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I'm really sorry to dig up this old thread, but I just have to add some background information: Despite the lettering, this car isn't a Kellison...
I feel the exact same way - These pictures are ideal for the ultimate coffee table book of custom cars!
The Alexander Bros. used them on "The Venturian" as well - As far as I know, they were made by Appliance.
I stumbled across this thread in search of some more info on this picture, I recently found on-line: [IMG] Must be the same car
The picture in Dave's avatar is actually a late-sixties' AMT model kit boxart:[IMG]
I think that this particular body is a Kellison J6 to be more precise.
Thanks for scanning and posting these amazing pictures Rik!!! - any chance of posting them in a higher resolution/size?
Awesome pictures Tom! Do you by any chance happen to have more of the Panella Pickup? (IMO it is - by far - the best looking '37-'42 gasser...
The shape of the bed and the plated "steps" on the red pickup with Ford headlights remind me an awful lot about Bob Panella's truck. However, it...
Jim Lytle was the original builder/driver... He made quite a name for himself, stuffing Allison engines into just about anything on wheels (How...
Awesome pic of Norm's Healey!!! - Do you by any chance know where it's from? I'd really like to get my hands on a higher resolution scan of it...
Hell yeah!!! Do you happen to have more pictures of Jim Lytle/Tex Collins' "Trash Truck"? I've been thinking about building a scale model of...
If you're referring to the picture on page 1, the answer is no - The roadster in the background is a '32 Ford, if you look at the frame....
It's a Kellison fiberglass bodyshell - It's hard to tell what model, when the front and rear end isn't visible, but it could very well be a...
The original owners were (Jason?) Snodgrass and Pat Mahnken. IIRC it had the blown 427 Ford FE w. direct drive all the time it was raced in the...
I vaguely recall reading about it over at gassermadness.com - IIRC it's a Simca
No, Snodgrass & Mahnken's "Psycho" was an AA/FA, and was IIRC eventually sold to New Zealand, where it ended its days at the end of a short track...:(
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