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Old Cars catches up with Tom Maruska and his completed 1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser concept restoration project. The finished results are nothing short of an automotive masterpiece.
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Old Cars was out and about in Duluth, MN where we caught up with the über talented restoration specialist, Tom Muruska and his completed ’56 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser concept restoration project. To say the results are awe inspiring is an understatement.
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