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Thanks Bobby for the explanation for Rollson to produce their versions of Darrin's designs. Slowness of delivery of Darrin Victorias was certainly the main motivation. Rollson also saw the opportunity the Darrin's popularity and scarcity generated.

Rollson was no doubt familiar with the Darrins less than solid build quality and somewhat slap-dash construction. I still recall my surprise the first time I saw the inside wheelhouses of a '40 Darrin Victoria. The metal stamping had been cut into pie slices, lapped over one another in succession to rotate the rear body down and around the axle-line, then hammer welded back together, pretty rough. They don't call 'em "cut-'n-paste' customs for nothing!

They may also have been tapped to repair some build solidity into Darrin's delivered to the NYC area in order to fix the shaky front fenders and hood and shore up the cowl so the doors wouldn't fly open at inopportune times, such as on hard lefthand turns when the curve might make the curvy blond bombshell passenger suddenly disappear!

The Custom Limousine looks better to me than the LeBaron version with it's too high-domed roofline. Unhappily, both suffer from the usual overcabbed look at the rear.

Steve

What's interesting is there appear to be some substantial door hinges or ??? in the actual cars which are not visible on the drawings.

None of the drawings have both doors hinged at the B pillar like the photos of the actual cars show. Maybe that's why?

Maybe so. Seeing or buying a sleek car from the drawing and receiving it with those rather large distractions though, think some might be a bit annoyed.