Technical need help identifying this car

sorry about it being sideways...

 

No picture just a red X.

 

maybe you need to copy the picture to your computer, then upload it using the "upload a file" button.

 

the link to the picture includes stuff like "attachment.outlook.live.net" which means it lives somewhere that we don't have access to.

 

BMW X-Drive.


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it looks like a styling exercise, not a real car....and from some other continent

 

I think Jim nailed it,although some of the styling ques look familiar,like the front bumper resembles a 33 or 34 Ford.

The grille shell is reminiscent of that on the late 40's Delahaye. HRP

 

1935 Hoffman x8. Its still around and still runs.

 

Here it is at Pebble Beach.

 

Holy Cow,it does exist.

Jay Leno interviews the owner at Pebble Beach.HRP

 

HRP, pretty amazing isn't it.

 

you would think I would know about such a common car! doh

 

Kinda looks like it has 39 Willy's headlights

 

yup, but they are recessed, instead of sticking way out

 

Yes it is and built in Boston no less,Mr. Huffman was a talented man. HRP

 

So here's the deal I have updated this post...

The picture was given to my sister (Connie)by an elderly woman who's husband had passed. Connie also received several photos of different cars in the factory production line at Ford... ( I will post those when this is figured out.)
The widow's husband had worked in Detroit as a Design Engineer while being a young man in the 30's. She had no relatives, and when the elderly lady passed, Connie stated that "her brother loves cars," ... the pictures were then given to Connie rather than throw them away.
My Sis has had them for over 20 years in her storage.
While visiting Connie lately she asked me if I wanted them,... so of course I latched on to them!
Come to find out this is a picture of a one-of-a-kind car while in fabrication! I am blown away! that explains why the doors weren't mounted yet and the grill wasn't cut out.
Just so everyone knows, we have deleted the picture posted here earlier, as I have the original ... until Mr Myron Vernis receives it...
As he should the rightful person to display it with the one and only car of it's kind.

Thanks for the help of finding out what the car is...

 

Sorry to be late to the party. This is my car and I'd love to see the photo. It was on display at the Portland Art Museum last year in the Shape of Speed exhibit and we'll have it at the Elegance at Hershey on June 9. It's a very interesting piece of automotive history. The development of the X engine is still very much a mystery.

 

Here's a pic of it in motion at Eyes on Design in Detroit a couple years ago. The X8 is amazingly smooth running.

 

looks like a Tatra (Chekoslovakian) to me.

 

The Hoffman was definitely built in the States but Josef Ledwinka was involved in the body construction. His cousin was Hans Ledwinka of Tatra.