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Title: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Ray B. on May 05, 2008, 05:41:23 PM
Ever seen this ?

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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91
Post by: Ray B. on May 05, 2008, 06:28:43 PM
Make and model doesn't mean much here. So:
What car in under that body ? Also, eventually, the owner of the car.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91
Post by: jotage21 on May 06, 2008, 05:06:35 PM
I have a old magazine about this car. It´s designed after a record car. It´s American. I´ll look for the magazine.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91
Post by: Ray B. on May 07, 2008, 04:07:53 AM
You're on to something.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 07, 2008, 07:06:55 AM
Hi, this is built by Louis Van Dyke starting from a Hudson from 1941, inspired by a famous recordman.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91
Post by: Ray B. on May 07, 2008, 08:44:51 AM
I thought this one was going to last a bit longer (how many times have I wrote that?)
Louis Van Dyke's car it is, supposedly inspired by one of Henry Segrave's record cars (although I can't find one that looks a bit like that).
Well done !
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on April 22, 2009, 01:13:31 PM
and...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 27, 2010, 09:33:02 AM
I found new info about this car.
It has got a totally different name and builder...on a '41 Hudson 8 chassis :-\
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 27, 2010, 09:39:31 AM
I think there is material for another "rare car of the week"!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 27, 2010, 10:02:09 AM
In the article below you can read the second part of this car's story.
It was bought at Indianapolis by Roger Barlow in 1947 and dubbed "the Iron Lung Special" by his partner, Louis Van Dyke when He saw it in Beverly Hills...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 27, 2010, 10:02:23 AM
...but only at Autopuzzles you can read the name of the builder and the original name given to the car back in the early 40s, and see a pic of this earlier version!

This car was designed by Russ Sceli and hand-hammered by Jarma Nurmi. It used a Hudson 8 running gear and about 400 feet of angle iron for the frame. Sceli was probably inspired by the Chrylser Thunderbolt.
The name of his creation was The Sceli Complex.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Ray B. on December 27, 2010, 04:33:22 PM
If the weather allowed it, Paul, my hat would be off to you.As you say, "only at Autopuzzles"!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #91- SOLVED - Louis Van Dyke's one-off based on a 1941 Hudson
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 03, 2014, 03:07:18 PM
I put the pics back at their place.

Geoffrey Hacker is going to write an article about this car.
Please, let's share all you got!

In the meantime, here you are a pic I found in the 2014 Amelia Island auction catalogue, pag.92:
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