barn find,beach buggy from 1957

What can you say about this? What kind of intake is that?

The rear seat, no belts?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/5502201986.html

68TR250 wrote: The rear seat, no belts?

You actually want to be thrown clear of that.

"museum piece. Make Offer" = I want a lot of money for this.

That cowl looks like a monkey butt pooping into the intake manifold.

That is quite a thing, isn't it?

where is the carb, up between your legs?

There is a lot of weird going on there....perhaps we'll see this thing in the next Mad Max movie?

Looks like the carb was mounted inside the cowl to protect it from flying sand. No filter, maybe.

and you get that great intake sound.

"See you around...Raggedy Man."

iceracer wrote: Looks like the carb was mounted inside the cowl to protect it from flying sand. No filter, maybe. and you get that great intake sound.

Something to do with it running on propane I imagine. I can't imagine actually driving that thing.

In reply to Travis_K:

I agree, you can see what looks like a gas regulator under the cowl in one of the photos.

I think the steering wheel needs to be replace with some ropes tied to the front axle to steer it.

That's a pretty cool way to die.

"Front roll stiffness, what's that?"

Wow, that's ridiculous!!

Did seats and tires like that exist in 1957?

That rear seat is going to ride like a bronking bull.
Also notice, other than no restraint for the rear seat there are no hand holds or foot holds. Maybe can hold to low rail on the sides but that's not going to be enough.

For humor, notice in the upper left part of the picture, someone in the family now needs the assistance of a motorized scooter. I wonder why?

In reply to JohnRW1621:

I remember what riding in the very back of the schoolbus was like...that thing must be an ejection seat!

It has a certain charm.

Surprised it hasn't sold yet.

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this is as good a place as any. that's all i ever think when i see your posts.

fasted58 wrote: Surprised it hasn't sold yet.

He's probably looking for an offer north of $10k.

That looks like another Nailhead. Also, more lack of safetyishness.

slowride wrote: It has a certain charm.

I agree the seats don't look period. Pretty sure you're not getting rotationally molded HDPE seats then. The tires looked fishy too, but I think they're more likely than the seats.

C'mon, do you really think it's safer to be strapped to that thing?

George Barris buggy?

looks farm tractor based