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Solved - NEH 2369: 1974 Cadillac de Ville with 21-foot GRP body
« on: January 15, 2013, 07:20:17 AM »
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2013, 04:44:10 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2013, 10:10:18 AM »
Any connection with Spohn?
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2013, 10:35:59 AM »
Base car 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado?
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2013, 10:39:05 AM »
I see DeVille bits.  Rear skirts and lower fenders look to be pre-downsize DeVille.  Front bumper looks like the 1973-1976 style.
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2013, 10:46:31 AM »
Wondering if all the molded-in parts are done neatly or just bondoed. Overall I'd guess the look he was going for was '50s-'60s GM showcar.
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2013, 11:39:09 AM »
This lovely creation showed up on ebay a while ago.
Rumors abound that this creation was concocted in the vicinity of George Barris. Whether he actually built the car for the former aerospace engineer or whether the engineer-turned-builder was an associate of Barris isn't very clear, but someone spent a lot of time on the ...ahem... creation.
It started life as a 1974 Coupe DeVille.
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Re: NEH 2369
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2013, 04:51:50 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 22, 2013, 10:10:18 AM
Any connection with Spohn?

None, except maybe the inspiration..

Quote from: Zerk on January 22, 2013, 10:35:59 AM
Base car 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado?
Quote from: Zerk on January 22, 2013, 10:46:31 AM
Wondering if all the molded-in parts are done neatly or just bondoed. Overall I'd guess the look he was going for was '50s-'60s GM showcar.

Not Oldsmobile, no.  I can't imagine what he was thinking; this car is over 21 feet long!

Quote from: bubenator on January 22, 2013, 11:39:09 AM
This lovely creation showed up on ebay a while ago.
Rumors abound that this creation was concocted in the vicinity of George Barris. Whether he actually built the car for the former aerospace engineer or whether the engineer-turned-builder was an associate of Barris isn't very clear, but someone spent a lot of time on the ...ahem... creation.
It started life as a 1974 Coupe DeVille.

And this is indeed the right answer.  I don't know who made it, but it doesn't look Barris standard to me at all..
Well done.
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