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Solved - NEH 1873: Vincent Hunihan Ford Special
« on: June 19, 2012, 06:18:45 AM »
Identify this car correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 1873
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2012, 05:32:09 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1873
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 09:23:19 AM »
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Re: NEH 1873
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 05:18:18 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: NEH 1873
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2012, 04:32:05 AM »
Found this one on a well-known blog source.

Apparently it's a Ford Special built c.1952/53 by Vincent A. Hunihan in New Haven, Connecticut.
The car is based on a Ford Model T chassis with a Ford Model A rear end. Engine is a Ford V8 of 60 bhp.
It is reported that he spent only $300 in the building process and the hardest part was the fabrication of the radiator which was made by sawing a regular Ford radiator in half and then soldering more than 100 holes in the core.

According to the report Mr Hunihan is still with us and more details will be forthcoming in the future.

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Re: NEH 1873
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2012, 04:52:08 AM »
Well done!
This one last longer than I thought it would..
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