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Building The Astra Coupe - The Creation Of Jay Everett's Astra Coupe
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In the very early 1950s a proverbial tree fell, but today almost nobody remembers hearing it... (http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/thehistoryof/0906rc_building_the_astra_coupe/index.html)In the very early 1950s a proverbial tree fell, but today almost nobody remembers hearing it. It certainly wasn't due to mediocrity; with its scratch-built tube chassis, handformed alloy body, and domestic V-8 grunt, the Astra Coupe is a true handbuilt sports car/hot rod hybrid cast in the same mold--or is that beaten over the same buck?--as Briggs Cunningham's legendary race cars from the same era.
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