Hot Rods Lost "Special"

A friend from my military days built this "special" back in the day. Like so many of us it got sold along the way. He sold, repurchased and sold again 27 years ago so the trail is pretty cold but I thought I'd post and see if the HAMB magic worked again. It originally ran a flathead but he pulled that and installed a Nissan (Datsun) engine of some kind before selling it the last time. He says it was based on a '40 Ford but I assume he meant the chassis cause I don't see any '40 in the body. He currently lives in Kentucky so perhaps it was purchased by someone in that area.

 

Holy Cow.

 

So ugly it is cute! Looks like some 40 in the windshield.

 

It needs to go here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/specials.720448/

I'll post.

 

It looks like he did a really good job on the body. I like the design. More pictures of the car would be good.

Do you know anything about how the body was built? The front end looks like it might be fiberglass.

 

Wow Sarge, thank goodness you brought this back to the top after eight years. The OP is still out there beating the bushes.

 

Does anyone else appreciate the design and execution of this home-built car? Any ideas on if it's steel and/or fiberglass?

 

Alwrong, then let's hear some critiques/complaints about the car. Too much like an English sports car? The wire hubcaps could be changed.

The HAMB, supposedly into finding period builds, couldn't be bothered with this one. This is one of the most interesting cars I've seen on the HAMB.

 

Paging all HAMB detectives to the front desk. All HAMB detectives to the front desk.

 

I think the designer and builder of this car deserves a great deal of credit for design and execution. It’s not an XKE but a one of a kind creation, made by an amateur who made a lot of great design decisions and executed it well . I’d love to know if it’s steel or some other material and if he used parts from other bodies or hand formed the panels.

 

Sorry to all for no responses, I have no other info about the car other than what was originally posted. I've lost contact with the guy that originally built it. Given the context of the time period that the car was built it was pretty well done to my old eyes

 

If so, does it look like it was narrowed a tad? Some of the fender shapes look like 40 Ford.

 

From the reawakening of this thread I've contacted mutual friends to see if the builder is still up and kicking. If I make contact with him I'll post some more details

 

Those could also be '40 headlight trims, under a lot of filler.

 

Here's where the '40 Ford bits remain. Take a look at the rear window, for example.

 

I'm guessing that he sliced and diced a parts car 40 Ford to make the foundation on which he laid fiberglass.