Hot Rods What is this?

I have the chance to buy this. The only history is it had an Olds J-2 and it came from Eastern Washington. It appears to never have been finished, there are no brackets welded to the frame. The best I can tell the casting date on the wheels is 1964. Thanks for any clues to class and builder.

Don

 

Hmm..... T Bucket chassis done tube style. Cool.

 

thats badass

 

Not completely certain, but Dragmaster and Eeelco both made chassis similar to that.

 

There was also Speed Improvements out of Long Beach that offered that same style frame assembled and in kit form.

All were intended for T bodies.

 

LS&A I think you are right, boy been a lot of years but I believe your on it. Speed Improvements had a chassis a lot like that. Lippy

 

I thought the same thing with the DRAGMASTER stuff at first glance, but I think one of their selling points was torsion bars at both ends. EELCO or Speed Improvements would be the deal. I'll dig up my Car Craft mags from that era tomorrow and see what it is. It's cool either way!

 

I'm thinking it may have been built from an S.I. kit but the front torsion bar/friction shock plates have me stumped. Either way, looks to be early/mid 60s era and could probably do with some gussets between the rails at the rear. Cool find.

 

Dragmaster did offer torsion bars, oriented front to rear (in the front). This one almost looks like it was intended, but VW style, like an early dragster. Maybe it was just for friction shocks?

 

We owned a fiat altered with a similar chassis , it was indeed a kit for a "T" roadster but was built by Roy Fjstad. A local fabricator Don Puhto (Industrial Metalcraft) added uprights,a cage and tin/firewall, port injected SBC/clutchflite 25% back. It was a tough little car as a new owner flipped it at the St. George drags about '71 and walked away.

 

I would scoop it for the only fact that it has 12 spoke spindle mounts on the front!!!!

 

Thats a cool T frame. Never seen one of those but I'd rock it.

 

Here's another view of the rear

Don

 

Front suspension pix

Don

 

Did a little bit of digging last night, and at this point can rule out Dragmaster. Their frames were round tube but very basic square kinda designs, and torsion bars were a big deal with them. I'll dig more today after I gat back in from working.

 

dang don't have any clue but is awesome