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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.

Deuce is right--to each his own. He likes his one way and I like mine another. The old arguments about steel vs. glass, original vs. repop are silly. A hot rod is your own personal vision of what a hot rod should be. Period.

Originally Posted by rumrumm

Deuce is right--to each his own. He likes his one way and I like mine another. The old arguments about steel vs. glass, original vs. repop are silly. A hot rod is your own personal vision of what a hot rod should be. Period.

I lifted this quote from another thread ... but it SO APPLIES here ...

Originally Posted by joeybsyc

... I'm relatively new to rodding, but came over from the restoration world of musclecars...where there's either "correct", or "wrong", with virtually no room for personal expression or style. Its so refreshing to have the freedom to do whatever you want, and to SEE so many variations,styles, and ideas of the same concept...Of the zillion 32 fords out there, every single one is different, which is cool in my book.

I could not have said any better myself ... so I copied and pasted it here ...