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Originally Posted by dafischer
I know that Spohn bodied cars are significant, but I'm sorry, that's just butt ugly.
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I knew nothing of it, or Spohn... I had just googled "ugly convertible". lol
From a website that has only capital letters:
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1957 SPOHN CRUISER 1 of 1 built
TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER. BUILT IN 1957, IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST SPOHNS EVER BUILT. SPOHN WAS A COUCHBUILDER FROM RAVENSBURG GERMANY; WHO WAS CREDITED FORBUILDING THE BODIES FOR THE PRE-WWII MAYBACH LUXURY CARS. HIS DESIGNS WERE MASTERPIECES SOUGHT AFTER BY THE WEALTHY. AFTER WWII SPOHN PURCHASED LEFT OVER CARS FROM THE US MILITARY FOR THEIR CHASSIS AND CONTINUED AS A COACHBUILDER TAKING ORDERS ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS, EACH CAR WAS BUILT TO THE SPECIFIC DESIRES AND SPECS OF THE BUYER, THERE WERE LESS THAN 200 CARS BUILT AND NO 2 WERE ALIKE. THIS CAR IS BUILT ON AN EARLY 40’S FORD CHASSIS WITH A 53 CADILLAC V-8 ENGINE THAT IS BACKED BY AN OLDSMOBILE TRANSMISSION AND REAR-END. THE DESIGN AND FLOW OF THIS CAR IS AN EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF THE FLAMBOYANT 50’S ERA.
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And a website with photos of several Spohn creations:
Spohn Coachworks - Kustomrama
One site called him, "
The George Barris of Ravensburg".
