Is this '39-'40 Ford AI?

[Brian Austin]

This picture accompanied an article on Ford's "hemp" car.  I'm suspicious already since Ford built a prototype for a soybean car that looked nothing like this.  What caught my eye in the above image was the bodywork.  Looks like a '37-'38 hump.

[Brian Austin]

Soybean car   https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-truth-about-henry-fords-soybean-car/

[Brian Austin]

Several internet articles claim the bodywork composition included hemp, but I think they're playing that up for clicks. 

Anyway I thought the odd couple at the top was interesting.  Would make an interesting kitbash?

[stitchdup]

I'm going with ai. it has a 42 ford style split in the rear fender but not in the fronts and the grille looks too flat and finally the join between the rear of the roof and the trunk just doesn't look fordlike

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

Boy oh boy. Soy and hemp. That ought to be a big hit with a particular market segment today, ya think?

I'm going with 99% likelihood it's an AI mashup.

I just don't understand people's seeming need to constantly post lies and fake information.

THIS is the famous image of Mr. Ford hitting a soy-based panel with an axe....and it's obviously an entirely different roofline.

And below is the actual soy-based plastic-bodied car from 1941, with a link to another article about it.    

                            https://myflatheadford.com/fords-little-known-soybean-car/

 

Edited yesterday at 01:03 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[Rob Hall]

As an aside, a '38 Ford would make a great kit subject, IMO...always liked the front end styling of that year in standard and deluxe trim..

Edited yesterday at 01:12 PM by Rob Hall

[slusher]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

 

Boy oh boy. Soy and hemp. That ought to be a big hit with a particular market segment today, ya think?

I'm going with 99% likelihood it's an AI mashup.

I just don't understand people's seeming need to constantly post lies and fake information.

THIS is the famous image of Mr. Ford hitting a soy-based panel with an axe....and it's obviously an entirely different roofline.

And below is the actual soy-based plastic-bodied car from 1941, with a link to another article about it.    

                            https://myflatheadford.com/fords-little-known-soybean-car/

 

I never knew about this car…

[Russell C]

I'd say fake artificial un-intelligence, where it looks like a computer program trying to cobble together what it guesses a '40 Ford looks like. The headlights / bezels don't look right in shape or in perspective, and the fingers the guy has on the axe handle don't look right at all. The two guys also look like twins of President Lyndon Johnson.

[NOBLNG]

Why is that man beating it with a salami?

[Ace-Garageguy]

30 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Why is that man beating it with a salami?

Isn't that how you get recalcitrant old cars to start? 

It always works for me...

[Mattblack]

It was an early crash test in case Chevrolet developed salami-based bodywork.

[thatz4u]

3 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Why is that man beating it with a salami?

not a salami, look close, it's an axe handle, he's pretesting it before Henry's test..