1938 Winton Peedles´swamp hunting car

grobmotorix · November 20, 2014, 11:30:27 AM

Who knows this hunting car?

grobmotorix · November 23, 2014, 05:14:00 AM

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richard cuyler · November 23, 2014, 03:24:23 PM

Rhodesian? Interestingly, it looks as if the chassis rails are made of wood.

grobmotorix · November 23, 2014, 03:31:37 PM

The man who built it, lived in the Florida Keys.

grobmotorix · December 06, 2014, 10:33:03 AM

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D-type · December 06, 2014, 06:46:47 PM

Jeep underneath?

grobmotorix · December 06, 2014, 07:29:55 PM

Pre 1940 - so it can´t be a Jeep chassis...

Craig Gillingham · December 08, 2014, 11:45:36 PM

Was this car in a movie?

4popoid · December 09, 2014, 01:02:09 AM

Jeffery (later Nash) Quad chassis?

grobmotorix · December 09, 2014, 01:42:10 AM

QuoteWas this car in movie?

I don´t think so.

QuoteJeffery (later Nash) Quad chassis?

I only know the builder of this hunting truck and the state where he lived...

4popoid · December 09, 2014, 02:10:37 AM

You say the builder lived in the Florida Keys. Arguably the most famous resident of the Florida Keys was Ernest Hemingway. Might this be the name you are seeking?

grobmotorix · December 09, 2014, 02:14:47 AM

Very good idea.

Florida keys is correct, but the builder was not this famous at all. $:-\$

4popoid · December 09, 2014, 02:27:34 AM

Hmmm, a not very famous resident of Key West. Perhaps Joe (also known as Sloppy Joe) Russell, a Key West bar owner and fishing buddy of Hemingway?

grobmotorix · December 09, 2014, 12:22:24 PM

I was not able to find any more information about him or his car than the year and the name of the builder/owner...

He is not a known person.

grobmotorix · January 04, 2015, 03:26:20 AM

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pnegyesi · January 04, 2015, 09:23:45 AM

is there any info available online?

grobmotorix · January 04, 2015, 09:55:49 AM

I found it online, but just as a scan. So you will not find any text about it you might find with a search engine... $:-\$

pnegyesi · January 04, 2015, 12:20:07 PM

did you find it on automotive forum dealing with off-roaders?

grobmotorix · January 04, 2015, 12:28:54 PM

No. It was featured in an Austrian magazine from 1938:

pnegyesi · January 04, 2015, 12:47:50 PM

Are you sure it was in 1938? If so, then I did not spot it.

grobmotorix · January 04, 2015, 12:54:32 PM

I went through almost the complete source during the last year, which included also searching through many non-automotive magazines...

pnegyesi · January 04, 2015, 01:15:15 PM

I started again and found him (BTW I realised which magazine you meant)
Mr Winton Peebles from Miami

grobmotorix · January 04, 2015, 01:44:19 PM

Now - I was not sure if someone would really find it, but you have found it!

Btw: it is a german "d" in his name.

Very good!

pnegyesi · January 04, 2015, 02:16:05 PM

Yeah, I saw the "d" but it just doesn't make sense

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1938 Winton Peedles´swamp hunting car