Those one of these guys looks like he's stifling a yawn, the floorpan with which they are posing caused a bit of buzz when the car of which it was an integral part was introduced.
For one point: What company made it, and what car will this floorpan become part of?
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Hudson Motor Company, Detroit Michigan. 1951-1954 Hudson Hornet..step-down floor pan. Lowered the center of gravity for Hudson Hornet cars, they were lower than contemporary cars..with a sleeker appearance.
Not a Hudson
It doesn't look like a steel pressing and there seems to be a bit of glassfibre apparent to the bottom right, so I assume it's made of this material and may be something like a Corvette floorpan. Just a wild guess, really.
Not a Corvette piece
GM product?
No sir, though it was replaced by one. Sort of.....
Is this a mould or stamping die?
No, it's a floor pan.
Floor pan for the 1940 Pontiac Series 26 Plexiglass show car?
No, not a Pontiac; not from a GM brand (see above)
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 08, 2012, 01:10:17 PM
No, not a Pontiac; not from a GM brand (see above)
I saw it, but I didn't understand (still don't) it.
As time goes forward, it will, I think, make sense.
Ok. Let's try something else. Is it a floor pan for a unit-body car?
Quote from: RayTheRat on November 08, 2012, 01:23:50 PM
Ok. Let's try something else. Is it a floor pan for a unit-body car?
No
Made in the 1950s?
No
40s?
Getting colder....
ok, 60s?
Now you're talkin'
Not sure this was clearly stated.
Is the floorpan metal?
Made in USA?
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on November 08, 2012, 02:06:06 PM
Not sure this was clearly stated.
Is the floorpan metal?
No
How about the Studebaker Avanti?
Quote from: fyreline on November 08, 2012, 02:36:30 PM
How about the Studebaker Avanti?
That's half of the answer! Locked for fyreline
The Molded Fiber Glass Company of Ashtabula, Ohio manufactured this floorpan (among other parts) for the Studebaker Avanti.
That's it!
Quote from: RayTheRat on November 07, 2012, 09:02:51 PM
GM product?
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 08, 2012, 03:52:21 AM
No sir, though it was replaced by one. Sort of.....
Ray - by way of explanation. The more-or-less original Avanti molds, tooling and plant space were sold to two South Bend, Indiana, Studebaker dealers, Nate Altman and Leo Newman, the first of a succession of entrepreneurs to manufacture small numbers of Avanti replicas (usually called Avanti II's) for decades. A production version of the Avanti AVX - confusingly dubbed Avanti II, and based on the Pontiac Firebird - went on sale in 2003
Thanks. Now it's a little clearer. I didn't know that the Avanti IIs were Firebird based.
RtR
The Firebird connection only existed after 2003 or so. Just before that, they were Mustang-based. But for decades, they were very similar to the original Studebaker Avanti, except for the 350 Chev under the hood.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 08, 2012, 01:13:15 PM
As time goes forward, it will, I think, make sense.
"...Avanti (in most uses, Italian for ahead, forward, or before) may refer to:
The Studebaker Avanti, a model of automobile built by Studebaker
Avanti cars (non-Studebaker), a replica model by Avanti Motor Corporation following the bankruptcy of Studebaker..."
I see what you did, there :eyebrow: