"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 06/02/2016 at 14:05 • Filed to: None

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this thing was made by the guy in the shorts. He made each part by hand. Each part was shipped to him one part at a time from a museum car in Germany. He made a mold and shipped the part back. repeat repeat repeat. Estimated value was well over $1m.

and then:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/02/2016 at 14:11

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Not that I mind, but I don’t think the Ford Popular is supposed to be in the post. Funny note, though - I recognized one exactly like that in the Great Escape on TV last weekend, pretending to be an Opel staff car.

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/02/2016 at 14:22

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It was, I had like 4 or 5 other pictures but for some reason they have disappeared from my phone. It included a Gen1 El Camino, AMX and a Cobra replica.

RallyWrench > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/02/2016 at 14:22

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I wonder how Mercedes-Benz feels about that, or were they the ones sending him parts to model?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 06/02/2016 at 14:24

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At one time Mercedes allegedly had a master on file for every part on every car they had made even close to recently. Probably didn’t include the SSK. Probably.

Your boy, BJR > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/02/2016 at 14:43

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Dat license plate placement tho....

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/02/2016 at 14:52

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They still do, though I remember hearing that there are holes in the files because of some, um, record keeping issues in the early 40's. But I think they have filled the gaps by tracking down known correct cars and cataloging them. Mercedes-Benz Classic can provide anything, and the Classic EPC is invaluable. I was looking up trim parts for a European-market ‘66 250SL by the VIN a couple of months ago, no problem. We did a mechanical restoration of a ‘53 300d Cabriolet that had been sitting for decades, and MBC didn’t blink at anything. They’re certainly the only European automaker that operates at that level.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 06/02/2016 at 15:01

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Rolls Royce might have one covered to a similar extent. Might. Then again, they’re English, so they might be a bit less well organized - not to mention some awkward bankruptcies/reorganizations and things. The 1953 headlight switches might be in a safety deposit box in Swindon or something.