Puzzle #140 - Solved! 1946 Stout Scarab III

Otto Puzzell · December 17, 2006, 04:10:02 AM

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Allan L · December 17, 2006, 07:43:25 AM

Looks as if it's a Tatra, but I don't recognise the model, so guess a prototype T603

Otto Puzzell · December 17, 2006, 10:38:55 AM

Not a Tatra

Tifosi · December 17, 2006, 01:59:32 PM

Beech Plainsman prototype?

Dan

Otto Puzzell · December 18, 2006, 03:30:32 AM

Nope.

Otto Puzzell · December 21, 2006, 12:42:02 PM

Like the easier-to-recognize cars from this maker (not to mention Tatra's), this one's engine is indeed way out back.

Arthur Dent · December 21, 2006, 04:27:14 PM

Maybe a Skoda - kind of a budget Tatra

Otto Puzzell · December 22, 2006, 04:12:21 AM

Not a Skoda.

hugo90 · January 22, 2007, 01:08:43 AM

Stout Scarab, the last incarnation, on display at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan. Stout was the builder of the Ford Tri-Motor airplanes and used his aircraft ideas to build several cars.

GTO48 · January 22, 2007, 02:00:41 AM

Otto Puzzell · January 22, 2007, 04:43:06 AM

It is indeed the last Stout Scarab constructed - sort of.

This one was built to prove his theory that fiberglass could be used to make car bodies. This boady actually cloaks a Scarab 1935 chassis. The experimental fiberglass body added was about 1946. For further information see William B. Stout's autobiography "So Away I Went."

Motorace · March 06, 2007, 05:19:57 AM

Quote from: KarnUtz on January 22, 2007, 04:43:06 AM
It is indeed the last Stout Scarab constructed - sort of.

This one was built to prove his theory that fiberglass could be used to make car bodies. This boady actually cloaks a Scarab 1935 chassis. The experimental fiberglass body added was about 1946. For further information see William B. Stout's autobiography "So Away I Went."

So, Just how big is your automotive book collection?

Otto Puzzell · March 06, 2007, 05:24:38 AM

Not that big, but I've uncovered some gems recently at some used book sites.

My list of bookmarks, on the other hand, is getting rather unwieldy.

This puzzle picture was sourced from the Detroit Historical Museum site.

Ray B. · September 03, 2008, 05:01:27 PM

Ever seen this ?

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Allemano · September 03, 2008, 06:46:26 PM

He has jammed his hairs in the door!

Otto Puzzell · September 04, 2008, 05:29:41 AM

It looks a lot like this one - is it?

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=710.0

Tuckeroo · September 04, 2008, 09:32:02 AM

Yeah, same car...should be the 1946 Stout Project Y (not Scarab)

Ray B. · September 04, 2008, 10:24:57 AM

Yes, it is the same car. The driver with the luxurious flowing long hair is Stout himself as you can guess.
I don't know why I didn't check. Maybe, as the car had no specific name, I neglected a search for just "Stout". Sorry.
Question 1:Can an admin merge these?
Question 2: don't you think that Otto still deserves this point?

Otto Puzzell · September 04, 2008, 10:52:21 AM

It was built on a left over Scarab chassis, as I understand it.

No point for me, since it's an 'expert' level puzzle.

I'll merge these soon.

Otto Puzzell · September 21, 2008, 06:38:17 AM

Merged

Arunas · August 21, 2009, 12:46:02 PM

Is this car known as Stout Fourty-Six or its not the same car?

Otto Puzzell · August 21, 2009, 01:05:10 PM

It was flagged as a "1946 Stout Scarab Experimental By DuPont" at the museum. When it was built, Stout may have given it a different prototypical name.

Otto Puzzell · August 21, 2009, 01:10:53 PM

AKA "Stout Project Y"

Otto Puzzell · December 31, 2010, 04:36:21 AM

SIA dubbed it the Stout Scarab III. They confirm the plastic body was built by DuPont. The car was conceived while Stout was a consultant to Graham-Paige, after the latter became part of the Kaiser-Frazier combine.

It was constructed with almost everything fashioned from plastic, including the floor pan/chassis. Built by DuPont engineers, using leftover 'production' Stout Scarab mechanicals, DuPont gave the car to Stout after the project was abandoned. The Stout Family used it regularly, before donating it to the Detroit Historical Museum (where the puzzle picture was taken) in 1951.

Puzzle title changed to "Stout Scarab III" (Not "Project Y", and not "Forty-Six")

Ray B. · May 16, 2011, 10:23:29 AM

Oldest known surviving fiberglass car, according to Forgotten Fiberglass
http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=12123

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Puzzle #140 - Solved! 1946 Stout Scarab III