History Is the Joe Gemsa T roadster still around?

It’s for sale folks
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1115096932690220/

 

Absolutely wild!

Can anyone figure out what steering box is in it, or what main caps are used to hold the box down?

Since my frame is the exact same, I'm trying to figure out my steering.

 

Thanx for the notification. Do you know what magazine that article is from?

 

Listed as a 29? and doesn’t have the OHC in it.

 

Was built before 1964 as well. Its not the same car without Gemsa's mill in it.

 

The original engine had a single overhead cam "Gemsa" head.
The engine in it now is a rocker arm " Gemsa" head.
They both use the same head casting!
The original exhaust is still on it.

 

Nice to know it is still out there, hope it finds a nice new home.

Bob

 

I believe the present owner knows where the original motor is. As I remember it's in New York.

 

I have a Gemsa built Rutherford head it goes well and produces a lot of torque unfortunately its not that good for the street as it is a bit twitchy it goes best with Winfield SR carbs it all about the airflow.

 

I know this is an old thread, but I went to look at a TR6 the other day and the guy had this T bucket in his yard under a cover with a Joe Gemsa air cooled airplane engine, would anyone know any info or history about this

 

I never met Gemsa, but a good friend mine, now deceased knew both Joe Gemsa and Wes Cooper and he was a banger fanatic himself and owned a 27 with a B block, C crank he told me that you never mentioned the other one while in the presence of the other. Although he liked Joe he felt he was a little flaky and preferred Wes. He bought and traded with both of them. The car he was building was a 27 roadster that had a timing tag from the last Muroc meet before the Army Air Force kicked them off because of WWII. When he died, everything went to his grandson and then disappeared. He had zillions of stories about both of them and a big banger stash of his own. I enjoyed all the time I spent with him and helping him play with the banger parts and other rare items destined for the build that never happened because of his death. As far as I can tell, most it not all the parts are still somewhere in the Imperial Valley around El Centro.

 

I was lucky to meet them both back in the 1970's. Guys you read about in Rod & Custom and a few small club newsletters. I had built this image of Joe Gemsa's machine shop that was such a failure once I saw it was two box trailers with the axles ripped out of them. He lived on a corner with a mailbox on two streets, home address and shop address on the other. Still think that is funny to this day. You wrote letter back in those days, and sent photos of projects, still have them, good times, good memories.

 

Does anyone know who bought this back in 2022? Or where it might be today? I have the original engine from this car and would like to connect with the cars current owner.

 

Gemsa and son were strong competitors in Little Eliminator during the 60s at Fontana.

 

That would be nice to see, car & engine reunited.

Bob