Quote Originally Posted by rumrumm
I'm sure a lot of that is due to the exchange rate and the ratio of dollars to kronors. This is off the subject somewhat, but a year or so ago, there was talk of some talented Swedish entrepeneurs who were going to produce a steel '32 Ford roadster body. Any word on this?
Well it's not much diffrence between Sweden and America, We both get around same salery. The cost of food is cheaper in America but living is way more expensive.

Let's say that im going to buy a pair of tires eg cheater slicks from Radir that costs 300$ then you take 300 * 7,1 "which is the exchange rate" and you'll get 2130. SEK. That's way cheaper then tires in Sweden. So it cant be the exchange rate.


Concerning Swedish steel bodys..

We have a company called Reprosteel that stamps 32 roadsters and only that. These bodys are stamped in old Volvo presses. The company that puts them together is http://www.jocar.se. one 32 roadster costs 12,000.00$ and brookville takes $10,500.00.

Then we have http://lazze.se/ which also have a shop in Oakdale CA. He also makes 32 Roadsters.

Then we have another builder i dont think that he has a company yet but he have built 10~ 32 roadsters in steel. All from steel sheets.

And the word says that there is another guy going on in southern Sweden and hes making 3D moulds on hes computer from orginal bodys with a 3D camera. He will start producing T-27 roadsters, A-28/29 roadsters, 30-31 roadsters, 31 5W coupe, 32 roadster, 32 3/5W coupe and 33 roadster. All in steel.

We also have a few companys that puts together brookville bodys.