Does anyone recognize these cars and who built them?
Looks like that MG Special made in New Zealand; or was it a Ford?
I'll have to see if I can find it...
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.
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...
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.
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
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
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.