COOP666 Posted April 8, 2012 Share #3301 Posted April 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Forgot - here's a photo of the whole car!! 0044823-037.Jpg by COOP666, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 Hi COOP666, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted April 8, 2012 Share #3302 Posted April 8, 2012 Coop - I'm glad you chose this rare beauty and gave us a good look at it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 9, 2012 Share #3303 Posted April 9, 2012 The body looks like an Atlas, one of the first independently manufactured fiberglass bodies made in the mid 1950's. It was made from a mold copied from the Cisitalia 202 and was originally made in coupe and roadster form for the MGTD chassis. I knew someone who had rolled his TD at Willow Springs destroying the body and re-bodied it with an Atlas roadster body. It was built like a tank and added a lot of weight to the MG. It did nothing for the performance and made a mild car even milder. But when put on the Thompson car with a Kurtis chassis and a big bore V8, it must have been terrifyingly quick. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted April 9, 2012 Share #3304 Posted April 9, 2012 Coop, may I suggest that you give this one to Jevidon as he correctly identified the body manufacturer while I only questioned what the engine and chassis combination might be. He also is very correct about the era and the application for those first bodies. As an interesting aside, one of the three principals in the Atlas / Allied Fiberglass company was a man named Bill Burke who is credited for building the first aircraft belly tank dry lakes hot rod in 1946. Burke also worked for Petersen Publishing at that time and it was Robert Petersen's Cisitalia from which that first body mold was taken. Love your automotive pictures, Coop, and hope to see more of them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOP666 Posted April 9, 2012 Share #3305 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) Then we have a winner. Small world note: My friend Bobby Green, who races a period-correct belly tanker at Bonneville & El Mirage, recently purchased one of Bill Burke's original "Sweet 16" belly tankers. He is doing research right now to do a full restoration. (some photos of Bobby's shop & collection) Edited April 9, 2012 by COOP666 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted April 10, 2012 Share #3306 Posted April 10, 2012 Outstanding, Coop! Sounds like a really interesting and worthwhile project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 12, 2012 Share #3307 Posted April 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jevidon - It's over to you. Please post our next "puzzle" car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 12, 2012 Share #3308 Posted April 12, 2012 I'm thinking. I'm thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 13, 2012 Share #3309 Posted April 13, 2012 This appears to be a fiberglass bodied special, perhaps by Devon, late '50s, early '60s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 13, 2012 Share #3310 Posted April 13, 2012 Spelling is wrong, but you guessed correctly. Actually, it is a 1955 Devin Crosley Special, one of many put together in the 1950's. Later, the body was available lengthened and made wider to accommodate larger chassis including big thumping V8's. The body was probably molded from a Stanguellini or Bandini of the period. You have the next one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 13, 2012 Share #3311 Posted April 13, 2012 Typo corrections. Spelling is wrong, but you guessed correctly. Actually, it is a 1955 Devin Crosley Special, one of many put together in the 1950's. Later, the body was lengthened and made wider to accommodate larger chassis and big thumping V8's. The body was probably molded from a Stanguellini or Bandini of the period. You have the next one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 14, 2012 Share #3312 Posted April 14, 2012 Thank you, James, ands thanks too for accepting my spelling - among my greatest weaknesses. Let's try this one: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1982776'>More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 14, 2012 Share #3313 Posted April 14, 2012 LeMans Bugatti "tank", late 1930's, aka Type 57G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 15, 2012 Share #3314 Posted April 15, 2012 James - Correct. Your turn. I'll post a complete photo in about 10 hours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 15, 2012 Share #3315 Posted April 15, 2012 Here's a picture of teh Bug Tank that James got so quickly. Your turn. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1983685'>More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 16, 2012 Share #3316 Posted April 16, 2012 Note that under the smooth and streamlined body shell lurks the traditional horse shoe radiator shell. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1985160'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 16, 2012 Share #3317 Posted April 16, 2012 James - Neat. Your turn to post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 17, 2012 Share #3318 Posted April 17, 2012 This should be easy. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1985519'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 17, 2012 Share #3319 Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) James - To get it started I'll guess 1930s, US made, perhaps in Indiana at the ACD factory? Edited April 17, 2012 by stuny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted April 17, 2012 Share #3320 Posted April 17, 2012 1930's is correct. All the rest was not. Anyone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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