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In 2017, Kalani Mack, originally from Hawaii, was looking to have some work done on his ’57 Oval to create a promotional tool for his food business. “My original plan was to restore and customise the car, and to use it in marketing and promoting my restaurant, Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food, here in Utah,” he explains. Combining his chain of restaurants with his passion for Volkswagens was too much of an opportunity for Kalani to miss.

The only problem was finding somebody who could turn his ideas into reality.

“I had a specific vision in mind and found a shop I wanted to work with, but they were scheduled almost six years out on their builds,” he continues. “In frustration, I decided to look on thesamba. com for a project that was maybe closer to completion, and

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