World War 2 Peugeot Converted To Art-Deco Masterpiece

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DORSET, in the Southwest of England, is home to a stunning vehicle with a dark, unexpected past. Andy Saunders, a car fanatic who has bought and rebuilt 58 vehicles, has transformed a 70-year old Peugeot into an art-deco masterpiece.

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00:00 It was dilapidated, collapsed. Metropolis is an Art Deco sculpture.

00:07 Driving around in a car like this is good fun.

00:09 I'm 98% certain that this was probably built under duress.

00:21 Dorset, in the south west of England, is home to a stunning vehicle with a dark past.

00:28 When Germany occupied France, they loved Peugeot and they kept Peugeot going.

00:33 Apparently officers of the German army, they would draw unusual vehicles for toys for themselves

00:39 and the workers of Peugeot would be made to build this car.

00:43 It's a product of that period.

00:45 It's a history that took place and we can't rewrite it.

00:49 If something came creative out of it, it's quite astounding.

00:54 After being neglected and left to rust for almost 70 years, Andy bought the Peugeot in an online auction

01:01 and had it shipped over from France.

01:04 It was dilapidated, just collapsed.

01:09 He then set about transforming this World War II relic into an Art Deco inspired masterpiece.

01:16 The truck was so rusty that just everything was disposed of and I just kept the panels that I needed.

01:23 It had a flat screen originally and it had a really ugly roofline.

01:27 The roofline went up like the new Transit shape.

01:30 That has been chopped. I've lengthened the back, I've shortened the tail.

01:34 And it's not just Peugeot parts that complete this incredible conversion.

01:39 The chassis is Ford Ranger.

01:41 The seats are Jaguar, Jaguar buckets.

01:44 The steering wheel is very early Porsche.

01:46 The front wings are 1937 SS Jaguar, French 1930s side lights.

01:52 The dashboard is the original Speedo, painted in two-tone to match the seats.

01:57 Peugeot line original mascot.

02:00 The bonnet and the grille used to be one piece and I've separated that.

02:05 Original Art Deco hotel door pulls.

02:10 The only original part of the car which hasn't been touched in any way whatsoever are the headlights.

02:20 Completed with an amazing paint job and named Metropolis, Andy's creation certainly turns heads when it hits the road.

02:29 When you drive this, people don't know what it is.

02:38 I've now built 58 cars, just hopscotches across every genre of unusual vehicles.

02:45 With so many builds under his belt, it's no surprise that Andy's already onto his next project.

02:52 I've just started this French style two-seater huge roadster which is all fenders with no tiles on display.

03:02 Driving around in a car like this is just good fun.

03:06 Metropolis is an Art Deco sculpture.

03:11 I would love this to go to a museum.

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