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Please identify this vehicle for a point:

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Re: gte4289_88
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2019, 01:09:21 PM »
Experts?

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Re: gte4289_88
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2019, 06:48:38 PM »
Is this the 1937 Chris Craft housecar prototype?

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Re: gte4289_88
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2019, 07:19:06 PM »
Is this the 1937 Chris Craft housecar prototype?
It is!

Here are images when it still had the original fabric body and Plymouth motor:
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It has since been heavily modified by Art Himsl (including metal body and Chevy 350 cid V8) and dubbed the "Zeppelin Roadliner."

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Thanks for the extra photos of the original, I've never seen these except as thumbnails.