i freakin' love this car. that front axle is killer, the dang thing looks like a poor man's Miller; what is its origin? also; is that a B transmission and bellhousing?
That front axle is a late teens early '20's Franklin. I don't know when the design change happened were the forged ends swapped from the Ford T style to the common I beam spindle most axles use. The steering box is also Franklin.
THANKS! Guess that allowed the use of a stock length Model A crankshaft. Most A to T conversions have the flywheel flange cut off and reattached, not always a successfull deal.
Does anyone know the chronology of owners and locations of the car after Gerrick? Anyone know anything about Art?
I found out about this car via the Model T Ford Club of America site, and knew Id find more here. I found myself in posession of a Model A transmission recently, and keep thinking about how cool it would be to build an all-pre-1932 gow around it - including a Model T block like this car. -Dave
I saw this car at the Speedway Motors museum the week of bonneville speed week. It's owned by Bill Smith of Speedway Motors in Lincoln Nebraska. It's an cool car.
Wow, love this thing! I want to build something similar w/ a GMC 6; I've got a set of '25 Buick frame rails and a MOPAR wavy axle, not like it, just inspired by it. K6
^^^ My guess it those shots are from the Shell Hill Climb, sometime in the late 1960's. That car bounced around a lot was in Massachusetts at on time, now in Speedy Bill's collection.
yes it was at that hill climb race that the engine blew on the car and that was the last time it ran until 2005 when Bill Hill and Mike Guffey hired me to replace the short block and get it running. and yes the car is currently in the Speedy Bill museum. They bought it at the RM Icons of speed and style auction in 2009 (Ralph Whitworth collection). I talked to Tim Matthews (curator) yesterday and told him about the ebay auction
It was at the Larz Anderson Museum outside of Boston, maybe in an auction not display, just remembered, it seamed odd to be on the East Coast. Bob
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