Topic: Solved - NEH 4096: John W Campbell's DeSoto-based Double J special, cca 1953

[nicanary]

Is this the car built in Salt Lake City on a 1929 De Soto base with Ford flathead power? In which case I think we've had it before.

It was built around 1953 by John W Campbell of Issaquah, Washington. It definitely has the 1929 De Soto chassis, but some sources say it's a Mercury, and some a Ford. Not much difference really. It's called the Double J Special. It presently resides in Norway.

It doesn't come up in a search, but I think this was one of carnut's puzzles a couple of years ago.

[Allan L]

It doesn't come up in a search, but I think this was one of carnut's puzzles a couple of years ago.

Yes it was and you solved it!

[pnegyesi]

Eventually I found the other puzzle, but based on that description "1950s racing special based on 1929 DeSoto coupé" it's no wonder that I had no idea this was a repost. Another point to nicanary and I am merging the two puzzles and change the description.

[nicanary]

Carnut's offering had an apostrophe AND a hyphen! Double whammy........

Thanks for the point. I'm feeling quite pleased with myself - I was wrong about a Pikes Peak connection, but the photo was taken at the Devil's Peak hillclimb in Norway which was run on a similar shale surface. Hence the knobbly rear tyres.