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“The perfect fusion of two schools of thought”
“The exterior of the car is wild enough, but it’s when you look inside that this car really blows minds”

Many of the standout car builds the world over, regardless of the car they are based on, have one thing in common: they use out-of-the-box thinking and aren’t built using a typical ‘recipe’. There’s nothing wrong with building a car in a popular style at all, but the world sits up and takes notice when something truly radical appears on the scene. This is the story of Robert Freeman’s mid-engined V8-powered Berlin Buick, a true out-of-the-box car.

About 15 years ago, Robert took the Oval Window body that ended up being used for this build to

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