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Razi
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AZhitman wrote: You are now 100% officially my hero.

OK, now you gotta spill the beans (or, the bread crumbs, rather) on the search.

Freakin' amazing. :dblthumb:
He is actually Jesus in disguise.


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Looks to be the "Castilian". Apparently they made a few different designs.

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....and, according to our friends at Hagery Insurance, they were originally called the Victress C3, built by Merrill Powell.

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=17627

So, now, you need to go to the owner, tell him it's a failed project by someone who didn't know what they were doing, and you want to buy it for scrap. ;)

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Thats so awesome!!! I wish he would have posted a phone number up i would call him all i got is email. Ive emailed him twice with no luck. I know hes close though bc he lives in Mcdonal Tn as do I and Mcdonald is all to big of a county.

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Thing is, now I can't remember how I found it.

I wanna say I just did a GIS for "Fiberglass body" and, after 4 pages of Pamela Anderson pics, there it was.

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Encryptshun wrote:Thing is, now I can't remember how I found it.

I wanna say I just did a GIS for "Fiberglass body" and, after 4 pages of Pamela Anderson pics, there it was.
:rotfl

You are so totally my hero.

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Encryptshun wrote:Thing is, now I can't remember how I found it.

I wanna say I just did a GIS for "Fiberglass body" and, after 4 pages of Pamela Anderson pics, there it was.
:spitout:

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As info, I assume OP did not share the identity of the car with the owner. It's not only on Craigslist, it was also recently added to on Bring a Trailer.com.


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