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Solved - NEH 3050: Gazelle 360 by W. Carlton Bump
« on: October 11, 2013, 07:01:20 AM »
What's this, built by whom, based on a car from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 06:04:28 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2013, 09:59:57 AM »
Chevrolet Corvette base ?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 06:16:09 PM »
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 03:49:54 AM »
From US ?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 06:24:18 AM »
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 01:43:58 PM »
Based on production car ?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2013, 06:22:53 PM »
Based on production car ?

Yes, built on a production chassis.  The rest of it was said to be home-built, but not sure if parts from other contemporary boulevard cruisers were used or not.  Some parts look familiar!
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2013, 05:28:34 AM »
Do the Pro's know?
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2013, 07:06:19 AM »
Thunderbird base ?
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2013, 07:29:05 AM »
Victress?
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2013, 08:31:50 AM »
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2013, 08:36:32 AM »
Is it a pre-WW2 base?
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2013, 10:36:00 AM »
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2013, 10:53:34 AM »
Based on an American car?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2013, 11:42:05 AM »
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2013, 05:00:58 PM »
Edwards, not?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2013, 07:15:03 PM »
Ford A based fiberglass car?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2013, 07:59:06 PM »
Edwards, not?

No Edwards connection.

Ford A based fiberglass car?

Ford, but not Model A.
It's made of fiberglass, yes!
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2013, 08:06:01 PM »
Woodill Wildfire on, judging by the wheels probably a 1935 Ford V8 chassis?

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2013, 08:13:07 PM »
Woodill Wildfire on, judging by the wheels probably a 1935 Ford V8 chassis?

I thought it looked remarkably like a Glasspar or a Woodill Wildfire too, but the builder claims it as entirely his own design and manufacture..  They often do, though, when really what they mean is they've built an off-the-shelf kit.

But this car has its own completely different name, and there are subtle differences between it and the Woodill or any of the other US boulevard cruisers of the period, though he was clearly inspired by what was available at the time. Incidentally, mentioning Glasspar, I read Bill Tritt sadly died last week, aged over 90.

You're not far out with the base; it's actually a '36 Ford.
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2013, 09:18:20 PM »
I don't think this is locked, but if it is I apologize in advance.

I ran across the car on a forum.  It is claimed to have been built by an Iowa art teacher named Carlton Bump, and was named the Gazelle 360.  The base is a 1936 Ford with a 1948 Mercury V8 engine. 

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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2013, 06:29:29 AM »
Carlton Bump?? Sounds like a dance from the '40s......
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Re: NEH 3050
« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2013, 10:32:20 AM »
I don't think this is locked, but if it is I apologize in advance.

I ran across the car on a forum.  It is claimed to have been built by an Iowa art teacher named Carlton Bump, and was named the Gazelle 360.  The base is a 1936 Ford with a 1948 Mercury V8 engine.

Exactly (though the even slightly more unlikely W. Carlton Bump actually...)!
He claimed to have built the body from the ground up to his own design, which he might have although it does seem reminiscent of other early US fiberglass roadsters of the period..
The car has recently been restored by a Pat Tobin, and it's on display at a Show last year in the picture.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3050: Gazelle 360 by W. Carlton Bump
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2013, 12:49:41 AM »
... and unmodified photo for my archive, please!