Project De Soto sprang up more or less by chance. Sometime in 1996 Paul learned from his friend that there is an old, unknown America hiding in old barn. After arrival they saw an old, rusted through and destroyed car mired up to the splash boards. Floor and its components were completely disintegrated by corrosion influence. The original 6-cylinder in-line engine had three times broken cylinder block and rusted pistons. None the better were transmission and car chassis. The interior, if it could be called so, was in miserable and ramshackle condition. From the whole car only bodywork was available. It was a vital wound for Paul or it was by chance that he bought a crashed
Jeep Grand Cherokee, year 1994, with 4 liter engine and 4 MOTION all wheel drive. The bodywork of this Jeep was destroyed, but aggregates and all mechanical parts of the vehicle were perfectly all right. Then Paul was struck by a crazy and for many unimaginable idea. He wanted
to join the bodywork of De Soto with aggregates and axletrees of the Jeep.
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http://www.tuningmag.net/?name=custo...r-de-soto-1939
08-25-2006, 12:27 PM
