grob : Shirley Temple (really??), driving a .....???

[Otto Puzzell]

I don't think it's a Bantam or a King Midget. The wheels, tires, cowl shape, etc., seem consistent with midget (not King) racers from the immediate pre-war and post-war period.
I suspect one of the myriad shops that built those cars was behind this one, or perhaps a hot-rod shop or customizer got his hands on a used midget and customized it.

[grobmotorix]

agreed...

That does not make it easier for me, but I don´t think it can be worth the point right now.
I hope someone will definitly know this little racer (conversion?).

Sorry Wendax, but this is the pro section 

[Wendax]

Sorry Wendax, but this is the pro section 

No problem, the advantage of being a pro is that you don't need any more points, isn't it?

[grobmotorix]

Now I am feeling kind of relieved.

That´s the spirit of autopuzzles - let´s wait and find the definite solution!

[Wendax]

At least then the misspelt name in the header should be corrected 

[grobmotorix]

Done...

[D-type]

 

I'd like to know the answer to this one.

[StillOutThere]

I do recall reading somewhere that one of Shirley's brothers was quite a hot rodder and created the sheet metal for this car.  Can't find that reference and do not recall any facts regarding the chassis /drivetrain. 

[Anton]

Maybe an Ihle car?
They built cars like this for amusement parks.

http:www.no-links-here.html

[Paul Jaray]

Anton, to post link here is against the rules : http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=6373.0 .

[Anton]

So sorry. Not an Ihle, then?

[grobmotorix]

Don´t know it myself...

[grobmotorix]

I don´t think this will be solved...

[Allemano]

I don´t think this will be solved...

That's said about many puzzles before, but after a year or two somebody came with an answer...

[Otto Puzzell]

She liked the small cars, it seems.  

Indeed she did!

I'm no closer to a solution, but found these while searching

[grobmotorix]

 

[RayTheRat]

I ran across this photo and puzzle while browsing the HAMB.  There's a link there.  

Anyway, I think it's a 1940 American Bantam with a kustom body.  The radiator grill seems identical to the one in the photo I'm attaching.  Might as well give the point to Wendax and move the puzzle to Solved.   

[Otto Puzzell]

I think you forgot the "wink"

[grobmotorix]

I´m still not convinced...

[Ray B.]

The second picture comes from Life magazine, supposedly 1938, by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
But it didn't help me much. In 1938 Shirley Temple was 10 years old. The car could be 1938 alright. So, whether 1938 isn't the right year, whether it's not Shirley at all.

[grobmotorix]

Right you are.

[Majeko]

If the picture was taken in 1938 couldn't the driver be Carole Lombard? She did a shoot with Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine in 1938

[Ray B.]

The girl in the picture looks more like her, but except in this picture from that photoshoot, where she wears special glasses for skeet shooting, I can find no picture of Carole with glasses. And this girl surely needed her glasses.
Also, Eisenstaedt, as one of Life main photographers, photographed a lot of people.

Also, too, if "Shirley Temple's hot rod" seems a phony identification, I found "Alfred Eisenstaedt 1938" on Facebook and couldn't trace this to a source. So it's just more logical, but that's all.

[grobmotorix]

The problem is that I do not know any more than you.

And what I also want to find out, is some facts about this car...

[Ray B.]

The only thing we can be reasonably sure of is that it's not Shirley Temple at all.
That caption comes from Pinterest, I believe, which is very unreliable.

That site, like its siblings, by the way, is a pain in the butt for us, as it often comes first in google searches, in place of the original and more valuable source.