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07-26-2012, 09:57 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2008
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What kind of car is this?
Friend snapped some pics of this car on the highway:
 
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07-26-2012, 10:00 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Michigan
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Re: What kind of car is this?
I agree. Totally hand-made body.
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07-26-2012, 10:00 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Beautifull Black Hills of South Dakota
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Looks like a "Special" a sports rod made from bits and pieces. Notice the back fenders look like pickup units?
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07-26-2012, 10:01 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Strathroy Ontario Canada
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Wow,thats cool!Waiting for the "Henway" joke.
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07-26-2012, 10:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Boone, Nc
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Possibly started off as a triumph... Notice headlight with portions of front and rear fenders...
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07-26-2012, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: NY - The land of Taxes, Fees & NO Gun Rights
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Re: What kind of car is this?
The tail lights are '59 Pontiac
Steering wheel is a Grant |
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07-26-2012, 10:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Benson, Arizona
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Re: What kind of car is this?
I'd say that there is somebody's project.....yep!
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07-26-2012, 10:41 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Upstate New York, watching my New Yorker Rust
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Re: What kind of car is this?
'59 Star Chief or Bonneville at that. Could be anything underneath that tinwork.
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07-26-2012, 11:12 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: cocoa florida
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Re: What kind of car is this?
modified Muntz?
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07-26-2012, 11:24 PM
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Grenade Inspector
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Must be pretty rare with that V5 engine in it. check out the tail pipes...
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07-26-2012, 11:31 PM
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Location: Ridgefield, Ct.
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Dog Bone radiator cap used as a gas cap.
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07-26-2012, 11:39 PM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
It may be a 50 something hand built sports racer that someone (customized) in the early 60's It could be pretty interesting if it was put back in the trim it was originally built with.
I wish he had taken a couple of shots from the front.
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07-26-2012, 11:45 PM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Beats me but when I see 1950's fiberglass it makes me think of Ruth Hampton. VAVAVAVOOM
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07-27-2012, 12:04 AM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Looks cool
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07-27-2012, 12:49 AM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
I'll bet the fins are in the trunk for transport...
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07-27-2012, 08:37 AM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
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07-27-2012, 08:41 AM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
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07-27-2012, 08:42 AM
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Duh, it's a Cadillac Escalade.
or, were you lookingat the Pontiac GrandAm? 
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07-27-2012, 08:45 AM
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Re: What kind of car is this?
from the looks of the exhaust pipes it was powered by one of those experimental NASA V-5's
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