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GTC #119 SOLVED: Samuel Moorehead home-built midget
« on: April 25, 2015, 07:18:19 AM »
What's this little thing and who's behind it (not physically)? Where is it from? 1 point available!
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2015, 05:51:34 AM »
Let's let these lovely ladies experience some more exposure!
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2015, 09:16:30 AM »
is it American?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2015, 06:14:14 PM »
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2015, 09:38:15 PM »
did it have a base from a well-known make?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2015, 10:19:45 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 09, 2015, 09:38:15 PM
did it have a base from a well-known make?
Not even a little. :D
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2015, 02:24:02 AM »
was it electric-powered?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2015, 03:52:18 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 10, 2015, 02:24:02 AM
was it electric-powered?
No it was not.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2015, 06:33:51 AM »
was it 100% road legal?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2015, 07:01:29 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 10, 2015, 06:33:51 AM
was it 100% road legal?
Although there appears to be something shaped like a license plate affixed to the front, I highly doubt it would have been road legal given the top speed/size/weight.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2015, 10:28:47 AM »
was chester eshelman behind this little car?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2015, 07:48:44 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 10, 2015, 10:28:47 AM
was chester eshelman behind this little car?
Not a name I have associated with this car, no.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2015, 08:55:57 PM »
was it a product of the Wade midget car co.?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2015, 09:19:44 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 10, 2015, 08:55:57 PM
was it a product of the Wade midget car co.?

No but you're very much on the right track, that's the type of car.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2015, 09:43:36 PM »
was it a gas-powered childrens car made to be miniature forms of adult cars such as 1957 ford crown vic?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2015, 10:17:37 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 10, 2015, 09:43:36 PM
was it a gas-powered childrens car made to be miniature forms of adult cars such as 1957 ford crown vic?

It's not specified if there was a particular inspiration behind the design, but yes it is a gas-powered childrens car.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2015, 01:15:25 AM »
any connection with Streco?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2015, 01:59:29 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 11, 2015, 01:15:25 AM
any connection with Streco?
Not as far as I am aware, no.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2015, 05:52:27 AM »
was this car a one-off,by an obscure builder?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2015, 07:20:51 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 11, 2015, 05:52:27 AM
was this car a one-off,by an obscure builder?
Not a one-off - though you're rather unlikely to find any today I hazard to say - but yes it's very obscure.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2015, 07:40:38 PM »
was it named after the builder?or was it given its own identity?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2015, 08:22:04 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 11, 2015, 07:40:38 PM
was it named after the builder?or was it given its own identity?

The name I have with my source is purely of the builder and that it's a 'midget' car, so the owner's name (even last name is acceptable, though I suspect if found you'll have his full name...) is all I need.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2015, 11:52:12 PM »
I,ll take a shot in the dark,was it John Micklitsch?
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2015, 01:16:30 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 11, 2015, 11:52:12 PM
I,ll take a shot in the dark,was it John Micklitsch?

Haha I can sense that this might become a long game with this tactic.  ;D

Nope, he is not the builder of this car.
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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2015, 02:56:24 AM »
it looks like a possibility,it,ll be a learning experience for me.I thought I knew all the gas-powered cars for kids,but I was wrong.would it be Gary M. Morton,where did you find this interesting little car? it does have my curiosity for sure.
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