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22-02-2017, 03:40 PM
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Hey Guys,
This one is for older guys who worked in the panel industry. Reading the latest Aust Muscle Car in the Muscle Mail section there is a letter from a guy who was an apprentice in 1974 and he talks about crashed cars getting re bodied as a matter of course - new bodies were bought from the factory and a car was re bodied onto a new shell, it seems like GM, Ford and BMC were supplying new shells to the industry to make repairs to badly damaged cars more viable- probably even insurance jobs. I know it is now a very touchy subject and considered illegal now - don't respond with "its illegal" etc - I am not asking for your opinion - I am asking the guys who were in the industry back then - did it happen and did it happen a lot?? I know it has happened for race cars - it's the road cars of the era I am interested in-thanks |
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body swaps
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