Eric's '36 AERO SPORT (also built by ) ... at the 25th GOODGUYS West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton: ... the car garnered lots of attention all week long: ... Mr. Zausner even let "Too Tall" Pat @pgan Ganahl (RIP ) "try it on for size":
Eric was a local to my location and often visited the local "Cars-n-Coffe at a place called Katties with his incredible rides. He even invited the local Early V8 Ford club (Flattie guys) buy his house for an amazing visit.
RIP A really free thinking man with some interesting ideas about car building. I'll bet Moal and him had some interesting design sessions.
Yes . . . Mr. Zausner had a "unique vision" for each of the five (5) cars: The TORPEDO roadster powered by a 5.5L V12 out of a Ferrari Maranello 1934 Ford-like ZEPHYR boat-tail roadster powered by a 425ci Buick Nailhead 1936 Ford-inspired AERO SPORT roadster powered by a '55 Ford 312ci Y-block w/ twin Paxton Novi turbos 1932 Ford SPEEDWAY SPECIAL roadster powered by an (Art Chrisman built) 286ci French Flathead with ARDUN overhead valve heads and S.Co. T. blower & 46DCOe Webers 1933 Ford-like FALCON Vicky powered by a Ryan Falconer V12 . . . that he had the talented team of craftsmen at : Steve Moal Michael Moal David Moal Jimmy Kilroy Troy Morris Robert Smith Dave Wayda Darrell Schneider and others . . . build for him. And yes . . . he definitely worked with Steve (and industrial designer, Alberto Hernandez Mendoza) to ensure his "design concepts" became a reality.
Did he write a book on tether cars? ^^^^^^ All were at the Concours D Elegance. Also on a Chasing Classic Cars episode.
Condolences, seems like he was a unique individual with incredible attention to detail. The man certainly left a mark.
I have loved every car he had. The man thought outside of the sport, yet tied his creations into the sport quite well. He will be missed.
Although I met Eric only once -- I admired his creativity in having one-off cars built to his passion and zeal and they were driven! RIP
Didn't know much about him, but did see the '32 displayed at the Speedway museum. The details on the car really are amazing. These are basically duplicates of what's already been posted, just alternate views from a different camera... And this is the Eric Zausner Spindizzies Foundation gallery area at the Museum of American Speed. It was a cool collection to see: Never met him but it's clear he was a multi-talented guy, with a huge legacy, and will be missed.
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