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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2018 => Topic started by: grobmotorix on April 08, 2017, 03:27:00 PM

Title: Jamie Trudeau´s T-28 self built airplane hot rod
Post by: grobmotorix on April 08, 2017, 03:27:00 PM
Who knows this car?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 09, 2017, 02:49:57 AM
Puzzle pic changed. We had the car here before.

Now we have this beauty to identify :)
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2017, 03:13:00 PM
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Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 19, 2017, 01:57:04 PM
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Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 19, 2017, 02:52:19 PM
Made in USA ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 19, 2017, 02:56:36 PM
For sure :)
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 19, 2017, 06:12:38 PM
Is it based on a actual plane cockpit, or was it just built to looke like one ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 20, 2017, 01:51:46 AM
I am very sure the guy used original airplane parts.
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 21, 2017, 12:59:40 AM
Is it powered by an American V8 ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 21, 2017, 11:18:57 AM
On the left "bonnet" side you can see only 6 direct exhaust outlets from the outside.

Here´s the engine:
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: Oguerrerob on July 21, 2017, 11:48:11 AM
Could it be found on internet?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 21, 2017, 04:02:14 PM
Videos, photos, yes...
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 23, 2017, 04:11:41 AM
Is it a car engine or a plane engine ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: sixtee5cuda on July 23, 2017, 10:32:18 AM
350 (5.7 litre) Chevy V8?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2017, 12:33:30 PM
I am not an expert for engines in general, but I think it features some kind of standard US V8-engine.

Hint:

if you find out the type of planes the parts were used from you have big chances to find this one...
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 23, 2017, 12:37:34 PM
Parts from an US Air Force fighter ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: nicanary on July 23, 2017, 12:46:13 PM
I can't decide between a P40 and an A7  ;D !
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2017, 01:42:31 PM
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Parts from an US Air Force fighter ?

Not a fighter, I think it was a trainer plane.

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I can't decide between a P40 and an A7  ;D !

No.
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 23, 2017, 02:32:31 PM
So does the aircraft model name start with a T ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2017, 04:25:32 PM
Indeed...
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: Wendax on July 23, 2017, 05:03:26 PM
T-28 Trojan?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: oko94 on July 23, 2017, 05:06:09 PM
T-6A Texan II ?
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2017, 06:03:11 PM
"T-28" ist the name of this car.

However this is pro-level so I want at least to know the builder/=owner´s name here.

LOCKED for Wendax to have a chance to find out more.

Title: Re: LOCKED for Wendax / grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: Wendax on July 24, 2017, 03:41:54 AM
Jason Barnett?
Title: Re: LOCKED for Wendax / grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: grobmotorix on July 24, 2017, 12:33:09 PM
Not him - two more tries...
Title: Re: LOCKED for Wendax / grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: grobmotorix on August 11, 2017, 02:16:34 PM
Time out...

Open for all again.
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: sixtee5cuda on August 18, 2017, 05:30:00 AM
This vehicle won first place at a local car show during 2016, possibly in Florida.  It is completely home built, and the owner welded up the frame himself.  It uses a T-28 stick for steering, rudder pedals are brakes, etc.  The engine is a 454 Chevy V8.


Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: grobmotorix on August 21, 2017, 12:54:26 PM
Well, that is all correct, but not enough to award a point or to lock it for you - keep digging...
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: grobmotorix on October 08, 2017, 10:15:00 AM
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Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 27, 2018, 11:19:31 AM
Rat rod made completely out of T-28 parts at Trudeau Warbird Enterprises in Punta, Gorda FL.
The body is made out of non-airworthy skins and it’s controlled by a stick and the airspeed is determined through a pitot tube in the nose.
"Jamie Trudeau, an aircraft restorer, had a lot of aircraft parts laying around so he decided to use them to build this P-40 Warhawk inspired machine. Most of the aluminum was taken from a T-28 Trojan and was fabricated by Jamie himself"
Title: Re: grob 2017.04.08 (01) / T-28
Post by: grobmotorix on October 28, 2018, 05:10:34 PM
Perfect!

Two points!