Looks like modern owners aren’t that caught up in the details as I continue to be amazed at the number of these that are on the market. I think I counted nearly 30 individual listings on my morning national Craigslist search.
Many are half done, poorly done, and cheap. So MMM, the entry point for these looks pretty darned low… -D > On Jun 5, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Ed Booher via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > If memory serves, the SSK was technically only a chassis ala Cord and > Duesenberg. The manufacturer partnered with a carriage maker and sold > completed vehicles, but they were hand built, not mass produced, so they > weren't all exactly identical. They were sport / race cars, so the bodies > were usually race specific ala today's NASCAR. There were only 40-ish SSK's > ever actually built, and there were a couple of different over all looks. > Most of them were crashed. *None* of which the "Gazelle" actually > effectively "replicates." Realistically the "Studebaker" Excalibur comes > *far* closer to being an SSK replicar than the Gazelle ever did, and the > Excalibur didn't need a hood star as it was built in tribute of the SSK but > as a fully modern new car. Was kind of the first "retro styled" cars, > really, that everything is now trying to be. > > EdB > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
