10-16-2013, 10:17 PM | #1 |
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http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...smans-origins/
Nice to see the rear spring poking up through the rear deck.
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O.K. Someone that is good with wood HAS to try to recreate this!
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10-17-2013, 05:34 AM | #3 |
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That looks a lot like a 48 Jeepster.
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The Article states it was built on a 31 Chassis. I have to presume that means Engine, Axles, Mechanical Brakes etc. I can see the A muffler. I wonder why they used a 28 or 29 Radiator shroud. The hood looks like a 28/29 that has been stretched to cover where the cowel used to be. I wonder where the fuel tank is, in the back like a 32? I cannot see a filler neck.
This looks very buildable. I would to see more photos.
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Here is a picture posted by Tim Kelly in a previous thread...
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Looks like it could be a neat project for someone like Lentville to start to manufacture.
Or, sell a do-it-yourself set of plans...just modified enough to use the stock cowl and fuel tank setup. Just a thought for a budding entrepreneur to consider!
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All the work behind the cowl is relatively flat and angular. If you made a skeleton and attached sheet metal and then had an artist do faux wood grain.
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What caught my eye in that picture were the tires on the blue huckster in the background. Look suspiciously like 16" tires on wheels with 19" centers.
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By George, I think you're right!
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The car is alive and well in Alabama.
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No offence to anyone, but in my eye that thing is hideous!
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That's one of the cool things about Model As...they come in so many variations of so many body styles that there is something out there for almost anyone!
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Couldn't you just see a hunter in the drivers seat wearing plaid and a shotgun laying on the seat?
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LOL, no offense taken! I think it is pretty cool. Of course I like the unusual and bizarre!
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A couple of years ago I was at the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn In. when a group of about 25 or so Jeepsters from the National club showed up.
This sportsman really DOES look a lot like a Jeepster. Ross, now that you mention it, yes, I COULD see that scenario...perhaps in a Life Magazine ad of about 1929 or so...with a couple of hunting dogs sitting in the back...
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It's one of those things when it is so ugly it's cool.
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I'm still wondering where the gas tank is, and what wheels is that thing wearing?
They look like solids, or artillery wheels with moon hubcaps...
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AND, look closely at the picture where you can see the dashboard...that's NOT a Model A dash, that's for sure...
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