Author Topic: GTC #119 SOLVED: Samuel Moorehead home-built midget  (Read 1820 times)

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2015, 04:24:15 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.

Not Morton.

I'll gladly share the source upon completion, but suffice to say that it's an internet source available to everyone and not hidden away or anything like that.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2015, 10:11:49 AM »
even though it wasn,t a one-off,was it ever the builder,s intentions for mass-production?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2015, 10:20:52 AM »
even though it wasn,t a one-off,was it ever the builder,s intentions for mass-production?
No not at all, only a handful or less were supposedly made after the first created for his own family.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2015, 01:06:52 PM »
was the builder of this car from California?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2015, 06:48:16 PM »
was the builder of this car from California?

No he was not.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2015, 06:54:37 PM »
its amazing I can.t this little car anywhere,was he from the Midwest like Illinois?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2015, 07:16:06 PM »
its amazing I can.t this little car anywhere,was he from the Midwest like Illinois?
Yes from the midwest, not Illinois though, that at least narrows it down. I was preparing a counter out of 50 for all the states.  ;D

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2015, 07:28:14 PM »
would it be Indiana?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2015, 07:40:52 PM »
would it be Indiana?

Nope.

2/12  :D

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2015, 07:42:52 PM »
am I getting warmer with Missouri?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #35 on: May 12, 2015, 07:48:07 PM »
am I getting warmer with Missouri?

Quite the opposite.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #36 on: May 12, 2015, 08:12:25 PM »
lets try ohio?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #37 on: May 12, 2015, 08:29:50 PM »
lets try ohio?

That's more like it!

Yes, the make of this was based in Ohio.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #38 on: May 12, 2015, 10:20:41 PM »
is the year of this car 1958?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #39 on: May 12, 2015, 10:34:37 PM »
is the year of this car 1958?

No, earlier.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #40 on: May 13, 2015, 05:55:14 AM »
1955?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #41 on: May 13, 2015, 06:55:35 AM »
1955?

The source this dates from is from 1955, yes, though to be honest I'm guessing it was actually created or conceived at least the year prior.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #42 on: May 13, 2015, 10:43:27 AM »
was the builder a mechanic?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #43 on: May 13, 2015, 06:00:24 PM »
was the builder a mechanic?
I do not possess this information, but given what he created it's possible?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #44 on: May 14, 2015, 09:43:27 PM »
Time for this to move up to the Professionals I suppose, almost forgot thanks to the rigorous questioning by kwgibbs!

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #45 on: May 14, 2015, 09:45:41 PM »
sorry for that,I couldn,t find a thing on this car.I hope someone can solve it.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #46 on: May 14, 2015, 09:47:25 PM »
sorry for that,I couldn,t find a thing on this car.I hope someone can solve it.
Not at all, it's been highly entertaining! If someone else manages there's no doubt it'll be thanks to the information you've extracted!

Any further questions you have I'll do my best to furnish with an answer as well!

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #47 on: May 15, 2015, 03:23:36 AM »
Was it built in Columbus ?

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #48 on: May 15, 2015, 04:18:54 AM »
Was it built in Columbus ?
Not from Columbus, no.

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Re: GTC #119
« Reply #49 on: May 15, 2015, 04:33:17 AM »
Was it built in a city that has more than 100 000 inhabitants today ?