - early 1950s scratchbuilt custom.
A big handsome car. Very good proportions. Originally built in 1952, Fitchburg, MA. Never totally completed. Has the following components: 1939 Graham club coupe frame and body sectioned about four inches, not chopped; 1949 buick rear quarters; side-mounted late 1930s Lincoln K front fenders and grille; five Chrysler wire wheels, powered by 1952 Studebaker 239 V8 and auto transmission.
Kit Foster got in touch with Jon Lee, who was selling the custom and he responded:
"I remember this car very well.. My partner and I bought it... It was in primer and was bare inside. We did an appropriate, for the seventies, two tone bronze and cream paint job and put in sixties T-Bird seats. It was an interesting looking but evil handling beast. Supposedly the chassis, '52 Studebaker Commander, was from a low-mileage wreck.
As you can see, the rest of the car came from different sources. We took it to a Fall Carlisle meet and sold it to a rather strange young man. I don't remember what we got for it, but it was less than the $3500 we were asking. He in turn advertised it for sale at an astronomical price with a fanciful story attached about it being built for some middle-eastern potentate (I forget who he claimed to be the owner), and that it was bodied by 'Paramount'. I don't know if he ever sold it."
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So there you have it!
Information and mis-information mixed together!
