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Da TOW'D
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 Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| ibjack wrote: |
| Da TOW'D wrote: |
look like type3 heater boxes
they look in great shape |
Nope not type 3, those are the only ones I know anything about. |
they look like the heater boxes on my 1962 1500 N
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ToolBox
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| Da TOW'D wrote: |
| ibjack wrote: |
| Da TOW'D wrote: |
look like type3 heater boxes
they look in great shape |
Nope not type 3, those are the only ones I know anything about. |
they look like the heater boxes on my 1962 1500 N |
With the single sidedraft carb? |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Weird, I can't remember ever seeing any like that.
I wonder if they are for some S. American-built VW that is uncommon to see here in the USA |
Maybe one of those Hormiga things where the engine is in front of the transmission.
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GArBa
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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actually the hormiga is different from the basistransporter concept in that its engine sits like in a beetle, just translated to the front of the vehicle and driving the front axle (a-la tempo matador).
now the brazilian vw gol, on the other hand, had indeed the engine in front of the gearbox, and the heat riser on the opposite side as they are in a bug (see this pic from a google search):
the j tubes at the front suggest however that the heater boxes configuration is not like a beetle; maybe there are no heater boxes at all like in most brazilian aircooled vws.
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Da TOW'D
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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How my 1500 N single carb engine's heater box looks
Type 3 exhaust and heater set up might be for single side draught carb
There is a lot of difference between mine and the original poster's pix
Cheers
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vwjetboat
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Ever see this car ? what is it ..what happen to it..
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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^^^ I see six different cars there. Which one are you asking about?
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vwjetboat
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| ^^^ I see six different cars there. Which one are you asking about? |
I count 8.. but one i am talking about is the dutch shoe.. these are family photos.. I know very little about the shoe and the race car.. the house still stands in jacksonville florida |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| vwjetboat wrote: |
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| ^^^ I see six different cars there. Which one are you asking about? |
I count 8.. but one i am talking about is the dutch shoe.. these are family photos.. I know very little about the shoe and the race car.. the house still stands in jacksonville florida |
Top and bottom right are the same photo, and the one behind the "shoe car" is barely visible, that's where I got six.
Curious if anyone here can come up with any info on the shoe car. Gotta be circa 1920-ish.
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vwjetboat
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| vwjetboat wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| ^^^ I see six different cars there. Which one are you asking about? |
I count 8.. but one i am talking about is the dutch shoe.. these are family photos.. I know very little about the shoe and the race car.. the house still stands in jacksonville florida |
Top and bottom right are the same photo, and the one behind the "shoe car" is barely visible, that's where I got six.
Curious if anyone here can come up with any info on the shoe car. Gotta be circa 1920-ish. |
what I do know...Grandfather and his Father sold.. Dutch Masters Cigars.. I believe Great Granddad built. THis is either in Ohio or Florida |
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vwjetboat
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| Fish wrote: |
| I saw this in person too. |
I absolutely love the style of cars of that era.. |
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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The lettering on the radiator appears to say "Hupmobile", but any photos I see of Hupmobiles of that era have a different radiator design. A movie recreation with artistic license?
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Horatio's Ride. ?
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:12 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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that is my Grandfather in the shoe.. when very young
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Fish
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Hee Hee Hee, not movie prop. Good call on the big H. Here is a hint or two. It was specifically designed for the kind of terrain seen in the picture. The wheels are uber tall for ground clearance. There is a famous race held annually where it was designed to run.
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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This guys videos are all about Eastern bloc cars. Interesting stuff. This one is about Soviet era sports cars. A couple I have heard of.
https://youtu.be/yAO4G232448
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GArBa
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:00 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| Fish wrote: |
| Hee Hee Hee, not movie prop. Good call on the big H. Here is a hint or two. It was specifically designed for the kind of terrain seen in the picture. The wheels are uber tall for ground clearance. There is a famous race held annually where it was designed to run. |
it's a western setting and there appear to be some sort of logo cropped in the top right part of the pic so i too tought movie of some kind, was thinking hupmobile but the "H" of the logo looks slightly different, plus the proportions do not resemble any hupmobile i know of.
When you say it was specifically designed, you mean it is a special one-off built for off-roading back in the day (1900s-1910s from the type of body), a production model or a modern recreation?
edit: found it by searching "baja race 1910s"!
http://bajasafari.blogspot.it/2010/01/first-baja-pre-runner-turns-100-years.html
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:57 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Ding ding ding, we have a winner. Very good researching. I'm not sure how many were made, but there is only one left. Those tire come up to pass my waist. Ok, I'm short, but not that short.
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