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Developing a comprehensive customized is a ache in the ass even if you are executing it from Southern California. The pieces hunt is just relentless. Trim off this design, headlight buckets off this product, rear window surround off this product, etc… It actually is a dogged chore only accomplished with the most acute of determination.

Now, try out to picture doing all that shit from Italy… a location where American automobiles were being under no circumstances prevalent and classic metal is as scarce as the Cleveland Browns in the Tremendous Bowl. It appears to be like an unattainable task.

Enter a HAMBer by the name of Mirko. Back again in 2014, he uncovered a 1949 Cadillac and determined to disregard the impossibilities. His English was a bit broken back again then, but his eyesight was not… From what I can acquire, Mirko and a gentleman that goes by the title of Marcello Schettini have been difficult at it for nearly a ten years and publishing a lot of the work on a establish thread.

It is now 2022 and Mirko’s English has occur pretty much as much as his Cadillac. It is not finished yet, but guy is this a enjoyment thread to continue to keep tabs on.

You should really do just that below. You’ll be glad ya did.