Todays "Whatisit?" # 6

[Greg Myers]

[1930fordpickup]

Home Brew.

[Snake45]

Dunno what it is, but I'm wondering if that hood is long enough to stuff an Allison under.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Looks like an extremely butchered Morgan

[Joe Handley]

Could be another homebuilt racecar.

[thatz4u]

A flathead powered #32 race car, with Ford dog dish hubcaps

[Ace-Garageguy]

With the red scallops and what appears to be a rounded fin sticking up behind the seats, I'd venture to guess it's at least partially inspired by the Gee Bee racing plane.

Just an FYI...homebuilt cars don't HAVE to be fugly.

Edited October 27, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Greg Myers]

Max Balchowsky's Old Yeller

and from Red Line Models http://redlinemodels.com/mm63.html

Edited October 27, 2014 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]

and Old Yeller #7

[wisdonm]

1941 Ford speedster, and it could be yours for under $9000.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/ford/unspecified/1690382.html

[Ace-Garageguy]

FYI: The blurb on the car states it has a 1939 Ford trans, and then later that "these were non-synchro transmissions".

Wrong, and typical of the constant regurgitation of mis-information distributed as fact.

The '39 Ford gearbox was synchronized on 2nd and 3rd gears, just not on first. So, if it's hard to make the 1-2 shift, and the 2-3 shift...and back down...either it isn't a '39 box, or the synchros are worn out, or the clutch isn't dis-engaging completely.

How much of the rest of it is mistaken or just plain BS?

EDIT: Geez, I'm sorry. There's another one. The blurb states the "hood appears to have been manufactured in a aircraft manufacturing plant, indicative of its flush-rivet hinges". Huh? (I won't even mention the fractured English) Any competent aircraft sheetmetal guy working anywhere can do flush-riveting. It doesn't take a "manufacturing plant".

Small things? Yeah, but I just get so entirely tired of people running on about things they know nothing about, spreading wrong information while posing as experts.

Edited October 27, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Greg Myers]

Small things? Yeah, but I just get so entirely tired of people running on about things they know nothing about, spreading wrong information while posing as experts.

Main reason I stopped my Hot Rod subscription.

I also wonder as we get older and more along in our hobby's and at the same time more knowledgeable in it's content that we get to a point where these things really jump out at you.

[Greg Myers]

so let's just finish this one off with a few more pictures.