History Anyone Know What Car This Came From?

My friend found this grill shell in his neighbor's shop attic. It is cast aluminum with a V shaped radiator. It's about 14 inches wide and about 24 inches tall. It has cast aluminum shell mounts. It is small so not sure what kind of vehicle it came off of.

Thanks!

 

Looks like a custom built 20's-30's open wheel race car piece to me? I'm thinking model "T" on the rad cap. Neat piece!

 

Agree with Bowie re the cap and the iden***y. Take a look at how the neck and overflow is attached--looks pretty modified. Does the shell look like it was sectioned? Could be an early model "Damifiknow"

Pete

 

looks like maybe from a tractor?

 

Dunno what it's from, pretty certain it's not a tractor part though. I agree with bowie. Neat enough to build a car around it.

 

Mine and I want it back.

The grill shell looks like a GM offering like about the mid '30s or so. The radiator looks to be custom built and Vd for engine clearance like say putting a 6 where a 4 used to be.

 

Looks like Dodge Brothers to me.

 

Looks British to me

 

I have no clue, but it reminds me of a Minneapolis-Moline

 

I think its a 1920s Velie if it V'd.

 

Great posts, Gents!

If it was from a tractor, it would have to be a very old, small yard tractor. Keep in mind that this thing is small. I don't think the radiator could cool more than a small 4 cylinder.

There must be someone out there that knows what this came from. It's very cool. The casting is very fine and would polish up nicely.

 

I've never seen or heard of a radiator like that, looks to have had a lot of repair/mods done to the tanks, but doesn't look home made to me. My guess is some small foreign car.

 

It may be for a Model T based race car. The rad hoses look too big for the rad, and Ts had oversize rad hoses because they were thermosyphon cooled.

 

i dont know where its from but...i wonder if the rad is v'd for more surface area rather than clearance, with it being so small.

 

I found this little blurb on the Br***works website.
"We build V shaped radiators of multiple core and common headers. This is a production item for us and was used on Edsel Ford’s first speedster."
Might give you a direction to search.

 

Minne-Moline radiator's were not v shaped, and the shell was not cast alum.
Maybe it belongs to car in the back round.

 

I've seen tractors with the similar look, for the life of me it's been so long I can't recall manufacturer, but also seem to recall they had either one wheel in front, or two wheels close together.

 

That thing is screaming 30s or 40s Mercedes to me.

 

Definitely not Dodge Brothers.