Several years ago I put this thing together from some discarded parts. Can anyone ID the cowl and rear body? They're definitely from two different cars, and neither one is a Ford. I figure the firewall and rumble seat bracketry might provide some clues: The way you all IDed that '41 Olds, this should be a cinch . The hubcaps are Olds, of course, but I don't know what the wheels are from (but once again, not Ford!). Only thing I recognize for sure is the front bumper, since I'm somewhere west of Laramie: Over to you...
i hate useable/saveable "yard art" it just breaks my balls. Its not art its a crime against the car gods.
Believe me, if someone wanted to buy this stuff I'd let it go - I'd just like to know what it is. The place I got these bits from sent a lot more to the s****per (including a totally gutted body shell of a Pierce Arrow sedan). Once you folks figure out what I've got, if someone has been looking for that cowl or rear half, please PM me.
Glad you saved it from the crusher. Now that you posted it. Maybe someone will buy it and put it back on the road.
The rear half looks Mopar to me, the body lines and inner structure are very similar to my '31 Plymouth. Not exact though......maybe Dodge?
Cowl is possibly Overland but not exactly like the one I had. The rear half looks very Mopar. This one is a little more difficult than the 41 Olds.
I cannot identify the rear, but it is a rumble seat car. I am going to guess MOPAR by the smooth cowl but it would have been very late '20 though th realy '30s.
Overland cowl was unique in that the windshield posts came up through the cowl instead of being bolted on. However the firewall stamping is different from what I am experienced with. I liked the Jordan ******* reference, "Somewhere West of Laramie". One of our club members has a nicely restored Jordan ******* coupe. Overland did make several models though.
Overland was not unique in having the posts come up through the cowl. Dodge, Stude and quite a few others did it as well
Post #2 cracks me up. So typical. It is yours to do with what you want and quickdraw critisism should not deter anyone from doing what they want with their own stuff. It is for you to enjoy however it makes you happy. I've got six T bodies kicking around that nobody seems to want unless their free. I've thought of doing something similar in my front yard, with hanging flower baskets in the windows.(too much work though) As to the iden***y? Wiser brothers have already spoken.
It's never ceases to amaze me that some of the same guys would tell you you are crazy to want to drag certain old body parts out of the sagebrush and build a car out of them have a **** fit when you drag them home and make yard art out of them.
I make tables out of steering columns, and couches out of trunks. I have had a few tell me that stuff should be left on cars to restore. At what point is it too far gone? These are also the folks who have never restored a thing, and probably will be the first to try to negotiate your price on the work you did. I think yard art is far better than crushed any day. At my last residence I had an early Gardner touring car flower planter. Several said I should have restored it. Never mind that it had been shortened several feet and used as a tractor. I grafted on the back half of an old sedan body I found in the hills, took the roof off, and built a box inside it to plant flowers. Its yours to do with as you see fit, that includes crushing it, after enough *****s piss you off. Also, I didn't say Overland was the only one with posts through the cowl, just that that was one of the unique features to that car. I don't think it's an Overland cowl because of the firewall.
Got my balls busted awhile back for my yard art!!Guy had it for sale on CL. for awhile, no takers, surprise! I traded for it. You could grate cheese for you pizza on about 90% of it. Don't know what the heck yours is but great "save" John
Not to hijack this thread, but we need a thread for yard art. I'm inspired to go build something. I've already talked to the city planning board about using the back half of a 48 Ford panel truck for my sign and awning. They liked the idea. I'm also going to hang the whole side of a 50 Ford convertible on the building. Both vehicles were crusher bound, and I will be taking pictures for the critics. Now... what to do about the back yard?
That 32' firewall looks saveable. To the OP: cool art, you should find some make shift doors to hang loosely on her, and place some potted plants all around it. Heall I would even think about some kind of fountain coming out of the rumble seat area.
The fountain sounds like a fun idea, although I'd rig it up to spray out the top of a radiator if I had one . Up here in Yucca Valley there's an antique store with a bullet-vented '37 Willys sedan shell out front; the owner was thinking about rigging a fountain that would squirt water out of the bullet holes... there's also an alignment shop in town with the front end of an Austin Bantam on the front of the building with wheels that rotate and wobble.
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