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The Amelia was a wonderful time earlier this year! 

It was made even more special with the co-founder and Victress designer, Merrill Powell, in attendance. 

Here’s Merrill taking some time behind the wheel of Guy Dirkin’s 1954 Victress S1A, the "lost" Motor Trend Victress.

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The 1955 Victress C3 on the show field was so incredibly well done, I crawled all over it for nearly an hour admiring the craftsmanship of the restoration. Here’s just a few examples of this beauty built by Historic Motor Sports in New Hampshire. - Mike Puma . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #victress #victressc3 #merrillpowell (at The Amelia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkeMfPLnE9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Team member @mike_puma_ has started his own restoration adventure with our 1958 Victress C3. The original builder put it on a 1951 Chevy chassis, it had Buick nailhead power, and was a full blown show car at one point. Unfortunately, the chassis is shot and the motor is locked up so a solution needed to be found, but there’s always a plan! We sourced a great donor car, which the original builder himself would have loved to have used if it was available at the time. Our team will be taking the complete chassis, high output 350, and Muncie four speed from this C3 Corvette donor and bringing the Victress into a new era. Stay tuned for updates along the way and let’s give Mike some good encouragement to see it through. . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carchaeology #victress #victressc3 #merrillpowell #docboycesmith #donorcar https://www.instagram.com/p/CopRjCcLr3j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Team member @mike_puma_ has started his own restoration adventure with our 1958 Victress C3. The original builder put it on a 1951 Chevy chassis, it had Buick nailhead power, and was a full blown show car at one point. Unfortunately, the chassis is shot and the motor is locked up so a solution needed to be found, but there’s always a plan! We sourced a great donor car, which the original builder himself would have loved to have used if it was available at the time. Our team will be taking the complete chassis, high output 350, and Muncie four speed from this C3 Corvette donor and bringing the Victress into a new era. Stay tuned for updates along the way and let’s give Mike some good encouragement to see it through. . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carchaeology #victress #victressc3 #merrillpowell #docboycesmith #donorcar https://www.instagram.com/p/CopRjCcLr3j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Here’s another beautiful American Special that will be in our class at Amelia Island this year, a 1955 Victress C2 owned and raced by Mike Leicester of South Carolina. Our class was solidified as 9 cars, but we’ve just got word a very special 10th car will be added. Stay tuned for that announcement soon! . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #theamelia #victress #victressc2 #merrillpowell #docboycesmith (at The Amelia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKTW4ZradE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Team member Rob Hernandez has been making great progress with the on-going restoration of the Victress S1 for Jack Farr. . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #victress #victresss1 #merrillpowell #docboycesmith #hughjorgensen #ford #flathead (at Tampa, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cno08xnr4CT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Here’s the next American Special we’re highlighting that will be at the 2023 Amelia Island Concours in our own class of 9 cars, the 1958 Victress C3. Victress was founded by Doc Boyce-Smith and Merrill Powell in 1953 with the intention of bringing European sports car design to America and they did so with a flourish.   Out of the gate they introduced the Victress S1 sports car whose design was penned by Hugh Jorgensen and Doc Boyce Smith. In it’s initial introduction, the car was featured in Universal Studio’s “Johnny Dark” film starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie. Simultaneously, another S1 was used to build a Bonneville record setter achieving just over 203 mph in its record run. Expansion continued in offering sports car designs into a smaller version of the S1 called the S5, a Victress dragster (one of the first composite-bodied dragsters built in period) and two versions of a Coupe penned by Merrill Powell, the Victress C2 and C3. These designs, along with another sports car design, the Victress S4, rounded out the companies offerings which continued in Victress name thru 1961. LaDawri Coachworks purchased Victress in 1961 and continued to offer these designs thru 1965. Both a Victress C2 and C3 coupe will debut on the field, the first ever Victress coupes shown at a concours in public in over 60 years. In addition to the Victress presence at Amelia will be Victress co-founder 92 year old Merrill Powell who will be on the field to share history and detail with the Amelia Island audience. . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #theamelia #victress #victressc3 #merrillpowell #docboycesmith #hughjorgensen (at Tampa, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmyx3ZmrRX_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=