Author Topic: Solved - NEH 4096: John W Campbell's DeSoto-based Double J special, cca 1953 (Read 1399 times)

Carnut · « **on:** May 29, 2015, 07:36:19 AM »

What's this and where was it built, for 1 point?:

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Carnut · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2015, 05:20:09 AM »

Experts?

Carnut · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2015, 04:26:32 AM »

Professionals?

Allan L · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2015, 04:47:40 AM »

Looks like a Ford-based job, probably a V8 of around 1935.

Carnut · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2015, 04:52:48 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on July 10, 2015, 04:47:40 AM

Looks like a Ford-based job, probably a V8 of around 1935.

It's a pre-war V8 but not a Ford; I don't know exactly when it was built in this form but the chassis is from earlier than 1935.

oko94 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2015, 05:47:00 AM »

I assume it's based on a mass-produced pre-war American V8 car, and besides Ford there were few of them. So is it based on a 1932 Pontiac ?

Carnut · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2015, 06:11:22 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on July 15, 2015, 05:47:00 AM

I assume it's based on a mass-produced pre-war American V8 car, and besides Ford there were few of them. So is it based on a 1932 Pontiac ?

Your assumption is right, but it's not based on a Pontiac nor is it from 1932.

oko94 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2015, 06:28:49 AM »

Cadillac V8 ?

Carnut · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2015, 07:44:53 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on July 15, 2015, 06:28:49 AM

Cadillac V8 ?

No.

oko94 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2015, 08:12:46 AM »

Oakland V8 ?

Carnut · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2015, 08:56:24 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on July 15, 2015, 08:12:46 AM

Oakland V8 ?

No..

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2015, 09:12:38 AM »

I think this is the car advertised on Craigslist as a 1953 de Soto based on a 1929 chassis. Having said that, the engine is a flathead V8.

The car was based in Washington.

Carnut · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2015, 10:38:17 AM »

Yes, apparently it was built by a guy in Salt Lake City in the 1950s around a 1929 Desoto coupé chassis using bits from various different cars, and you're right it does have a flathead V8 though it couldn't be said to be Ford-based..

1 point to nicanary

More pics:

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2015, 05:33:35 AM »

It was amazingly easy to find - I simply Googled 1930 red hotrod and the Craigslist entry came up on the first page. This is what I was shown, I suspect "as found".

Carnut · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2015, 05:49:04 AM »

Quote from: nicanary on July 16, 2015, 05:33:35 AM

It was amazingly easy to find - I simply Googled 1930 red hotrod and the Craigslist entry came up on the first page. This is what I was shown, I suspect "as found".

Yes - there are pics available on at least a dozen different websites, some of them very well-known and staple sources!
I'm amazed it reached the Pro's...

pnegyesi · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2016, 11:44:35 PM »

Plase ID the car for a point - name, donor and builder are required!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 06, 2016, 05:39:51 AM »

Experts?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2016, 10:12:13 AM »

Professionals with 400 points or less?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:30:27 AM »

Open for all

ropat53 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2016, 10:06:29 AM »

Buick Shafer 8?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #20 on:** March 21, 2016, 11:44:21 AM »

oko94 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 21, 2016, 01:42:23 PM »

Made in USA ?

nicanary · « **Reply #22 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:16:55 PM »

I can't find this anywhere, yet these types of photo are usually all over the net on photostream sites. It looks like a racer based on a stock chassis, around 1930-32, similar to the Indy "junk formula" cars.

What interests me is those rear tyres - is this a car which raced at Pikes Peak?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:25:07 PM »

I don't think it raced at PIkes Peak. It is American and it appears on a few well-known sites

ropat53 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:37:45 PM »

Ford V8 flathead engine?

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Author Topic: Solved - NEH 4096: John W Campbell's DeSoto-based Double J special, cca 1953 (Read 1399 times)