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It's obviously a custom of some sort but I'm wondering if there some way to tell what it was made from. It sort of looks like a Cadillac from the grille but not quite.

Not likely a VW because the film it was in, "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air" was made in 1937.

I saw this photo posted at the HAMB and was wondering if someone here might have an idea what it was or could be.

Or worse come back as "Harbor Fright" tools.

That's a fate worse than the crusher.:eek:

Artist?!? More like vandal!:mad: The vandal should have the same thing done to him.:mad::mad::mad:

I used to drive my 51 Cadillac at what ever speed the rest of the flow was going. I had no trouble keeping up or for that matter pass any slow pokes that got in my way. I gave myself a little extra room for stopping but the stock brake system was adequate in most situations. The car was not much different from the cars I grew up driving, even better than the first car I drove. It all boils down to the experience you have driving what ever cars you drive. The newer cars on the roads these days have dumbed down current drivers. People have gotten used cars doing everything for them and it doesn't take much skill any more to drive. Overall a lot of people have just plain forgotten how to drive.

There really isn't much worth saving that's less than 30 years old these days. I'm sure that yard might pause a little and look something over that's older than 30 or so.

I did this once on a car that never came as a stick with the particular engine it had. It would have been much more difficult to do without the parts car. There are always some minor things, that are easily overlooked, that could keep a car from working right.

Where is it???

Sometimes it's just not worth the hassle of advertising if you can get a price from a wrecking yard you're happy with.

The Volvo's ECU is a DDEC type and the top speed limit is programmable. Not that you may want to change it, but your mechanic could easily change it for you.

You also forgot the location as required by this website's rules.

It makes sense on a Volvo truck. A Volvo car would not easily make this milestone. For the truck speed, speed can be limited by programming the computer. Most trucks on the roads these days are computer controlled. Many companies have the speeds limited on their trucks and the operator of the truck has usually no access to the computer programing hardware. It's so that the trucks can be run at maximum efficiency.

Looks like that odometer continues to count even after 999,999.9 miles. I bet you were wondering if it was going to reset to 0000000. Wow Volvo engineers anticipate their cars can make 1,000,000 miles.

The '63 I owned had the horns mounted just like the photos in the link.

Rare to the point of being unique. Only one working example exists in a '58 Desoto Adventurer convertible. It was sold at a Mecum auction not too long ago but that is another story that may be in another thread.

Yeah about 9 years after the OP's car was made.

I can't remember the last time I ate Spam. SPAM = Something Pretending As Meat.

Duh! Did a Buick have anything other than an "Eight" in them then?

A Franklin may have been an ideal car to drive in Death Valley assuming they didn't over heat like a car with a water cooled engine could.

Yeah but I'd rather use that $1200 to put into a car than just blow it on shipping. The '65 is the best year though.

I remember when they first come out. My mom joking called them a "Mickey Mouse Car" because it was so small, even small compared to her VW bug at the time. My dad and I thought we could easily toss on in the back of a pick up, never tried though.

No fair! I already offered $500.

It's a Honda N600. Quoted from the Wiki site: The N600 was introduced to the USA in 1969 as a 1970 model, and was the first Honda automobile to be officially imported to the United States. It was technologically advanced for its time, with an all alloy engine that could achieve 9000 rpm. Engine output was 36–45 hp (27–34 kW) and the N600 was capable of 81 mph (130 km/h). It delivered surprisingly peppy performance because of its light weight (around 550 kg/1100 pounds), due to compact dimensions and some plastic parts (like the boot lid). The first brakes were very weak, despite having front discs and servo assistance. Rear suspension was a dead axle on leaf springs.