Artemius Nystrom is what's known in Sweden as a Råggar. This somewhat notorious subculture combines the aesthetics and trucks of American rednecks with the additional aesthetics, cars, music, and perhaps most distinctively the hairstyles of American greasers from roughly the 1950s. One might not expect to see a large pickup truck barreling through northern Sweden flying both the Confederate and American flags at the same time while blasting Guitar Rock by Bill Flagg, but this is precisely how Nystrom spent his time back home. Now, with his SMJHL paychecks and more immediate access to American antiques, Nystrom spends much of his free time working on, and driving around Denver in, his authentic 1947 Packard Clipper. He's already given it a fresh coat of paint and reinforced its undercarriage, and has been considering whether it would be better to replace its aging engine with an authentic engine from the same model, or find a way to squeeze a V12 engine into the old car and show the old girl a good time out on the Utah salt flats.

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