Puzzle #167 - Solved! Re: Puzzle #167 - Bailon Muntz Jet

Otto Puzzell · January 04, 2007, 04:52:32 AM

This car is a well-known re-work of a production model occasionally guessed (but never posed) in our puzzles to-date.

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GTO48 · January 05, 2007, 01:50:09 AM

mmm clearly a Buick influenced grille. Front fenders look like a cross between 56-57 'vette, and/or Henry J. Wheel openings look like early corvette as well. Paint scheme reminds me of a Nash metropolitan.

Otto Puzzell · January 05, 2007, 05:19:33 AM

I believe that is a modified Buick grill, but it's not a Buick.

MG · January 05, 2007, 07:50:55 AM

I agree with GTO about the visual cues. I too thought "Henry J" when I first saw this picture.

A Kaiser/Frazier concoction, perhaps? Either that or a Kaiser Sose.

Otto Puzzell · January 05, 2007, 07:56:02 AM

All the the usual suspects above are incorrect, save the Buick grill.

beeemer · January 05, 2007, 10:03:13 PM

studebaker

Otto Puzzell · January 06, 2007, 03:48:04 AM

Welcome to AutoPuzzles, beemer!

Not a Studebaker.

Tifosi · January 09, 2007, 05:32:39 AM

It's a 1952 Muntz Jet, customized by Joe Bailon for bandleader Freddie Martin. The grille is Buick, and the rear fenders are from a Mercury.

I knew my subscription to Hemmings Classic Car would come in handy someday.

Dan

GTO48 · January 09, 2007, 05:37:43 AM

Nice...

Boy that particular photo makes it look like a sub-compact... Not a big Muntz.

Tifosi · January 09, 2007, 05:58:30 AM

The elongated front fenders and the Buick grille have a lot to do with that, I think. The Muntz Jet in standard form was a very heavy, bulbous looking car. This one looks much sleeker, lower and lighter. It also has a continental kit, which sounds awful, but actually goes pretty well with the Mercury rear fenders.

The car was the subject of a restoration profile in the December '06 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. There was also a nice sidebar on Joe Bailon, who commented on the bulbous front end of the stock Muntz, which was the first thing to go.

Dan

Otto Puzzell · January 09, 2007, 11:41:43 AM

Quote from: Tifosi on January 09, 2007, 05:32:39 AM
It's a 1952 Muntz Jet, customized by Joe Bailon for bandleader Freddie Martin. The grille is Buick, and the rear fenders are from a Mercury.

I knew my subscription to Hemmings Classic Car would come in handy someday.

Dan

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Puzzle #167 - Solved! Re: Puzzle #167 - Bailon Muntz Jet