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Title: Solved - NEH 3859: Crosley-based special by Arnold Johnson - 1948
Post by: Carnut on January 12, 2015, 07:17:04 AM
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 02, 2015, 11:19:50 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 02, 2015, 11:31:47 AM
was it built in brazil?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 02, 2015, 11:37:06 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 02, 2015, 11:31:47 AM
was it built in brazil?

No.
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 02, 2015, 11:38:46 AM
is it American?if so buick custom?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 03, 2015, 04:46:17 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 02, 2015, 11:38:46 AM
is it American?if so buick custom?

Yes it's American, but not a Buick.
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 06:41:41 AM
would it be a custom Pontiac?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 03, 2015, 07:27:59 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 06:41:41 AM
would it be a custom Pontiac?

No Pontiac bits!
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 10:40:24 AM
is it a home-built made up of various car parts from different brands?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 03, 2015, 10:58:33 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 10:40:24 AM
is it a home-built made up of various car parts from different brands?

It is a home-built special but I think it's base is just one vehicle.
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 11:47:08 AM
oldsmobile-based?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 03, 2015, 12:10:47 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 11:47:08 AM
oldsmobile-based?

No..
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 03, 2015, 12:37:44 PM
is it Cadillac underneath?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: frederick59 on February 03, 2015, 05:32:36 PM
Jeep Willys chassis?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 04, 2015, 04:32:54 AM
Neither Cadillac nor Willys..
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 05:10:47 AM
Chevrolet-based?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 04, 2015, 06:14:51 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 05:10:47 AM
Chevrolet-based?

Not Chevrolet!
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: frederick59 on February 04, 2015, 06:48:43 AM
Nash Metropolitan chassis ?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 04, 2015, 07:38:44 AM
Quote from: frederick59 on February 04, 2015, 06:48:43 AM
Nash Metropolitan chassis ?

No..
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 08:59:36 AM
what about crosley-based?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 04, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 08:59:36 AM
what about crosley-based?

Bullseye!
I'll lock it for you for 24 hours to see if you can answer the other questions, i.e. who built it and when?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 03:14:17 PM
was this the only vehicle made,or did the builder create anymore car,s?
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 04, 2015, 06:23:53 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 04, 2015, 03:14:17 PM
was this the only vehicle made,or did the builder create anymore car,s?

It's a home-built one-off and no others made AFAIK.
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: kwgibbs on February 05, 2015, 04:05:55 PM
please unlock,I can,t find any information on this car,usually any car with a crosley connection I don,t have any troubles with,until this one.
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: datsone on February 05, 2015, 04:47:00 PM
kwgibbs nailed this, just needed a two-word search in google and there it was. He and google deserve the point, I just feel like the janitor:

"1948 Crosley, ex-station wagon built by Arnold Johnson. The small Crosley was lengthened and fit with Studebaker front fenders, a 1942 Buick grille, Pontiac hood, Cadillac rear fenders, Auburn deck lid and Pontiac bumpers."
Title: Re: NEH 3859
Post by: Carnut on February 06, 2015, 05:12:29 AM
That's the car!
So there were a couple of Pontiac bits in it, though it was not of course based on one.  Sorry, kwgibbs, I said there weren't any as I was not aware of that.
Another point edges you ever closer to being an Expert datsone...!  Well done.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 3859: Crosley-based special by Arnold Johnson - 1948
Post by: nicanary on February 06, 2015, 05:42:45 AM
Although the Crosley had been lengthened, I wondered how long it would be before someone noticed the extremely short wheelbase.
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