Built on the same Mercedes chassis as the one in the above photo Norman Holtkamp built his with SBC power and a body-in-white ‘59 El Camino cab that he sourced from the Van Nuys, CA Chevrolet assembly plant.
I wonder if that is Craig McCaw's GTO? Before I started doing brake stuff I was a metalworker. We were doing a high end house on Lake Washington and while waiting for more material a caretaker pulled it out of another house's garage and warmed it up. I was not impressed by the fit and welds, nor the blue smoke as it drove off - but of course that it not what these dolls are for.