a.j.z Posted August 17, 2020 Share #13461 Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) vor 4 Stunden schrieb 250swb: I think that is a big clue. So here goes, it's a Steyr-Puch 500. Yes, you got the clue! And yes, I did hide the doorhandle to make it not too 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! Edited August 17, 2020 by a.j.z 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=4028618'>More sharing options...
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250swb Posted August 17, 2020 Share #13462 Posted August 17, 2020 Nice car, small engined Fiat's have always been a favourite of mine, you wind them up and just don't slow down (if possible), great fun. So your clue was clever, and I'd forgotten about the SEAT connection that Wilson came up with, so something learned. I'll post a new one later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted August 17, 2020 Share #13463 Posted August 17, 2020 What is this? 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=4028870'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 17, 2020 Share #13464 Posted August 17, 2020 It looks like 1962 Ford Consul Capri but the external bumper mounted spare is new to me. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13465 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) An English Ford with a weird interpretation of a continental kit? I recall U.S. customers called them a Cortina. Edited August 18, 2020 by m410 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13466 Posted August 18, 2020 3 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: It looks like 1962 Ford Consul Capri but the external bumper mounted spare is new to me. Wilson Looks like the wheels are after market too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim J Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13467 Posted August 18, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) It does look like a Ford Consul Capri, but not with that rear wheel mounting. I'm struggling to think of any other cars with a rear end like that though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13468 Posted August 18, 2020 I hoped the rear wheel would fool you all, but obviously not for long. Over to you Wilson.......... 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! 1 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=4029027'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13469 Posted August 18, 2020 I am currently knee deep in water from the swimming pool filtration pump in my cellar, which is leaking into its electric motor (not good!) and the new pump which arrived this morning has different sized unions on it. So would be very grateful if someone could take over for me, while I try and sort this out. It doesn't help that swimming pools all still use inch size BSP unions, which the French insist in trying to convert into mm, which they don't do - a 2" BSP union actually has a internal diameter of 2.23" or 56.6mm not 2" = 50.8mm. Trying to explain that to the plumping supplies stockist isn't easy. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13470 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Sorry about the water damage...no fun at all. How about a car from the 1950's with an available but unusual choice power plant. Built in Glendale, California. 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! Edited August 18, 2020 by m410 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=4029279'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13471 Posted August 18, 2020 '55 or '56 Curtiss 500S ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13472 Posted August 18, 2020 I'm sure we can rely on John's encyclopedic knowledge. I do wonder about the engine considering your comment. The standard engine for the Indy 500 in that era was a monster V8 Offenhauser. Perhaps this is Smokey Yunick's car with the "backward" Offy, rotating the "wrong" way? If so it's a Kurtiss 500H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13473 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Yes it is a Kurtis, but not a 500S, 500H or 1955-6. The "standard engine choice, if there was such a thing, was the beautifully built Meyer-Drake Offenhauser Four Cylinder. Smokey Yunick's cars had Chevrolet V8s. This car does not have either of those engines. Edited August 18, 2020 by m410 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13474 Posted August 18, 2020 It all depends on which way up you have the Hallibrand quick change ratio back axle (highline or lowline input), as to which way you engine needs to rotate. Kurtis Kraft used all different V8 engines from Buick, Cadillac and Chrysler plus others. Since this one says Chrysler on the rocker covers and by the width of them, I believe this would have been a Firepower Hemi of 331 Cu.in, well originally. Of course cars used for historic racing end up with all different sizes of engines, although the FIA is getting a bit stricter, after some blatant cheating particularly in the single seater classes e.g. Formula Junior Oscas and Volpinis, especially from Italy were turning up with 1458cc and 1600 cc engines in place of the correct 1100. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13475 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Chrysler skunk works 331-CID Hemi from 1952 possibly in a Kurtis chassis. Edit, you beat me with the explanation! Also after the Offy teams complained the Chrysler V8 was never competitive again and faded into history. Edited August 18, 2020 by 250swb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13476 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Yes this a Kurtis built by Frank Kurtis and it does have a 331ci Chrysler V8 from 1952. Kurtis built a lot of different cars, what particular model is 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! Edited August 18, 2020 by m410 1 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=4029399'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted August 18, 2020 Share #13477 Posted August 18, 2020 Doesn't it say what it is on the side? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 19, 2020 Share #13478 Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) No, the name plate really doesn't say it all, just as the Ford badge doesn't say it all on the front of a Mustang or a F250 Double Cab truck. This particular car is one of the four Kurtis KK500A Roadsters built from1952 to 1953 and equipped with the previously and correctly mentioned 331ci Chysler V8. Unfortunately, it never ran in or even qualified for the Indianapolis 500. However, one of the other three 500A cars built by the end of 1953 eventually qualified for the big race a few years later. The success of that car ironically was brought on by Offenhauser as they lobbied the AAA to reduce the engine size down to a maximum of 270ci (the exact displacemnt of Meyer-Drake's largest Indy engine). Kurtis refitted one of the three other cars with the 270ci version of the Chysler V8. The reduction in engine displacement proved beneficial to the big V8 as it wasn't so hard on itself. Even though this car did qualify for a number of races, including the Indy 500, it was never highly competitive. BUT, they were sure beautiful to look a I photographed this elegantly restored car in the pits at Laguna Seca Raceway's Historic Races a few years back. Someone else's 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! Edited August 19, 2020 by m410 3 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=4029492'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 22, 2020 Share #13479 Posted August 22, 2020 So, who got closest and will go next? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m410 Posted August 22, 2020 Share #13480 Posted August 22, 2020 There were several suggestions however none really identified it exactly as a 1952-53 Kurtis 500A. I invite someone else to take a turn with a new submission. Thank you jDD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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