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Old 08-26-2020, 05:45 PM   #3541 (permalink)
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One year at band camp the Oregon Country Fair I saw a VW crew-cab (dokka) with a fastback roof from a ~1950 Packard or Nash Aeroflyte graft on the back.

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Old 08-27-2020, 08:02 PM   #3542 (permalink)
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I don't watch much TV ever, but I was at some friends' house when this was on American Pickers:



P-38 tank with internal ducts for the air cooling. Complete Indian drivetrain. Needs better brackets on the [non-Indian] cycle fenders.

I like the shape of that collar that transitions the seat into the hood.
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Despite the pan already kind of flat and smooth compared to other vehicles and that lowering this might have been more effective at getting a smaller "A"in CdA, I have to admire this effort.

https://saltflats.com/36_HP.html
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If you like kit cars, you have to click this link.

https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...dcrafted-cars/
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It's been a while. I see they've added cars for sale and posters in the right sidebar.


https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...uk-sports-car/

Now we see where Audi got the design feature for the R8.


https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...quivalent-day/

aerohead/Morelli approved hood vents

https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...15/02/09/6.jpg


freebeard approved backlight. Plexiglass probably bent onto the bubble form.
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Untitled Document

"Jocko [Johnsons]'s Mercedes Benz Roadster"

So It's not a gull-wing coupe? The proportions look more like a Cheetah than the 300SL coupe.
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"Jocko [Johnsons]'s Mercedes Benz Roadster"

So It's not a gull-wing coupe? The proportions look more like a Cheetah than the 300SL coupe.
* Looks like you can see daylight, looking 'in' behind the front wheels, where naughty bits would reside if she were real.
* And the background grass is way out of proportion in scale, suggesting a model car.
* Glazings are opaque. If real, we'd see some interior detail of the cabin.
Wheels look out of focus and cartoon-ish.
* Nice model making though.
* The JOCKO dragster is real. I have photos of it competing.
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Jocko Johnson is one of my minor heros: Triple Nickel, etc.

Turns out he was a woodworker too?

https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=6236055


Sold for $4250.
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Article using Ecomodder template, picture below is of another project.

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What interesting about that Miata top is that it appears to be a fiberglass top with an added fillet.

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