Register now to get rid of these ads!

Customs strange body, any guess what?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Hollywood-East, Apr 16, 2016.

  1. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
    Posts: 2,155

    Hollywood-East
    Member

    Interesting body, Never seen anything like it? NCM_1348.JPG NCM_1349.JPG NCM_1350.JPG look's like p1800 front,356 roof/windshield, mid yr vette rear to me?
     
  2. 31Dodger
    Joined: Mar 24, 2011
    Posts: 5,189

    31Dodger
    Member

    Might be one of these. 1959 Victress....the shape of the C pillar is the same.... Picture 20294.jpg
     

    Attached Files:

  3. Stu D Baker
    Joined: Mar 4, 2005
    Posts: 2,815

    Stu D Baker
    Member
    from Illinois

    Maybe kit car body from early 50's? LaDawri (sp), etc. Also kind of resembles a Peerless at first look.
     
  4. lurker mick
    Joined: Jun 1, 2001
    Posts: 2,981

    lurker mick
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    I agree, a Victress c-2 coupe.

    Mick
     
    51 BIRD likes this.
  5. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
    Posts: 2,155

    Hollywood-East
    Member

    Damn! I have to agree Victress looks like a dead ringer! Thanx, know one I know could nail it..Thanx Dodger
     
  6. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
    Posts: 2,155

    Hollywood-East
    Member

    reading I believe the difference from C2 an C3 is wheelbase, I'm thinking the one I posted is C3 believe the wheelbase was a 100" an change..
     
  7. slack
    Joined: Aug 18, 2014
    Posts: 544

    slack
    Member

    It needs to be a g***er IMHO. :D
     
  8. GearheadsQCE
    Joined: Mar 23, 2011
    Posts: 3,670

    GearheadsQCE
    Alliance Vendor

  9. 49ratfink
    Joined: Feb 8, 2004
    Posts: 25,100

    49ratfink
    Member
    from California

    makes me itch just looking at it.
     
    dana barlow, brad2v, Hnstray and 2 others like this.
  10. aircap
    Joined: Mar 10, 2011
    Posts: 1,822

    aircap
    Member

    Trailerfull of awesome is what it is.
     
  11. James D
    Joined: Feb 8, 2007
    Posts: 4,982

    James D
    Member

    That's really cool. Way better styled than most of these things. The C3 shown looks a lot wider than the bare body.
     
    Atwater Mike likes this.
  12. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
    Posts: 2,155

    Hollywood-East
    Member

    James, I think the Kmart wheel covers have that effect... Wth
     
    34toddster likes this.
  13. HOTRODPRIMER
    Joined: Jan 3, 2003
    Posts: 64,889

    HOTRODPRIMER
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    I like it,I noticed it's not cut for a rear gl*** so a larger rear gl*** would be cool. HRP
     
    dana barlow and volvobrynk like this.
  14. Vettetangamaro
     
    Last edited: Apr 17, 2016
  15. Hnstray
    Joined: Aug 23, 2009
    Posts: 12,357

    Hnstray
    Member
    from Quincy, IL

    Are you going to buy it? I was a big fan of the fibergl*** kit car in the late '50s and for at least a decade thereafter. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I was too young and broke and had no serious tools and no garage at the time! :(

    But the IDEA of building one of these little beauties into a real car was oh so appealing. It is still is somewhat appealing and I now have most of what I lacked back then. But I have also gained some experience and insight and now realize the enormous work it would take to stuff that tasty pastry shell to make a real automobile. But, maybe if............:)

    Ray
     
  16. partssaloon
    Joined: Jan 28, 2009
    Posts: 815

    partssaloon
    Member

    Hollywood-East and Hnstray like this.
  17. Mr48chev
    Joined: Dec 28, 2007
    Posts: 36,043

    Mr48chev
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    That one is still in the raw fibergl*** but looks like it spent it's live indoors since it popped out of the mold. I think originally they gave you a list of what windshield, back light and door gl*** you needed but what you see sitting there is what you got and you built the car from there. Not a true kit car as we know them now by any stretch of the imagination.
     
    Hnstray likes this.
  18. Where does it make you itch, right now I am itching in my nether regions. :eek: :D :D

    I absolutely hate to admit this but I really want it. I already have an A that I cannot afford to build but I still really want it.

    G***er is correct but built along the lines if the mustang that the MALCO Brothers and Ohio George campaigned. Maybe with a more obsolete mill and ****** because I have one that needs a home. :D Or built in a road race ch***is like a Shelby Cobra. Maybe with a small block Cobra mill or a tunnel port.

    Damn it my mind is racing now, somebody call me so I can talk and separate this from the dozen other things that are running around in there today. :(

    Very cool body by the way and if I had not read about it earlier in the thread I would have said that it is a '60s kit body. I guess the original being '59 isn't far off.
     
    Hollywood-East and Hnstray like this.
  19. oj
    Joined: Jul 27, 2008
    Posts: 6,590

    oj
    Member

    How much were they asking?
     
  20. volvobrynk
    Joined: Jan 30, 2011
    Posts: 3,587

    volvobrynk
    Member
    from Denmark

  21. volvobrynk likes this.
  22. Hot Rods Ta Hell
    Joined: Apr 20, 2008
    Posts: 4,779

    Hot Rods Ta Hell
    Member

    1600 OBO written on the body.

    Is it fresh out of a surviving mold? The casting looks shiny and new, not 55 years old.
    To trim it out with gl***, opening doors, hood will be a LOT of work. Open canvas for a grille (early Vette, 55 Chevy egg crate).

    Drop it on a vintage ch***is to escape smog inspections and you could drop your choice of powerplant in it... Though it would be tempting to buy a totaled late model Supercar or Vette at auction and drop this body on it.
     
    volvobrynk and Hnstray like this.
  23. I can see gl*** being a real problem seeing as how I have no idea what it was built to use. ;)

    Doors would be a headach, but it does give you the option of gull wings doesn't it. at the very least let the doors open into the top to make it easier for an old coot to get in and out.:D
     
    dana barlow likes this.
  24. something like this would be cool

    chitah.jpg
     
  25. rgdavid
    Joined: Feb 3, 2014
    Posts: 346

    rgdavid
    Member

    ******,
    How about nose high in the air g***er look but with a flip top a le funny car,
    No doors needed.
     
  26. slack
    Joined: Aug 18, 2014
    Posts: 544

    slack
    Member

    You ain't right ******. I should know, I ain't either.:D
     
    Last edited: Apr 17, 2016
  27. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
    Posts: 2,155

    Hollywood-East
    Member

    It's following me Home.... NCM_1355.JPG NCM_1357.JPG
     
  28. Hnstray
    Joined: Aug 23, 2009
    Posts: 12,357

    Hnstray
    Member
    from Quincy, IL

Share This Page

Register now to get rid of these ads!

Archive

Copyright © 1995-2021 The Jalopy Journal: Steal our stuff, we'll kick your teeth in. Terms of Service. Privacy Policy.

Atomic Industry
Forum software by XenForo™ ©2010-2014 XenForo Ltd.