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Reply to "Converting a Speedster to a Convertible D - maybe ?"

"The CMC Speedster I had was supposedly one a few built in house by CMC for a special customer."

I've heard that, from time to time, about a few other cars, and from the information I got while sueing the hell out of CMC back in the mid 1990's I can tell you that it is a myth.  CMC never built completed, "turn-key" cars in house.  They weren't equipped for anything like that, nor did they have an in-house car building department.  Bodies and parts, yes  -  Completed cars, no.

They used a couple of autobody/custom shops in the North Miami area that would do builds for them, even some custom builds like yours (which is super-cool, btw), and charged the customer exorbitant prices for the "Custom Assembly work".  Those two shops were kept pretty busy for a few years but only produced 30 or less cars, many of which ended up in Airport terminals as sales attractions (many without engines).  

I also uncovered another shop like that up in Raleigh, NC doing the same stuff on a more limited basis (small handful of cars) and suspect there might have been a few more shops around the country in more populated areas.

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