mickthecat Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 "Rat Rod" with brass-era Buick engine and running gear for someone who wants a project. They have it advertised as a "1911"; it's no later than 1913. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185101548113 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Looks like it's a push rod engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Look how the manifolds are held on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercub Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 The concept, yes. The body workmanship, not so hot. Cylinders have been welded, not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 3 hours ago, supercub said: Cylinders have been welded, And welded and welded some more. Interesting engine though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Someone started off the bidding at $3,500. Seems plenty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flivverking Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Someone put in a whole lot of effort to come up with "not much". There is 1913 era Buick runabout/ roadster body of wood construction offered on Facebook market place in Brookfield Connecticut.. Somelike like $295 or $395 bucks..pretty intact,it's red! would need restoration. Better match then this hulking Mack truck steam engine body. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercub Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 That's my pricepoint for getting at least a complete chassis for my dirt track racer build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I don't know just how much is brass era Buick, but I think a fair amount of it is. Engine, transmission, rear end, and maybe the frame? Likely the steering? I don't think the front axle is brass Buick, and I know the front wheels are not. Rear wheels may be? Body I think was meant for something else, and the radiator shell matches nothing. Front axle for that year is likely a common Mott, and likely not difficult to get one. Ten or twenty years ago, I might have jumped for that one! Now, not a chance. I already have four or five project piles I really should do. And likely cannot live long enough to do half of them. The body is very unusual, but not badly built. I don't know if anyone could find an appropriate chassis for it or not? But it could make a neat custom roadster! I doesn't look like it would work well on a model T chassis. However there were several companies that built similar bodies for model Ts, and also built versions for Chevrolet, Dodge, and Overland. There are some good possibilities there for two very different cars. I would NOT try to make that body work on that chassis. My opinion is that would be a waste of both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 This is being disscussed on the Brass Buick site with interesting comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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