Hot Rods What is this race car?

Apologies if already posted. Saw this on FB and was wondering if anyone else had an info on it?

 

Stylish!

 

Top chopped Aussie Chevy sloper with 35 Ford grille and Chevy hood sides?

 

From the B-Pillar forward kinda look's like a 33/34 Ford 5 window. From the B-Pillar back I dunno WTF happened...

 

34 Folkswagen, early Ford-German collaboration.

 

I’m very curious about this one. Thanks for posting it.

 

It has the vibe of suicide doors.

 

Are those door handles at the front of the doors?
Swage line seems to continue all the way through too.

 

One of the mid price cars in the mid 30s had a Silver Arrow inspired coupe, Studebaker maybe? Body looks modified to be sure but that was my 1st impression. Can't google an example but have a book at my shop I can look up. It is familiar.

 

Could be Swifty. Like this one?

 

That's a negative.

 

that is a HOT ROD race car built from junk they found oat the scrap yard on the day they went to build a HOT ROD race car. just imagine what you could find and the scrap yard in the 30's and 40's.

 

Quite probably but wonder what cars were melded together for it. From the one grainy 100ft away pic it looks well put together

 

Sure does. Also looks like real road racing and not speedway stockcar bash ém up racing. Notice the thick safety cable as barrier .

 

Down Under Thunder!

 

Argentina road racer?

 

vintage photoshop...

 

Found the original FB post. Apparently pic was taken at a long gone track in Kentucky.

Not much further info yet on the original thread.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/384578305585276/permalink/1143019433074489/

 

The back 1/4 window and roof remind me of a Lincoln


it even looks similar to some European Fords but the style line is different.

That’s a odd one

 

Another pic

 

Looks like the top off a Volkswagon.

 

Suicide doors; hinges at the rear edge. strap around A pillar and window frame. Almost looks like a GMC six in it but can't be sure. Heavy frame from the image; not a Ford frame. No Volkswagen sheet metal on it.

 

Chrysler Airflow come to mind.

 

I'm thinking the same thing. '34-36 Chrysler/DeSoto Airflow.

 

Suicide doors. Not the Airflow.

 

It's a little high in the center but it looks like they just chopped and layed back the roof on a '34 Ford Tudor sedan.

 

First off, I think its a dirt track, looks like the back straight in the background., a safety fence, and maybe even a pit area.

2nd, I think its a way newer picture then you guys think. Some of the cars in the background (especially the car above the grill/front bumper area, with a number on the door) which I think may be the pit area has much more modern cars in it. I'm guessing the 1970s.

3rd, I think the car has a cut up body. Could be the back 1/2 of the Lincoln body pictured earlier, but cut off between the two doors. The transition between the roof and the windshield seems pretty abrupt, like the windshield area was added. The door does not match the car, the top window frame is nowhere near matching the roof line, and the front edge doesn't match anything, and the cowl/firewall area looks to be pretty long for most cars of the era the body appears to be from. I suspect the frame is probably a truck frame, to support the massive front bumper.
Looks like he's moving pretty good. Wish there was a better picture of it!

 

Chopped up late 30s Desoto

Or ply-mouth

 

Looks like it ran a couple seasons maybe. 2nd pic its a different colour, no rear fenders or hood sides.

 

All bets are off on a circle track car. Front half could be 33-34 Ford. Rear could be dozens of different “aero” sedans. Might have been rebuilt several times in between those two photos. Lots of custom bodywork fit into the rules. Years ago, I did a post on early circle trackers. It’s fun to see how the “modifieds” evolved.