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Old 01-15-2009, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by JBo View Post
I have it on good authority that these "aussie" coupes were actually built under a lisence from SC (or is it CS) in Malta with the subassemblies being done in South Africa. Components were sourced from China and Korea, labor was forced from old EU nations. Cars bodies are reputed to be not aluminum...but rather made from "unobtainium" with a pinch of strongium for rigidity. Frames are done in the true Morgan fashion, but laminated.
The Korean connection was needed in order to use the name 'Daewootona Coupe'
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