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Mending A Broken Heart

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February 2018

After tragedy struck, Hennie Prinsloo from Pretoria dealt with his trauma by taking on an ambitious project: redesigning the nose of his Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen.

- Kyle Kock

Mending A Broken Heart

My 24-year-old daughter had battled cancer for 12 years and passed away in September 2011. My wife couldn’t bear the heartbreak and succumbed almost exactly a year later. I was emotionally shattered, and to keep my mind off everything I decided to tackle a massive automotive project.

One night, looking at my Mercedes-Benz, I decided that I wanted to change the front end – give it a dramatic overhaul. Given my background as an aircraft technician and as an engineer at Safmarine, I was certain I could do almost all of the work myself.

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