Partially solved: Cars in Joe Gertler's garage

Started by galrot, July 11, 2016, 01:12:29 PM

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July 11, 2016, 01:12:29 PM Last Edit: July 11, 2016, 01:18:45 PM by galrot
Does anyone recognize these cars and who built them?

Carnut

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July 12, 2016, 02:28:14 PM
Looks like that MG Special made in New Zealand; or was it a Ford?
I'll have to see if I can find it...
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galrot

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July 12, 2016, 03:27:02 PM
I believe the pictures were taken in a bodyshop on the American east coast but I don't know if the MG special was constructed there (it appears to be only car that is complete in the pictures so perhaps not). I have a couple of more pictures of the same place should it be of interest.

Carnut

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July 13, 2016, 05:46:40 AM
This is the car I was thinking of:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2010-38/solved-neh-249-ching-special-on-early-falcon-shell-based-on-1950-ford-10/msg358129/#msg358129

Whilst there are similarities it's obviously not it...
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galrot

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July 13, 2016, 08:02:58 AM
Ah, I thought you were thinking of the MG T-type in the background. I can certainly see the similarities, but I suspect both cars were inspired by the Jaguar C-type and that's where the grille shape (which is the biggest similarity between the two) comes from.

Here is a closer look at the last car in the pictures. I would think it should be possible to at least identify one of these cars.

barrett

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September 22, 2016, 01:08:58 PM Last Edit: September 22, 2016, 01:11:32 PM by barrett
Quote from: galrot on July 11, 2016, 01:12:29 PM
Does anyone recognize these cars and who built them?

That's the Lea Francis built by Joe Gertler in New York in the early 1950s. I don't recognise any of the other cars but it is probably Gertler's shopin Long Island

Edit: The wild MG TC in the background is one of Gertler's too

Carnut

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September 23, 2016, 08:50:44 AM
I knew I recognised it but just couldn't put my finger on it.
Here's your original puzzle of it (along with my re-post...):

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2011-39/barrett's-45-solved-lea-francis-rebodied-by-joe-gertler-in-1957/msg297856/#msg297856

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galrot

#7
September 23, 2016, 12:05:36 PM
I forgot to update the request, but I actually manage to find it out on my own (along with some forumers on another forum) a while back and it is now categorized correctly on the site where I had initially intended to put it on.  :)

I have not been able to identify which chassis this car was built on though and I received no answer on my e-mail to the creator of the Joe Geetler history page.

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