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https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims3/GLOB/crop/1152x648+0+163/resize/800x450!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/403e8cddddb0693bdb2ce815ebe73ab9/206210593/front-3_4-dock-web.gif The British Morgan sports cars still have wood in their frames. But it's rare to see wood used to the extent that you see here: Californian car fabricator Peter Portugal is selling "The Dolphin," a hand-built wooden roadster that uses a 1979 Datsun 280ZX drivetrain and an MGB front suspension. The wood used in it comes from a 250-year-old tree that fell in a storm in 1981, certainly making it more Redwood than Radwood.Continue reading The Dolphin hand-built wooden car with Datsun mechanicals is for sale (https://www.autoblog.com/2018/03/13/dolphin-hand-built-wooden-car/)
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