wlaidlaw Posted September 1, 2022 Share #18341 Posted September 1, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is it a Cheetah? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 1, 2022 Share #18342 Posted September 1, 2022 Stuart, no Italian content or participation, but inspired by early Ferraris of the period. Wilson, not a Cheetah - this car predates the Cheetah by almost exactly ten years. JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 1, 2022 Share #18343 Posted September 1, 2022 John, Could it be a Victress Fastback? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 1, 2022 Share #18344 Posted September 1, 2022 Not a Victress.....but close to the era and concept. The Victress series of cars was one of quite a few hot-rod projects from southern California with several ( approx. 50 cars ) actually built & sold over several years, whereas the current quiz-car was made to a higher standard with the intent to be a competitor to some of the Italian sports racers of the period. Only this one prototype was ever produced, and then retained and driven by the owner / builder when he was unable to obtain funding for producing the car in volume. As an additional hint, this car was not a product of the Los Angeles hot-rod / car-culture, and was conceived & constructed by an Ohio horticulturist to actually complete with Ferraris & Maseratis in long-distance races utilizing a Chrysler hemi motor. JZG JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted September 1, 2022 Share #18345 Posted September 1, 2022 This time I´ll lean back, not search for it and wait who will get it. Interesting car, John! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18346 Posted September 2, 2022 I suspect there won't be any more guesses, so I think it's time to Show & Tell. It's a 1952 Bosley Mark I GT, an impressive one-off conceived, designed and built by Richard Bosley, a horticultural farmer from Mentor, Ohio. It's his first, but not only attempt to build a car. The car is built on a tubular ladder / space frame with a 102" wheelbase, powered by a 5422 cc / 331 cu. in. Chrysler Hemi with race cam, 6 Stromberg 97 carburetors, coupled to a five-speed full synchro gearbox, driving through a Quick-change rear end out of a 1948 Mercury, stopping capability provided by Lincoln drum brakes with magnesium center-lock racing wheels. Bosley reported at the time that the car was capable of speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The fiberglass body was designed and built/made by Bosley and contains a 55 gallon fuel tank , making it suitable for long distance races, which was Bosley's target market for the project, since this was the time Briggs Cunningham was tinkering with his Cunninghams for LeMans competition. Bosley reported he had U.S. $ 9,000 invested in the car - remember this was 1952/3. He was unable to secure the required funding to produce the car in the numbers necessary to make this a viable enterprise, and consequently relegated the car for his own personal use for many years, putting over 100,000 miles on it and then 'traded up' to an ex-Sebring SR2 used Corvette in the mid -sixties. Thanks for looking, JZG 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 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=4501575'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18347 Posted September 2, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Another view JZG 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! 4 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=4501576'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18348 Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) .....with the bonnet open to view the powertrain. JZG 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 September 2, 2022 by John Z. Goriup 4 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=4501579'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18349 Posted September 2, 2022 ...and the inevitable rear view. JZG 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! 4 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=4501583'>More sharing options...
Viv Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18350 Posted September 2, 2022 That fuel filler cap is very ugly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18351 Posted September 2, 2022 2 hours ago, hektor said: Most unusual induction. Six carburettors in to an eight-cylinder motor. That was a quite common set up for 1950's US V8 sports/sports racing cars. My guess is that the Stromberg carburettors may have been just too big to fit four each side. However if you consider that a V8 manifold has three gaps each side between the runners, the layout of 2 x 3 carburettors becomes somewhat more logical. The other one that most folk get wrong is fitting three SU carburettors on the 6 cylinder W.O.Bentley cars. They actually run better on 2 or 4 due to the firing order and the port layout. The centre carburettor is effectively impossible to balance with the other two. Wilson 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18352 Posted September 2, 2022 Sorry, but since noone solved the last puzzle, I am not able to turn it over to another member, therefore am throwing it open to anyone with an interesting car to post. Too busy, a three-day holiday weekend coming up and plans to stay away from the computer....so someone else have at it, please ! JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18353 Posted September 2, 2022 Let's try this one: Make, model and approximate vintage: 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=4502069'>More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18354 Posted September 2, 2022 Looks like a FIAT 500 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 2, 2022 Share #18355 Posted September 2, 2022 Not any model of FIAT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodrog Posted September 3, 2022 Share #18356 Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, stuny said: Let's try this one: Make, model and approximate vintage: 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! Is this a Subaru 360? One of the early kei cars, from the late '50s to '71 Edited September 3, 2022 by nodrog 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 3, 2022 Share #18357 Posted September 3, 2022 Well done, Peter. The 360 was the first Subaru imported to the US. Malcom Bricklin cut the deal in 1967 and began importing them in 1968. I have no idea when this particular one was made. 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! 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=4502454'>More sharing options...
James Stewart Posted September 3, 2022 Share #18358 Posted September 3, 2022 On 4/30/2010 at 8:03 AM, elansprint72 said: OK, this one is less obvious unless, like me, you parked next to it this evening at the VSCC pub meeting. 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! Taken with the Digilux 2 in 2006, when I was still learning what digi-cams could/could not do. btw, how about making this thread a long-runner? If you guess the car, you have to post the next subject? Delage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 3, 2022 Share #18359 Posted September 3, 2022 James - The way this thread works is the member correctly guessing the mystery car gets to post the next one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Stewart Posted September 3, 2022 Share #18360 Posted September 3, 2022 Thank-you. The friend who directed me to this website said any photograph posted should be taken with a Leica. Not a problem as I have one. Just interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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