Another Boatail death.

[1937hd45]

 I've seen other photos of this car, this is the first full side view, posted on the Vintage photo thread on the HAMB today. 

 

Bob 

Edited May 8, 2019 by 1937hd45 (see edit history)

[keiser31]

Looks like somebody took a stab at copying the Topper movie car.

[jrbartlett]

I'd take it. Even pay good money for it.

[Brass is Best]

I like the fighter plane bubble canopy! I wouldn't kick it out the stable either.

[alsancle]

I believe this car still exists and has been restored back to stock.

[jrbartlett]

That raises the question -- what was it stock, an Auburn Speedster?

[West Peterson]

Without the tail fin and the rear fender inserts, it would probably be a pretty good looking car.

[Rusty_OToole]

Why death?

[Curti]

It looks like it died and was resurrected, but the good Lord was in a bad mood that day.

[alsancle]

On 5/9/2019 at 8:59 AM, jrbartlett said:

That raises the question -- what was it stock, an Auburn Speedster?

 

Yes

[1937hd45]

This was the other one a posted a few months ago. 

 

Bob

[Curti]

I Don't believe there is an Auburn part in that 38 Ford. 

[auburnseeker]

Wonder what the boat tail body was off from.  Windshield doesn't look homemade. Body line / bead also surprisingly matches but cowl was extended later and more crudely. I can't see what's going on in the door area.  This would have looked pretty cool if they kept going with it and finished it off nice.    Any guesses?  Essex offered a boat tail.  Any other cars offering boat tails besides Auburn? 

[John_Mereness]

There use to be a boattail of a 28-20 variety or a 35-36 variety Auburn that sat out under a tarp behind Art Lancett Motors on Reading Road in Cincinnati - it had been heavily modified over time and then eventually mounted on a 50's Chrysler chassis.  He offered it to me several times for 5k, but heavily modified and heavily weathered.  It was red in color.  It had belonged to Art's former business partner. 

 

As a sidenote: Previously to ever seeing the Boattail on Arts lot we paid an earlier visit.  Art was a used car dealer that at one time had the  Bristol dealership - a friend and I went and bought a a "new" unsold Arnolt Bristol from him the day prior to Black Monday 1987 - he paid 50K for the car and literally the bottom fell out of the stock and car market for it to probably be worth 25K the next day (good news is today it is now a 100 point restoration and one of the better condition, most complete, and lowest mile Arnolt Bristol's on the globe.