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So...whats going on with the Haflinger ??😊

Motor BMW o VW??? Gracias!

the extra long tailpipe: wky?

I miss the carburetor backfiring

Very Kool. 👍

Oh boy, that steering wheel looks great and also looks like a pain in the ass to use.

pretty cool !

Edgar Smith build. th-cam.com/video/q1Jat-YFAok/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cm8bUA-xMuz-ibhM

Very kool !

nice Renault Dauphine !

Thundercougarfalconbird! th-cam.com/video/XOoKL0N4_0I/w-d-xo.html

it really does not get much cooler than that right there!🎉🎉🎉

Garage built vehicles were kind of thing for a while. Prohibition, depression and war created a few generations of ingenious mechanics and fabricators.

I don't care whatever it is it is cool

Biggest dog biscuit I ever saw !

It's sure enough unique I love it

the carb is 55 or 56. 57 they introduced the Holley with the totally modern size bolt pattern. 56 and older had a 4 bolt pattern, but it's a lot smaller. speaking of carbs, I'm surprised it not running multiple carbs. The manifolds have casting numbers....everything Ford.. has a casting number. it's cool to see them reversed foward for steering clearance. they're off a car. truck manifolds go foward, up and over and collect into 1 on the drinker side. they look to be off a 272 or 292. if I remember correctly the 312 has larger manifolds or larger outlet flange. big-big truck manifolds would be the rams horns, center dump. heads have casting numbers under the covers. block casting number is above the starter looking up. ONLY positive way to ID a 312 is measure the actual stroke or look at the flywheel flange at the back of the crank. if I remember correctly the 312 has a single large dot. There's charts online to ID the y-block crank markings. any info you need on the engine topic see: y blocks forever john mummert racing 1957 Ford dot com all the info I gave is from memory from those 3 sites. they're treasure troves of research info. The starter has numbers The generator has numbers the distributor has numbers that rear axle IS a "Columbia butt" 😁old hot rod slang daddy-o! based on the era of the build I'd guess the steering box is F1 and the front axle/suspension/steering could all be 1940-1947ish Ford car and or truck..... used for the wheel bolt pattern to match the Columbia and "juice" brakes. the front axle could be positively identified (if its a Ford) by it's shape, spring perch width, and general shape. H.A.M.B. and a bunch of other sites have charts for this stuff. if it has wishbones, those can be identified by measurements and shape also. all this info I've found while researching Model A builds. all this stuff is what they had to work with. Ford parts were generally the stuff to use so I'd start there. front sump pan is for a car. rear sump pan is for a truck. water pumps are different between car and truck. I think the car is shallow and truck is taller. only thing I dislike about that car is the steering wheel. the car deserves something era correct like a 40 Ford, 50-58ish Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury fancy wheel, or a plane 3 spoke racer wheel. fuel caps are 68 Charger. old boat or Jaguar caps would be "more better" isn't this fun

Follow up? Did you find out anything more?

That beast has a wonderful rumble to it, can't wait to see what you do with it (I vote Bonneville! )

Any chance you found this thing around Burns Oregon? My Dad used to tell about his friend in high school whose father owned a wrecking yard built a "sports car" from scrap and I imagined it looking something like this by his description.

It's like someone got a glimpse of a 50s Corvette and went to work building one from memory using what they had. The steering wheel is from an old Ford with the top cut out. Doubt it ever did any organized racing as being a topless car would have a roll bar hoop for the driver at a minimum.

That is wicked cool !

Why is your video 9 minutes long if you only have 6 and a half minutes of content?

Boot scoots 👍😊!

I wonder if they put a boat type steering wheel on it because it steers like a boat.seems to wander a bit.

Clearly a man with good taste in vechicles! But not so much in music 🤣 Instant subscription after seeing part 3 of the Smith special. And now this 😅 Then a Renault Dauphine! Perhaps even a Gordini one?

It's parked up in the background in some scenes of Amazon's series 'Fallout'. Pretty sure.

What a sweet exhaust sound!

If you remember "The Twilight Zone" there was an episode where some bank robbers stole some gold. The bank robbers decide to be put to sleep for a hundred years and wake up in the future. Well long story short the car that was in the future looks something like the one you have.

A super cool car but you need to edit your film. Its two minutes of nothing in the end.

I only watched the portion of the video showing the car. I'm stunned it runs. Great camera mount too.

Too each his own. Just because it's old and different doesn't necessarily make it great. But glad he and others enjoys it.

What an awesome car. I suspect its a very early 50's sports car effort, going by the Nash style low wheel openings, and the upright fender ends. From what i've read, there was several "home built" sports cars that were built to go head to head with Ferrari and the English cars. Most of them seemed to run Ford flatheads, with Ford axles because the hot rod world had those parts perfected. That's a serious effort body, it's a shame that someone butchered it like that. I'm guessing it was probably a 48-ish flathead and 3 speed, judging by the Columbia rearend. That was a popular setup in the 40's though 50's on street cars. I'm betting the y-block was added later, probably when the frontend was cut off. Maybe the radiator was by a recent owner trying to get it drivable. Plans to fully restore it?

Hey man! I bought that Lincoln 8.8 from you last year. One of my neighbors told me he has an old DKW trike up in storage that he might want to get rid of. Said it's a 3cyl, water cooled 2 stroke, and I immediately thought of you! Definetly a project, but sounds like it's something right up your alley

Sounds angry... I like it. Definitely looking forward to see what you come up with on it's history.

What a fantastic video, I really hope you dig up its raison d’etre 👍🏻

What a fantastic video, I really hope you dig up its raison d’etre 👍🏻

It runs good and sounds good too! What a find. Can't wait to hear it's history.

Well that's gotta be fun ! Very Kool. 👍

My guess is it is a Lotus 11.

This thing screams 1950s Lotus.

The shifter definitely uses some jaguar parts possibly xk120... xk140? Is that a small block chev or Y block ford? Hard to tell from the video... certainly is a strange looking machine!

By listening to your video it sounds like that rap is coming from the rotating assembly.

Not a lifter click ! That's a crank speed knock !

That is quite a custom, sir. Can you imagine how much time went into this car? I was expecting to see a small block Chevy and a Corvette rear diff. That two speed rear and the full belly pan... (lucky you!)... makes me think Pike's Peak car or another similar event, to include salt flats. Congrats on your find, it's truly one of a kind automobile. This may be the only time in my life I say I'm glad you found it before I did! Best of luck, can't wait to see it done.

I saw this at last year's micro show at Forest Grove

Yep this is a very Kool build. 👍

Perhaps a purpose built Mille Miglia car which would explain the pop-up headlights, large oil pan and flat underside. The last Mille was in 1957 after the Ferrari crash which ended the project???

MONEY PIT😊

With the panned undercarriage, and the additional oil capacity, I'd say some form of racing. Someone just building a hot rod wouldn't really incorporate all that, nor would that be in a movie car, they are always just "skin deep". But why headlights? Wouldn't need or want them for salt flat racing. Perhaps it was constructed for some form of road rally or endurance racing? The track they run the 24 hours of Daytona dates back to the 1950's (6 hour races until I think the mid 60's), but not sure if they allowed home built, or if cars had to be based on production models. But perhaps a purpose for it. I love a mystery, especially auto related. I really want to follow this now and see what you come up with.