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Posted by: Gustl Jan 5 2009, 04:51 AM

... is this ??

I only know that it's a 50/60ies car from America

I'm sure anybody here knows


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Posted by: Gustl Jan 5 2009, 11:44 AM

too late - now I know the answer

if somebody want to guess ... just try

Gustl

Posted by: SLITS Jan 5 2009, 11:51 AM

I tried, but it isn't a 3 wheel GM concept car .... so it must be ... ta da ...

Ronnie Rayguns Super Speeder from his Star Wars program.

Posted by: Ferg Jan 5 2009, 12:14 PM

This car was just in a magazine... It's killing me, but I want to say It was built from a 356?

Ferg

Posted by: Gustl Jan 5 2009, 12:38 PM

hmmm ... don't know

it's a kit car that was designed to fit a VW, Fiat or Renault chassis

Gustl

Posted by: Gustl Jan 5 2009, 12:40 PM

maybe this one is easier ??



I know I've seen this one before, but currently it's not in my mind ...

Gustl

Posted by: ConeDodger Jan 5 2009, 12:48 PM

I think they only built 2 or 3 or that car though... Some engineer in Florida.

Posted by: Wilhelm Jan 5 2009, 12:54 PM

?????? The Suppository????????

Posted by: JmuRiz Jan 5 2009, 01:04 PM

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.

Posted by: Ferg Jan 5 2009, 01:22 PM

Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy

Posted by: Gustl Jan 5 2009, 04:16 PM

o.k. - that's it




so ... now go on with the green one

Posted by: Ferg Jan 5 2009, 04:19 PM

I'm thinking another kit?, not enough grill for old cooling systems, along with no hood straps or latches for old style latches.

tires/rims look wide for the period the car is modeled after.



Ferg

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 5 2009, 04:39 PM

The green one is a custom The Lincoln Zephyr grille is a like the one in this street rod and the head lights are like 1950 lincoln.


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Posted by: Ferg Jan 7 2009, 10:12 AM

Bump, as Rick seems right on, and I still can't find it

Posted by: Gustl Jan 7 2009, 01:51 PM

same here

Posted by: tdgray Jan 7 2009, 02:19 PM

It has something written on the front fender but it is way too small to see.

I thought the cars had to be production cars in your game Wolfgang?

Posted by: KELTY360 Jan 7 2009, 04:20 PM

I think you're correct on the headlights but the grille is from a LaSalle. The front bumper looks like it was a rear bumper from a Lincoln, maybe. This looks to be a very well done custom, probably from a prominent builder.

I'd like to see it from the rear and more detail on the interior.

Posted by: Gustl Jan 7 2009, 04:23 PM

correct - but as long as we don't know the solution we also don't know if it is (or not)
it might be a very little production run
we already had "production cars" with only 3-5 built items

I'm really currious about this one - I still think that I've seen it once

Gustl

Posted by: FourBlades Jan 7 2009, 04:24 PM

I think you guys are wrong about the first car...

I am pretty sure it is a Buick Platypus R300 made to commemorate the 1957 Australian Summer Olympics...

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 7 2009, 07:30 PM

Oh ya, LeSalle grille. The car may be a proto type. I found this toy car photo that kind of looks close. The link stated it was a proto type model 1940 LaSalle Roadster.


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Posted by: martin914 Jan 7 2009, 07:46 PM

hi. i think its a kaiser frasier

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 7 2009, 07:46 PM

FOUND IT!

[Unknown, Beverly Hills, USA] Maverick, a sporty-looking convertible coupe a la Jaguar XK150, on the 1952 Cadillac chassis; six of them were reportedly built. [source: Muller & Hensel, Germany]. Another Database visitor, Rob Muirhead, adds that this rare model was built by Maverick Motors of Mountain View, California, from 1953 to 1955. They were three passenger cars on the Cadillac chassis, available with optional wheel base from from 122 to 130 inches; the finished car was 16 feet long. These where available with 1, 2, 3 or no doors and they had a spun copper instrument panel with a Stewart-Warner vacuum gauge, tachometer and a 160 mph speedometer; the car had plastic covered seats and floor and the floor was made from half inch marine plywood. According to Rob's source, 10 were built (not 6), one of them even had a roof [a removable hardtop ?].

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_drm/ls2cvsrv.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_txt/Drm55.htm&usg=__OTzppPK5PR82w-ODvaVuW-q7ozs=&h=150&w=286&sz=8&hl=en&start=96&sig2=qPWQ6Ain6e1jC0eKpshLJA&um=1&tbnid=94LWi8iW2J0wAM:&tbnh=60&tbnw=115&ei=XVhlScnrMqPeMJDkwaME&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1940%2BLaSalle%2Broadster%26start%3D80%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN


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Posted by: Ferg Jan 7 2009, 08:23 PM

Cool!

So they were built back in the day, neat.

Ferg

Posted by: Gustl Jan 12 2009, 11:43 AM

wow - I'm deeply impressed


what about this one:





Gustl

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 12 2009, 01:18 PM

Hmmmm... It has Cummingham and Scaraab styling with Ferrari bird cage design.

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Jan 12 2009, 01:31 PM

[quote name='Ferg' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:22 AM' post='1117842']

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.
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Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy
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Posted by: Ferg Jan 12 2009, 03:22 PM

[quote name='So.Cal.914' date='Jan 12 2009, 12:31 PM' post='1120839']
[quote name='Ferg' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:22 AM' post='1117842']

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.
[/quote]


Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy
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Posted by: RJMII Jan 13 2009, 01:10 PM

anyone find the red one yet?