History Specials

I see more Amilcar C6 in it than Bugatti. Heres a Amilcar C6 for sale on PWC right now. The lines are there even though the B&W photo shows the headrest these cars were also modified from original. More than likely in the 1950s these old race cars have also been crudely modified for regular road use and eventually in the 1980s/90s went through their first real restoration. Quiet a few for sale on PWC under the group "specials "

 

Does anybody know the function of the forked lever hanging off the front spring hanger of the front axle? It looks kinda like an anti-roll (sway bar) attachment point but I do not see an anti roll bar.

 

No clue.
Interesting

 

That is an'18 Cadillac chassis for sure.
Is that the same chassis?
https://www.classic.com/veh/1918-cadillac-type-57-v8-pe9QVwp/
I wonder if those fork thingies actually belong there, they kind of look like friction shock absorber arms, maybe they've been bolted there not to be lost?
Or it's just the way someone did install shock absorbers on it.

 

Seen that. Has a 22 date on it. Probably where the chassis came from for the speedster build

 

'Bugatti/Dodge sports car driven by L.D. Robinson of S.A. at Nuriootpa, 1950' - State Library of South Australia

 

How about these two GP cars over at PWC, Bugatti and Supercharged Alfa Romeo. Also a vintage grey truck under the junk.

 

Great looking cars, sad to see left to rot. I give up - what is PWC???

 

At least they are not sitting in my yard like the '62 Porsche Super 90 coupe. Not a special but cool.

 

See the old cardboard box at the tail end of the red GP Alfa Romeo . Logo, www.prewarcar.com

 

Tks, old eyes missed logo over boses

 

Ne rêvez pas : prix sur demande...

Don't dream: price on request...

 

'Maybach Special sports car' at Nuriootpa, South Australia, 1950 (I have posted other pics of this car previously) - State Library of South Australia

 

'Curran Special sports car' owned by D.E. Curran of Victoria at Nuriootpa, South Australia, 1950 - State Library of South Australia (the excellent Oz website primotipo says this car was Ford powered)

 

The Maybach Special again ... 'Maybach with Charlie Dean and Jack Joyce' probably at the Rob Roy Hillclimb near Melbourne - State Library of Victoria

 

Doug Whiteford's Ford/Mercury powered 'Black Bess'. First three pics (State Library of South Australia) show the car at Woodside, SA, October 1949; fourth pic (State Library of Victoria) shows it at the Rob Roy Hillclimb just outside Melbourne.

 

I don't see characteristic Bugatti reversed quarter-elliptic rear springs either. The conventionally-mounted quarter-elliptics look just like those on the Amilcar.