More photos of the 1955 Ford Pop based Special, recently featured on Henry Cole’s Shed & Buried Classic Cars. A very well built car, bespoke alloy body, 1172cc side valve engine with three speed gearbox.
Ford Flathead Festival (Melbourne, Oz) Sunday 20 Oct. Recreation of the Eldred Norman Special; and two pics of the original from 1949-1950 at Woodville, South Australia [State Library of South Australia] ... plus a link to a primotipo article about it https://primotipo.com/tag/eldred-norman/
This 1932 Amilcar M2 just popped up for sale on a local website. It was my project a good 35 years ago. I never got further than bead blasting the whole thing and painting the chassis, springs and axles. Only body panels i had were the hood and firewall. I sold it to a old fella who only had one arm . The funds payed for the deposit on buying the house and garage i,m still in. He told me as a youngster in Amsterdam he had a Amilcar and wanted to replicate his old car. About 20 years ago he sent me a photo of the wooden structure he was making for the boat-tail body. Anyhow the ad says still not finished due to health reasons . btw, this car is just a little to sturdy for the cyclecar thread.
Snow Sefton with the 'Strathpine Special' racing car outside his garage (formerly Bagwell's Garage), Gympie Road, Strathpine, late 1940s; Ford V8 and mainly Ford parts - State Library of Queensland; more about the car from primotipo: https://primotipo.com/tag/strathpine-v8-special/
'Pete Trapnell's 1935 Ford V8 Special lined up with other cars at the Historic Leyburn Sprints, 17-18 August, 2013' - photo by Tom Anthony; State Library of Queensland; photo is copyright but is licensed under Creative Commons, so can be used but not for commercial purposes - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
What a great little car, I just wish I had €80K to spare! https://www.oldtimerservice-kranz.de/listings/1932-riley-9-special/
Thompson Products, Inc. was a Cleveland OH company that merged with Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation in 1958 to form Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc., which later became TRW Inc. I wonder if that is the same Thompson Products? They were big in early aviation too. EDIT: Also note the headrest. That must have been one of the earliest cars to have used a headrest, whch I have traced back as early as 1934.
Sure. And if she was good at driving I just may give her the job. I've done a photo shoot with a friend's girlfriend in/on my street rods for a calendar as a gift to her boyfriend. Years ago my wife made a quarter mile pass in my RPU. And I often offer fans the opportunity to let their kiddies sit in my altered for a photo op. Its all good for the hobby.
Posted on FB by Buckland Automotive said this is a 1918 Caddy chassis. The metal work they posted it worth a visit.
The person that posted it said it was a Bugatti I’m no Bugattiologist It’s super cool no matter what it is Is that a Packard next to it?
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