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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3526 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving

Many of the more luxe vehicles of the Gilded Age were made this way. One would buy a rolling chassis from Duesenberg and then hire a coachbuilder to put a cockpit on it. I believe Rolls Royce worked with this model for a while. Modern conversion vans are made the same way.