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Right, it's been a while since my last batch of puzzles, time to rectify that I think!

Base car of this is easy, but who carried out the conversion?

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 03:44:38 PM »
Sbarro?

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2011, 08:00:02 PM »
I kinda like that....



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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2011, 08:34:23 PM »
Not Sbarro

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 09:24:40 AM »
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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2011, 09:34:22 AM »
Caruna in Switzerland. They did the same to a SLC Mercedes, but they also constructed a Cabriolet top on an SEL Mercedes for the Dutch royal family for use in Italy.
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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2011, 09:50:57 AM »
Mercedes 380SEC Open Air 1981 by Caruna (Belgium )

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2011, 10:34:41 AM »
Caruna AG, Aspstrasse 8, CH-8957 Spreitenbach (bei Zürich), Switzerland.

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2011, 10:50:54 AM »
bentleybob just got there first so he gets the point for identifying the coachbuilder

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Re: Barrett's #222
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2011, 10:54:49 AM »
Looks like they are indeed from Switzerland, not Belgium: