Clark’s Trading Post (if you live in New England, you owe it to yourself to visit).
Anyway, you get on board an antique steam engine (the engineer gave me an in-depth tour of the ins and outs of how it works and stories of its restoration, fascinating!).
Anyway, you get on and take a ride through the woods and the Wolfman comes out and tries to scare off us interlopers obviously plotting to steal his unobtanium claim, it’s really great for the family.
Soooooo, can anyone tell me what this was, is, maybe identity parts or pieces, or maybe it’s all handmade?
I’ve been dying to handbuild something like this since we first went maybe a decade ago and I’d love some advice or what you think this thing is made of. Also on display is this third pic. It doesn’t run, just a prop but it’s so basic and cool.
I actually like that one more
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HalfDork
7/27/18 9:27 a.m.
The driver is 1941 Elmwood Special. Actual pic from the car in question. Dont have anything on the display.
Well the aaa contest board registration is cool. For those that might now know aaa use to also sanction racing and ran big car racing(indy etc) sprints,midgets etc until the lemans disaster when they pulled out of racing and it’s void was replaced by usac.
Back then there were so many home made sprints and midgets etc that I’m guessing it a home made race car most likely.
I already know more about the car than I ever had! Thank you.
Looks like a Whippet radiator shell. It probably was home built, many of them were back then.
I've been following Youtube videos of a guy who's in the process of building a similar car: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAOSTFKtoB9maO-cBAZQCy5vT10cain0i
In reply to stuart in mn :
Those videos are fantastic. Of course I’m not even from the same universe as this guy.
We have been to that place. GREAT FUN!!!!! A family event every year when we are up at the lake house.
In reply to dean1484 :
I’d love to know the collective worth of the totality of just the antiques cars, trucks and motorcycles they have on display. Then add in all the other antiques. Must be quite a bit.
