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The One-Of-A-Kind Mercedes G63 AMG Steampunk Limited Edition

Emporio Efikz — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:06:12 +0000

Damian Skotnicki, the Carlex Design’s founder and automobile designer, presents us ten unique Steampunk vehicles based on the Mercedes-AMG G63. Called the G63 Steampunk Edition, with this customized SUV, Skotnicki transports us way back to when products were elaborately handmade by skilled craftsmen. He states that this SUV is “the perfect choice for collectors fascinated with the art of jewelry, hand-craft, and fantasy,” and once you see the vehicle, you’ll know exactly why.

The G63 Steampunk Edition took 5,200 hours of labour. It features a copper roof and stunning 22-inch copper-colored rims. The roof cover, although not obvious at the first look, reveals remarkable craftsmanship by expert copper makers as well as designers and jewelers who engraved steampunk motifs on the roof. What’s amazing is that each G63 Steampunk vehicle will offer a distinct relief design on the roof.

The AMG G63 Steampunk Edition boasts some neat interior features as well, such as criollo-hued, hand-ornamented leather with no hint of plastic anywhere inside the vehicle.

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1935 Mercedes-Benz 540K streamline roadster by Erdmann & Rossi.

Steampunk Tendencies — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 04:11:05 +0000

Mercedes commissioned Erdmann & Rossi to produce a special show car for the 1935 Barcelona exhibition based upon their 500K. One of the visitors was King Ghazi of Iraq, who expressed his desire to buy the car and MB built another (540K) car powered by a Straight 8-cyl 5018cc supercharged (180hp) engine with a 4/5-speed manual transmission as a special order and the car was shipped to Iraq.

Unfortunately the reign of the young king was short-lived as he died in a car accident in 1939. The car survived the Gulf war and World War II, and was found in an underground storage facility in Baghdad, but finally ending up in Jordon. In 1986 under the instructions of King Hussein of Jordon the car was shipped to Germany for restoration.

In 2002, the car was believed to be back in Jordan but by 2008, the car was back in Germany and finally on display in the Technik Museum Speyer.

H/T : vintag.es

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The Stunning XF58 « Ice Princess » Custom – 1950 Studebaker and 1960 Cadillac Mix

Emporio Efikz — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 01:09:59 +0000

Built in 1987 by Richard Fletcher, at first as a sedan, it ended up as this 6-wheeled, 20-foot-long space ship looking ride. The manufacturer’s plan was to create a concept car as if it had been designed by Studebaker stylists in the 1950s. He called it the XF58.

The body was mainly hand-formed using the sheet metal from the Studebaker and a 1960 Cadillac. A later Cad model also provided the engine for the 500 ci.

In 2018, it was sold at Russo & Steele’s auction in Scottsdale, AZ, for $38,500.

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