More photos of the 1955 Ford Pop based Special, recently featured on Henry Cole’s Shed & Buried Classic Cars. A very well built car, bespoke alloy body, 1172cc side valve engine with three speed gearbox.
Ford Flathead Festival (Melbourne, Oz) Sunday 20 Oct. Recreation of the Eldred Norman Special; and two pics of the original from 1949-1950 at Woodville, South Australia [State Library of South Australia] ... plus a link to a primotipo article about it https://primotipo.com/tag/eldred-norman/
This 1932 Amilcar M2 just popped up for sale on a local website. It was my project a good 35 years ago. I never got further than bead blasting the whole thing and painting the chassis, springs and axles. Only body panels i had were the hood and firewall. I sold it to a old fella who only had one arm . The funds payed for the deposit on buying the house and garage i,m still in. He told me as a youngster in Amsterdam he had a Amilcar and wanted to replicate his old car. About 20 years ago he sent me a photo of the wooden structure he was making for the boat-tail body. Anyhow the ad says still not finished due to health reasons . btw, this car is just a little to sturdy for the cyclecar thread.
Snow Sefton with the 'Strathpine Special' racing car outside his garage (formerly Bagwell's Garage), Gympie Road, Strathpine, late 1940s; Ford V8 and mainly Ford parts - State Library of Queensland; more about the car from primotipo: https://primotipo.com/tag/strathpine-v8-special/
'Pete Trapnell's 1935 Ford V8 Special lined up with other cars at the Historic Leyburn Sprints, 17-18 August, 2013' - photo by Tom Anthony; State Library of Queensland; photo is copyright but is licensed under Creative Commons, so can be used but not for commercial purposes - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
What a great little car, I just wish I had €80K to spare! https://www.oldtimerservice-kranz.de/listings/1932-riley-9-special/
Thompson Products, Inc. was a Cleveland OH company that merged with Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation in 1958 to form Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc., which later became TRW Inc. I wonder if that is the same Thompson Products? They were big in early aviation too. EDIT: Also note the headrest. That must have been one of the earliest cars to have used a headrest, whch I have traced back as early as 1934.
Sure. And if she was good at driving I just may give her the job. I've done a photo shoot with a friend's girlfriend in/on my street rods for a calendar as a gift to her boyfriend. Years ago my wife made a quarter mile pass in my RPU. And I often offer fans the opportunity to let their kiddies sit in my altered for a photo op. Its all good for the hobby.
Posted on FB by Buckland Automotive said this is a 1918 Caddy chassis. The metal work they posted it worth a visit.
The person that posted it said it was a Bugatti I’m no Bugattiologist It’s super cool no matter what it is Is that a Packard next to it?
I see more Amilcar C6 in it than Bugatti. Heres a Amilcar C6 for sale on PWC right now. The lines are there even though the B&W photo shows the headrest these cars were also modified from original. More than likely in the 1950s these old race cars have also been crudely modified for regular road use and eventually in the 1980s/90s went through their first real restoration. Quiet a few for sale on PWC under the group "specials "
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