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hemi
11-06-2003, 07:46 PM
Because they were too small for anything else.


http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload/500747-jimbantam.jpg

1938 model, I've never seen a stock one until today.....Carrazy.
Unkl Ian
11-06-2003, 07:49 PM
Suprizingly,they are actually wider than a T bucket.I've got a shitty old 'glas Bantum body that needs a home.
slacker_53
11-06-2003, 08:35 PM
When you get rid of all the crap that doesn't belong on a dragster, what you have left is LIGHT...

It's the same with Willys, they have about 1/3 the sheetmetal, in thickness, as anything else. Stuff a big inch mill in there and go rac'in!!

Cool little Bantam though, it looks like it needs some overloads................ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Brootal
11-06-2003, 09:55 PM
Obviously people were a LOT smaller in 1938!

Where were they made... Lilliput??
purple
11-07-2003, 03:31 AM
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I've got a shitty old 'glas Bantum body that needs a home.

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<font color="purple"> I fit just fine in them, even the coupes. I would take the 'glas one off your hands, but it would end up on a Datsun frame. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif </font>
beatnik
11-07-2003, 02:51 PM
Here's a couple of shots of a stock one. I'm doing one and it's pretty freaking small.


http://photo.starblvd.net/~beatnik/2-1-1.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/~beatnik/2-1-2.jpg
NealinCA
11-07-2003, 02:56 PM
I think I saw the one Beatnik posted at the LA Roadster Show. It was the first stock one I had seen. I couldn't believe how small it was.

Neal
Bruce Lancaster
11-07-2003, 03:09 PM
When I first saw my American Austin, it was parked next to a Crosley Hot Shot. The Crosley looked HUGE.
The coupe is actually the roomy model--you sit farther back than in the roadster, and about half of the underhood space is actually footroom. It's actually quite comfortable for two average people. The engine is about the size of a toaster--they could have put it in the glove compartment if they wanted more room.
Phil1934
11-07-2003, 05:57 PM
Now you can get one with an extended firewall but in the old days they cut a semicircle out of the trunk lid so they could sit between the tires. Still a good idea for a one passenger car.
Brootal
11-07-2003, 09:21 PM
LOL

TNEWENE... Cool number plate. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif