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**Ryan** · 03-16-2012, 09:04 AM

Carl Fleischmann was a genius. Not the kind that walks around in a white coat and spits out calculations from the top of his head, but the kind that sneaks around quietly and drops intellectual bombs when you least expect it. He was known in the 1950...

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koth · 03-16-2012, 10:27 AM

Thanks for sharing this article. You're right, that is a incredibly cool car. I read the article as well, it just makes me grin, wanting more! I would really like to know what he did next to improve it!

Tman · 03-16-2012, 10:32 AM

One of the coolest cars of the 50s IMHO.

flamingokid · 03-16-2012, 11:52 AM

When you're ahead of your time,it takes awhile for the parts people to catch up with you.

kiwiandy · 03-16-2012, 02:43 PM

Be cool to see it surface again!

autobilly · 03-16-2012, 04:31 PM

What a totally bitchen roadster! Check out this old thread for a bit more info:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=407749

**hotrd32** · 03-16-2012, 04:43 PM

Genius indeed..................thanks autobilly for the link.....so Jimmy B knows who has the roadster now?

autobilly · 03-16-2012, 04:45 PM

Jimmy B knows everything!

Jkustom · 03-16-2012, 07:30 PM

Super Duper Charged?

Rad little car!

moefuzz · 03-17-2012, 12:27 AM

Hacking off the tops of Strombergs today would be considered a cardinal sin,
not that I know what that is or why a red bird has a sin named after him but,
I wonder if that was for hood clearance, and then we see pictures of a car with no hood???

wtfinch?

Shaggy · 03-17-2012, 06:14 AM

I'd drool all over it because i want to prove that old tech is as good as new exept that parts were less plentiful(cams, valve springs, ect.....)

As for the stromberg tops, they are one of the worst flowing parts of those carbs and he couldnt pull enough air so they simply cut them off....

MUNDSTER · 03-18-2012, 12:56 PM

He is said to be a genius, and he used disc brakes. Maybe I'm not so dumb (untraditional) after all?

03-16-2012, 09:04 AM	#1
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,606	The Dual Charged Roadster Carl Fleischmann was a genius. Not the kind that walks around in a white coat and spits out calculations from the top of his head, but the kind that sneaks around quietly and drops intellectual bombs when you least expect it. He was known in the 1950... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

03-16-2012, 10:27 AM	#2
koth Alliance Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 161	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Thanks for sharing this article. You're right, that is a incredibly cool car. I read the article as well, it just makes me grin, wanting more! I would really like to know what he did next to improve it! __________________ "Look here son, I ain't never had too much fun!"

03-16-2012, 10:32 AM	#3
Tman Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Beautifull Black Hills of South Dakota Posts: 28,172	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster One of the coolest cars of the 50s IMHO. __________________ Open for business, website in developement www.compulsionrodandcustom.com

03-16-2012, 11:52 AM	#4
flamingokid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Olathe,Kansas Posts: 1,049	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster When you're ahead of your time,it takes awhile for the parts people to catch up with you.

03-16-2012, 02:43 PM	#5
kiwiandy Grenade Inspector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 326	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Be cool to see it surface again!

03-16-2012, 04:31 PM	#6
autobilly Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tweed, Australia Posts: 2,524	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster What a totally bitchen roadster! Check out this old thread for a bit more info: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=407749 __________________ RETRO Spec. (tive) -Getting to where you're going by knowing where you've come from.

03-16-2012, 04:43 PM	#7
hotrd32 Alliance Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: WA Posts: 2,639	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Genius indeed..................thanks autobilly for the link.....so Jimmy B knows who has the roadster now? __________________ "Life ain't no dress rehearsal"

03-16-2012, 04:45 PM	#8
autobilly Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tweed, Australia Posts: 2,524	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Jimmy B knows everything! __________________ RETRO Spec. (tive) -Getting to where you're going by knowing where you've come from.

03-16-2012, 07:30 PM	#9
Jkustom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: west seattle, wa. Posts: 1,553	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Super Duper Charged? Rad little car! __________________ "where you goin', city boy?" "Thanks for the big burnout you done leaving JCustom,they heard it on the third floor." - Hambandy

03-17-2012, 12:27 AM	#10
moefuzz Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Under A Clean V8 Posts: 4,893	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster Hacking off the tops of Strombergs today would be considered a cardinal sin, not that I know what that is or why a red bird has a sin named after him but, I wonder if that was for hood clearance, and then we see pictures of a car with no hood??? wtfinch? __________________ .. Wise men talk about ideas, ordinary men talk about things, fools talk about each other Last edited by moefuzz; 03-17-2012 at 12:39 AM. Reason: me fail spelling? That's unpossible!

03-17-2012, 06:14 AM	#11
Shaggy Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sultan, WA Posts: 4,765	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster I'd drool all over it because i want to prove that old tech is as good as new exept that parts were less plentiful(cams, valve springs, ect.....) As for the stromberg tops, they are one of the worst flowing parts of those carbs and he couldnt pull enough air so they simply cut them off.... __________________ Wanted 26-27 roadster D-lid

03-18-2012, 12:56 PM	#12
MUNDSTER Grenade Inspector Join Date: May 2011 Location: Calistoga, Ca Posts: 115	Re: The Dual Charged Roadster He is said to be a genius, and he used disc brakes. Maybe I'm not so dumb (untraditional) after all?

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