Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1590: Dodge "Red Ram" Special by Anders Thompson, Seattle - 1954  (Read 23978 times)

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Identify this car and when it was built correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 04:34:20 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 05:41:43 AM »
American?

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 05:52:26 AM »
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 06:41:00 AM »
Pro's?
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2012, 09:23:25 AM »
Schultz Cadillac Special 1959

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 10:10:02 AM »
Schultz Cadillac Special 1959

I can see a resemblance (around the rear) but no, that's not it.
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2012, 10:48:18 AM »
I know it would have been a repost but I thought it looked a bit similar - the colour and the state of repair too!

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 03:01:20 PM »
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2012, 05:30:38 AM »
Was this also a Cadillac-based special?

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2012, 06:03:23 AM »
Was this also a Cadillac-based special?

i don't actually know the answer to that question.
All I know is what this car is called, who built it, where and when - not what it's based on!
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2012, 06:37:31 AM »
I can tell you it's not Cadillac-powered.
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2012, 05:54:51 PM »
Also built by Schultz?

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2012, 07:01:43 PM »
Also built by Schultz?

That's not the name I have.
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2012, 08:09:36 AM »
The Black Hole beckons...
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2012, 04:13:59 AM »
The Black Hole beckons...

..and it's won!
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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2012, 03:24:34 PM »
Finally! It's called "Red Ram". From 1954.

"This is one of four race/street sports cars built locally by Anders Thompson and raced on Seattle-area road-race tracks in the 1950s with Ferraris, Jags, Austin Healys and other famous sports cars.

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Re: NEH 1590
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2012, 06:53:24 PM »
Finally! It's called "Red Ram". From 1954.

"This is one of four race/street sports cars built locally by Anders Thompson and raced on Seattle-area road-race tracks in the 1950s with Ferraris, Jags, Austin Healys and other famous sports cars.

At last!
Well done, that's also all the information I have and I've never been able to find another picture of it.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1590: "Red Ram" by Anders Thompson, Seattle - 1954
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2012, 03:54:49 AM »
The full name is Thompson Dodge Red-Ram Special. The Dodge Red Ram engine was similar to DeSoto's Fire Dome hemi engine, but it was of smaller displacement (241 C.I.), and shared no parts with the Fire Dome. In 1953, A Red Ram equipped Dodge Coronet set a number of records at Bonneville

Among other drivers, the Dodge Red Ram-Special was driven by Bill Cantrell, a successful Gold Cup speedboat racing pilot and Indy racer.  
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