Old Cars Weekly – 22 August 2019

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goodone.Bythetimehewasdone,however,theFremont,Wis.,residenthad

a wholethatwasgreaterthanthesumofitsparts,andcertainlyoneofthenicest 1961

BuickSpecialsinexistance.

Thesagastartedwitha pipedreamandanoldcarLehman’sfatherhadrustingawayina barn.That

carneverdidget¿nished,butit plantedtheseedfora worthyreclamationprojectthatrequiredmany

monthsofpartschasing,researchandtimeintheshop.

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