Folks Of Interest Rear engine drag T roadster, history pic search.

My man Nils picked up the T roadster body roughly a year ago outa California, he sold it me shortly after.

We’re currently building it as a ROG car but would love to find some of the body’s history. It has some pretty unique mods to it, such as the cowl cut out, dzues fasteners that held the deck lid on and 1/2 tube to reinforce the **** pit.

I’ll post more pics but here’s what I have for now.

Any help would be awesome.

 

Cowl cut for shoulders

 

Fasteners to hold deck lid down

 

Hoping more pics will surface.

 

No love for the roached T

 

I love it...I saw several T's with rear engines but the driver postion was aft of what you have so no go but definitely a unique driving position...and cool project material and great for the spectacle you are using it for.

 

@Pete is that pic with 224 it?

 

That 224 car is the Paul Schiefer T not the same car unfortunately. I will have a look & see if I can find anything. Car could well have run Bonneville as a modified roadster.

 

Just bumped up @blindowl's pics
to aid in this identification process which may
come up positive hopefully...







Coupla possibilities with the bottom pic being closer...






Credit to Hamber @George Kl***
http://georgekl***.net/index.html

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That last pic looks like a possibility, unfortunately most of those cars never had rear pics...just side shots.

The deck lid was held on with dzues fasteners

 

That would be awesome jimmy!!

 

Another candidate if nothing more a inspiration to glean from for what your planning...



Posted by Hamber @296ardun

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...picture-thread.228509/page-1792#post-11823740

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Still searching

 

One here at bottom left corner ID'd as the Anteater...
hard to tell it may be a Model A and obviously that would be a no however perhaps someone knows of this Anteater.

Hows the early stages coming @Pete?



http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t2565-mechanix-illusrated-with-custom-hot-rods

From this issue...

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The Anteater was a HRM feature car in 1950-51 and yes it was a Model A not T.

 

Back up. Help needed

 

Are you planning to try and drive it on the street? In case you are, you might want to check this out first if it applies to your build. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...etts-vehicle-inspection-requirements.1101445/

 

The RMV can **** it . Maybe I'll just buy a antique plate of ebay too for those toll roads. #deadendplate

 

How about the car called "driverless T" where the driver was under the hood head first and looking out the grill shell ?

 

Wild Racer but not this one...



https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...genized-hotrods.1002926/page-55#post-12468616​

 

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Getting close

 

The key is the unique shape of the cowl cut out. It starts back at the cowl brace. The opening is very wide and curls in, toward the center as it travels forward to the front cowl edge.
It's not the Porter car as that ****pit opening is much smaller and of the wrong shape.
Finding a picture of a T Roadster with that shape cutout may lead to the iden***y of the car.

This one is close. "Shasta Roadster Club, Whipp-Hammond-Johnson from Redding, California ran this Cl*** A Modified Roadster 174.08 mph to claim 3rd in cl*** at Bonneville in 1959".

 

Those two roadsters are restored.

 

Good project, when were the rear engine T's legal to run? Knowing will help going through a stack of '50's issues of Hot Rod. Bob

 

1959 was the last year for Rear Engined Modified Roadsters they were banned after a number of high speed flips.

 

Thanks Jimmy, it isn't this car, I'll keep looking. Bob

 

What about this one? Also from the @George Kl*** website.

 

look up the bean bandit car from so cal......it is no owned by willy @ ....california cl***ics......