First monster truck: Ted Castle´s Ford conversion, 1932 from Los Angeles

grobmotorix · July 15, 2012, 03:30:26 AM

Who knows this car and its builder?

grobmotorix · August 15, 2012, 01:52:34 PM

Up!

JonathanPoll · August 15, 2012, 05:03:16 PM

Ford Model T base?

grobmotorix · August 15, 2012, 06:45:48 PM

I think so.

RayTheRat · August 20, 2012, 05:30:52 PM

That sure looks like a Chevy Bowtie on the grill shell.

grobmotorix · August 20, 2012, 05:34:57 PM

Yes, but who has been the constructor of this special version?

grobmotorix · September 25, 2012, 12:05:26 PM

Up!

Allemano · September 25, 2012, 02:43:19 PM

Another mail carrier?

grobmotorix · September 25, 2012, 02:46:12 PM

The only purpose of this car was fun...

grobmotorix · October 07, 2012, 02:16:01 PM

Black hole?

RayTheRat · October 08, 2012, 07:45:51 PM

Before it goes away, was it built as a "swamp buggy?"

grobmotorix · October 09, 2012, 01:18:41 AM

To my best knowledge - no.

Otto Puzzell · December 18, 2012, 04:16:13 AM

In the 1920's, Ford built light recon versions of the Model T for evaluation by the US Army. I wonder if this guy found a surplus example and fitted even larger wheels?

grobmotorix · December 18, 2012, 02:18:05 PM

Sweet!

But I think it was just a conversion of an ordinary T-model.

Bill Murray · December 18, 2012, 02:21:05 PM

Otto:

Thanks very much for the photo of the Model T.
I had never seen that one before.

Bill

grobmotorix · December 18, 2012, 02:26:04 PM

I knew it before. Here are two more photos:

Otto Puzzell · December 19, 2012, 05:05:29 AM

www.autopuzzles.com

grobmotorix · January 08, 2013, 01:47:53 PM

No answer - black hole... $:-\$

Otto Puzzell · July 27, 2013, 06:12:23 AM

Still searching. I found some pics of a Model A mailman's car that is similar. It recently came up for sale at an auction in Montana

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grobmotorix · July 27, 2013, 07:16:47 AM

Lovely!

But not the puzzle car.

QuoteStill searching.

Good luck!

Allemano · July 28, 2013, 02:14:51 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 27, 2013, 06:12:23 AM
Still searching. I found some pics of a Model A mailman's car that is similar. It recently came up for sale at an auction in Montana

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http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=13346.msg114341#msg114341

Oguerrerob · August 04, 2018, 09:59:56 AM

Tiny full colours. No name

grobmotorix · August 07, 2018, 03:20:34 PM

Well, it is the car, but I know the name...

It was also featured in a German car magazine in 1928:

pnegyesi · September 26, 2018, 04:28:05 PM

And another explanation

grobmotorix · October 03, 2018, 07:45:58 AM

Wow - I could think this was the same car in a later guise.

Only still we do not have the name of the builder here...

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First monster truck: Ted Castle´s Ford conversion, 1932 from Los Angeles

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