Under the heading of "You never know what you'll find on Craigs List", I'll add this one. I picked this up yesterday and got it home last night. This is no Hoodlum job, that build is beyond cool! I call this the Goulash Speedster" after my Step Mothers "whatever is in the fridge concoctions". This was actually at a car show here in town in 2005 and it drew a crowd all day. I remember thinking it was the real deal since the gentleman who had put it together had used a combination of skill and parts on hand to build it. The parts include some hand made aluminum panels and original sheet metal. Hyster forklift seats, and a boat windshield. The rest includes a Durant frame, a 39? Studebaker hood for the boat tail. 28 Chev fenders. The grill is early Hudson. Etc. The engine, trans, rear end and brakes are all from an old Datsun pickup. I have got it running pretty good today and had it out for a spin, big fun to drive! I know there are some of you who have some pretty cool Model A and T based speedsters and I would love to see more of them. Who else is playing with this type of build?
There is quite a group of "T" type speedsters in my area. These were at a show in San Jose, CA this past summer. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=28726
A project like that can fit any budget till the RIGHT ONE comes along. A lot more fun than the one being dreamed about. Think outside the box without getting carried away.
Thefingerisout, nice avitar, that is from a broom, had one years ago, didn't think I see another. Bob
Thanks, I found a huge stash of labels at an estate sale last summer and this is one that really stood out for me. I just changed my avatar today and scanned the image with the broom part cropped out.
Thanks boldventure and anteek. I'll check out the thread. Yes outside the box is where this car lives. I just smile every time I see it in my garage. You can't take yourself too serious when your playing with something like this. True fun!
Really different Joker! I just checked out this thread: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=28726 Now that is nice stuff. I wouldn't pretend to stack the Goulash up with a class like that. The only thing that makes it traditional is some of the raw materials and the hand fabrication. Though I am a fan of the little OHC rice burner engine, it really should have a flat head banger motor....Frontenac conversion....etc. But this car was put together with true spare parts. From what I have heard, no swap meet trips, etc. Certainly no credit limits were harmed during the building of this car. Yet a stop at the gas station had cell phone cameras out and questions galore. I am really curious to see if there are more of these "no budget" projects. Lets see em!
My "no budget" / "outside the box" project http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339315&highlight=roofus
Looks like fun. My wife would call it a Mulberry Speedster. She makes a soup she calls, in Afrikaans, moerbeisop, which means "mulberry soup"; though it is really moerbysop, which is pronounced the same and means, perhaps a bit euphemistically, "wallop-in soup", because it comprises walloping in whatever she can find in the kitchen.
Nice, out of the box and looking pretty cool! Love those Jag motors, kinda spendy on the parts, but they look bitchin.
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