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Title: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Arunas on March 23, 2009, 10:02:54 AM
No info about this one. Identification and some information is needed! One point for a perfect answer!
Title: Re: A#202
Post by: Ray B. on March 23, 2009, 10:46:38 AM
If I hadn't guessed a wheel below, I'd have said it's a submarine.
Title: Re: A#202
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2009, 11:59:56 AM
Hunt from 1951
Title: Re: A#202
Post by: Arunas on March 23, 2009, 12:02:58 PM
Correct! That's the name I have also found for it! But who built it? It is very mysterious. Is it really a submarine  :D or a car?
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2009, 12:12:48 PM
"Like many other postwar automotive inventors, Lloyd Hunt had dreams about building his own car. He went as far as to construct a working chassis and sketch studies of the futuristic body he planned to use after reaching the production stage. a chief engineer from Southern California Edison Co., Hunt stuck to automotive basics in a technical components were assembled in an unconventional way.(....)
Hunt Glasstop Coupe, 4-door, 7-passenger, engine Buick 4-cyl (....)
I'll post a picture of the real chassis.
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Arunas on March 23, 2009, 12:47:23 PM
"Like many other postwar automotive inventors, Lloyd Hunt had dreams about building his own car. He went as far as to construct a working chassis and sketch studies of the futuristic body he planned to use after reaching the production stage. a chief engineer from Southern California Edison Co., Hunt stuck to automotive basics in a technical components were assembled in an unconventional way.(....)
Hunt Glasstop Coupe, 4-door, 7-passenger, engine Buick 4-cyl (....)
I'll post a picture of the real chassis.

Wow! Thanks! Taken from SCOAC, right?  ;)
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2009, 12:54:17 PM
Yes, the Standard Catalog of American cars, 1946-1975. If you have it, there are all the info about this ...car.
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Arunas on March 23, 2009, 12:55:47 PM
Yes, the Standard Catalog of American cars, 1946-1975. If you have it, there are all the info about this ...car.

Unfortunately I don't  :(
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2009, 01:04:32 PM
here you are...
Title: Re: A#202 Solved: 1951 Hunt (?)
Post by: Arunas on March 23, 2009, 01:22:00 PM
Grazie mille