Author Topic: First monster truck: Ted Castle´s Ford conversion, 1932 from Los Angeles (Read 4168 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** July 15, 2012, 03:30:26 AM »

Who knows this car and its builder?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2012, 01:52:34 PM »

JonathanPoll · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2012, 05:03:16 PM »

Ford Model T base?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2012, 06:45:48 PM »

I think so.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2012, 05:30:52 PM »

That sure looks like a Chevy Bowtie on the grill shell.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2012, 05:34:57 PM »

Yes, but who has been the constructor of this special version?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2012, 12:05:26 PM »

Allemano · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2012, 02:43:19 PM »

Another mail carrier?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2012, 02:46:12 PM »

The only purpose of this car was fun...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2012, 02:16:01 PM »

Black hole?

RayTheRat · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2012, 07:45:51 PM »

Before it goes away, was it built as a "swamp buggy?"

grobmotorix · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2012, 01:18:41 AM »

To my best knowledge - no.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2012, 04:16:13 AM »

In the 1920's, Ford built light recon versions of the Model T for evaluation by the US Army. I wonder if this guy found a surplus example and fitted even larger wheels?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2012, 02:18:05 PM »

Sweet!

But I think it was just a conversion of an ordinary T-model.

Bill Murray · « **Reply #14 on:** December 18, 2012, 02:21:05 PM »

Otto:

Thanks very much for the photo of the Model T.
I had never seen that one before.

Bill

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** December 18, 2012, 02:26:04 PM »

I knew it before. Here are two more photos:

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2012, 05:05:29 AM »

www.autopuzzles.com

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2013, 01:47:53 PM »

No answer - black hole... $:-\$

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2013, 06:12:23 AM »

Still searching. I found some pics of a Model A mailman's car that is similar. It recently came up for sale at an auction in Montana

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grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2013, 07:16:47 AM »

Lovely!

But not the puzzle car.

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Still searching.

Good luck!

Allemano · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2013, 02:14:51 PM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 27, 2013, 06:12:23 AM

Still searching. I found some pics of a Model A mailman's car that is similar. It recently came up for sale at an auction in Montana

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