Featured Art & Inspiration Anyone know anything about this?

This popped up in my FB feed. Wow! Now I want to go make one. I have an extra flathead sitting around. lol!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1F8X1P1RQx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

Interesting

 

Pretty darn cool.

 

Saw this, too! It's got "The Look"!

 

All I know is that I don't know

 

Now wondering if it’s AI. Hmmm…

 

It sure looks legit to me. Maybe it has some recent upgrades, like the bead-rolled firewall, a mechanical fuel pump (most used a presurized tank w/ hand pump), and hood.
I loove the seat and cord wrapped steering wheel, and other vintage details. Check out the soldered? fuel line for example.

 

Questions:

Is that an alternator? Newer bolt and washers?

Hose clamps look newer.

Teflon tape on the carb fuel inlet?

Brake backing plates dont look Ford?

Plastic wire loom on spark plug wires?

Im not picking it apart, just trying to decifer the story.

 

Yeah. Me too. Looks like a V8-60 for sure, but trans is really weird looking and very long.

 

Can anyone translate the writing on firewall?

 

It's Portuguese. This guy is based in Divinopolis, Brazil. Interesting find by this guy, found in Argentina, makes sense since racing has a tradition there. Firewall says Workshop, The Brothers. I can't make out the City.

 

Brakes could be mechanicals converted to juice and drilled to oblivion.

Top of the firewall says taller. The rest I can’t figure out but pretty sure it’s not English

 

Let's see some pics of the one parked next to it.

Fat exhaust. Quarter elliptic rear springs?

Maybe some info here?

https://thebetterplaces.com/2017/11/21/1000-millas-sport-in-patagonia/

 

Old look but newer build. Possibly of an old racer for that country. Me-n- Anthony would drive-it

 

You see that word "Taller" all over the place in Mexico on roadside repair shops. I think it means "expert", tire repair...car repair etc. How do you lengthen a sector shaft? cut and weld?

 

I had a similar thought, or possibly staged somewhat, can't put my finger on it but it doesn't quite seem right. I think it's a legit car and very cool but something seems off ......really like to know more

 

shop

 

Wondering what all this might be?

 

That’s the turboencabulator and shaft.

 

Could that be the lever for an in / out box ?

 

I’d drive it

 

Taller is workshop. Could be automotive, service station, etc.

 

there's an echo here

 

We just always thought they had tall mechanics.

 

love it!

 

That may be Brazil as mentioned above...regardless they have some really unique North American Iron down there...and they really like going fast...I went through a shiload of pics at that FB page and they have some premium iron down there...





...this caught my eye also on that site and definately in the same region...

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There was a magnificent thread a number of years ago, about this build by @Drmalacarne
Its worth your time to read every page of it, the workmanship as the build progressed, was top notch.
All 30 pages of this build is simply amazing.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ld-up-in-brazil.1163715/page-30#post-14346557

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Here is a couple my uncle built in the Philippines after the war. The photos were taken sometime in the early 60s. The gal is his daughter Edna and her name is on one of the cars

 

I wouldn't be surprised if he knows the racer and the owner to boot...

 

Now that's an odd duck Stogy, you sure you haven't been messing around in Photoshop.