Hot Rods Tattersfield's Streamliner

Beautiful tank. That maybe Wally Parks strapping on the Helmet Lou Baney is standing behind him.

another pic it may not be Wally after all??

 

That stabilizer tail fin is cool.

 

Gorgeous tank, i cant believe i cant find hardly anything on it in my old books.

 

If i ever get around to building one i think it would be modeled similar to this one

 

Likewise,that is one good looking car.

 

Beautiful car.
Interesting steering in the second pic. It appears to be a cross arm to the LH spindle originating from inside the tank.

 

I've seen the pic somewhere in a book can't think where though, from memory the bloke who is smoking was also mentioned in the caption.

I remembered this from the "Hot Rod Handbook" (Fawcett book 129)
Check the engine shot it is of the Tattersfield's '47 Ford. There is a great article in TRJ #11.

 

I find it interesting that he used Buffalo snap ring wheels. Those are T era pieces, and it's surprising to see them on a car that ran near 150 in the late 40's.

 

Great looking tank. The head rest molded into the tail fin is stunning to look at

 

My favorite 'tank.

 

@Ryan - Great Blog/thread ... on one of my favorite "Show & Go!" Dry Lakes cars.

... and as I like to say, "a thread can never have enough pics" ... so here's some more of the Tattersfield belly tank:

NOTE: All of these images were posted by Jay Fitzhugh (@J. Fitzhugh) in the Tattersfield History
thread ... they are photographs that didn't make it into the TRJ #11 article.​

EDIT: Doh! ... looks like @kurtis beat me to posting these while I was still resizing the pics

 

Long long time ago.

 

Wow, Bob sure was a looker.

 

hubba hubba!

Interesting that the tanker is sporting some dirt track tires. This must have been before square edged tires were banned from the salt?

EDIT - it does look like it is sporting Firestone Indy tires in the photo on the salt...

 

Don't know if the tailfin aided stability or not, but I think it adds a more finished look. What do ya'll think? Have a great and safe fourth of July,Cat

 

is this what NORWELL IS TRYING TO DO NOW

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5382378#post5382378



CAN SOMEONE ID THAT ROADSTERS BUMPER

 

lol

 

Colleen Townsend ('40s & '50s movie actress) did that publicity shoot with the Tattersfield tank.

Here's a pic of Miss Townsend ... before she got all of her "period correct" tats! :

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... and another pic of Colleen with the 1948 Hot Rod Exposition "Giveaway Deuce Roadster":

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I love the photo with the Kinmont brake display in the background.

 

Great pix to add here! Thanks Hemi!

 

Wow! The name of the Mag says it all.

 

This thread made my day.

 

And the "Porter Muffler" sign.

Great car, makes ya wonder where the tank went.

 

I can't believe that no one has asked 'WHERE IS IT NOW!'

 

The first picture in your series has a display in the background of the Porter Mufflers Mfg. Co. How cool to see that!

I love all the pics here of the tank cars!