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Whaddyacallit #54 - SOLVED - Frank Kurtis 41 Buick
« on: March 08, 2008, 10:52:38 AM »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2008, 02:27:55 PM »
Looking at the front it must be a Kaiser

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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2008, 06:16:14 AM »
It must but it is not.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 09:22:32 AM »
Will it be a cinch for the pros ?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 10:19:27 AM »
Hi, that is a Kurtis prototype made just after the war from a salvaged 1941 Buick.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 10:25:39 AM »
Yep - built by Spee (?) in 1948. Was just a bit late on this one.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 10:56:55 AM »
You're both right, and I think @re also deserves a point for the precisions he gives.
Strangely, i cannot find the page where I had seen it, but here is a more recent photo of the car.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #54 - SOLVED - Frank Kurtis 41 Buick
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2013, 10:28:44 AM »
Another pic:

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