GTC #119 SOLVED: Samuel Moorehead home-built midget

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DHoffmann

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!

DHoffmann

#1
May 09, 2015, 05:51:34 AM
Let's let these lovely ladies experience some more exposure!

kwgibbs

#2
May 09, 2015, 09:16:30 AM
is it American?

DHoffmann

#3
May 09, 2015, 06:14:14 PM

kwgibbs

#4
May 09, 2015, 09:38:15 PM
did it have a base from a well-known make?

DHoffmann

#5
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

kwgibbs

#6
May 10, 2015, 02:24:02 AM
was it electric-powered?

DHoffmann

#7
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.

kwgibbs

#8
May 10, 2015, 06:33:51 AM
was it 100% road legal?

DHoffmann

#9
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.

kwgibbs

#10
May 10, 2015, 10:28:47 AM
was chester eshelman behind this little car?

DHoffmann

#11
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.

kwgibbs

#12
May 10, 2015, 08:55:57 PM
was it a product of the Wade midget car co.?

DHoffmann

#13
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.

kwgibbs

#14
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?

DHoffmann

#15
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.

kwgibbs

#16
May 11, 2015, 01:15:25 AM
any connection with Streco?

DHoffmann

#17
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.

kwgibbs

#18
May 11, 2015, 05:52:27 AM
was this car a one-off,by an obscure builder?

DHoffmann

#19
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.

kwgibbs

#20
May 11, 2015, 07:40:38 PM
was it named after the builder?or was it given its own identity?

DHoffmann

#21
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.

kwgibbs

#22
May 11, 2015, 11:52:12 PM
I,ll take a shot in the dark,was it John Micklitsch?

DHoffmann

#23
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.

kwgibbs

#24
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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