Hot Rods Lost "Special"

A friend from my military days built this "special" back in the day. Like so many of us it got sold along the way. He sold, repurchased and sold again 27 years ago so the trail is pretty cold but I thought I'd post and see if the HAMB magic worked again. It originally ran a flathead but he pulled that and installed a Nissan (Datsun) engine of some kind before selling it the last time. He says it was based on a '40 Ford but I ***ume he meant the ch***is cause I don't see any '40 in the body. He currently lives in Kentucky so perhaps it was purchased by someone in that area.

 

Holy Cow.

 

So ugly it is cute! Looks like some 40 in the windshield.

 

It needs to go here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/specials.720448/

I'll post.

 

Wow Sarge, thank goodness you brought this back to the top after eight years. The OP is still out there beating the bushes.

 

Paging all HAMB detectives to the front desk. All HAMB detectives to the front desk.

 

I think the designer and builder of this car deserves a great deal of credit for design and execution. It’s not an XKE but a one of a kind creation, made by an amateur who made a lot of great design decisions and executed it well . I’d love to know if it’s steel or some other material and if he used parts from other bodies or hand formed the panels.

 

Sorry to all for no responses, I have no other info about the car other than what was originally posted. I've lost contact with the guy that originally built it. Given the context of the time period that the car was built it was pretty well done to my old eyes

 

From the reawakening of this thread I've contacted mutual friends to see if the builder is still up and kicking. If I make contact with him I'll post some more details

 

Those could also be '40 headlight trims, under a lot of filler.

 

Here's where the '40 Ford bits remain. Take a look at the rear window, for example.