Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 In my years i've seen many double fronted cars but this is the first Model T. Usually you can tell which is the live end by a tailpipe but not here. Looks like maybe a driveshaft on the left 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzBob Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I think you are right about the drive on the left. Looks like I can see evidence of a brake drum on the left wheel. (Pictures left.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdillinger Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I believe I see the rear radius rods on the left, and the front axle wishbone on the right, meaning that the "front" should be the right side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimm63 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 This sign has been by the side of the road in PA for years and years. I remember seeing it as a kid on the way to my Grandparents house at least 40 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I enjoy these push me pull me cars. There is a ratted out 48 or so Chrysler around here that has the body mounted backwards. Some people just have to much time on their hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Hot Wheels has a car in its 2023 line up that is the same concept. Can’t seem to remember what they are calling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I have seen a "parade car" made up from the fronts of 2 minis. They would split in 2 periodically and drive about independently and then reunite - kids loved it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I think they had a Citroen like this in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. https://2cv-legende.com/2cv-series-speciales/2cv-bicephale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bonesteel Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 For years there was a two-front-end 1950 Pontiac Catalina parked alongside the Catalina Lounge in San Diego/Point Loma, disappeared sometime in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Wish I had a photo of it, perhaps Keiser or somebody else with some San Diego history can locate one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Edited July 7, 2023 by Pfeil (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Scott Bonesteel said: For years there was a two-front-end 1950 Pontiac Catalina parked alongside the Catalina Lounge in San Diego/Point Loma, disappeared sometime in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Wish I had a photo of it, perhaps Keiser or somebody else with some San Diego history can locate one. Yep. It was orange or red. I remember it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bonesteel Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 That's right, it was orange. Wonder where it went to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Scott Bonesteel said: For years there was a two-front-end 1950 Pontiac Catalina parked alongside the Catalina Lounge in San Diego/Point Loma, disappeared sometime in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Wish I had a photo of it, perhaps Keiser or somebody else with some San Diego history can locate one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Hudson with two fronts.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, Scott Bonesteel said: That's right, it was orange. Wonder where it went to? I DO have photos of it somewhere in my boxes of photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bonesteel Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I may swing by the Catalina Lounge and see if they have any photos of it there. I think it has changed hands a couple of times over the years so perhaps not. Worth a shot. If nothing else, an excuse to stop into one of the local 'dive bars'. SMB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWN Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 As a kid we called them "push me pull mes". Some sort of PMPM sat in front of a gas station in 1970s Gainesville, FL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Bad Boy furniture and appliance store in Toronto used to have a double end 57 Ford out front. This isn't it, but a similar car from Bismark North Dakota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 There was a double-ended '51 Plymouth at (IIRC) the Pioneer Auto Museum near Rapid City, SD. The proprietor said they built it for advertising purposes in the mid-sixties, and the Highway Patrol promptly ruled it off the road because the car was too confusing to other motorists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, keiser31 said: Hudson with two fronts.... The Hudson still exists though in very sad shape. It is parked outside of Ed Moore's shop/junk yard on Route 140, just outside I-495 in Bellingham, MA. Very rusty! Ed's shop is still there but I think all the cars in the junk yard have been crushed. The double-ended Hudson, Oct. 2019 picture on Google Streetview, but I saw the car there in the last couple of months. Ed Moore's shop with the good Hudsons inside. Edited July 7, 2023 by Gary_Ash (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) A true Double Ender, Made from two drivable cars with a common braking system. Was a ball to drive with a trained other end driver. We each drove a "Front" . Were hired to drive between races at the St. Petersburg Gran Prix. Edited July 25, 2023 by Paul Dobbin spill check (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan G Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Growing up, small-town parades were loaded with fun stuff, like the local trucking company that would run through with 4 or maybe 6 trailers behind a truck. A favorite was a double-ended mid-60s Chevy pickup owned by a local feed store. The rig still existed into the 90s but I haven't checked in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 In the early '50's I often traveled Rt 250 between Charlottsville, Va. and Harrisonburg, Va. Near Waynesboro on the way there was a dealership which may have been named Bauger, at any rate a Mopar dealer I believe. A double ended Airflow was seen there multiple times. I was also shown a large foreign classic on the order of a Hispano Suissa, but perhaps something else comparable. Does anyone know what became of them or have pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Cluley Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 We came across this while on vacation in the summer of 1977. I believe it was somewhere in New Jersey near Philadelphia. Looks like a '48 Olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donotlift Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 How about a double fronted car that can do a crabwalk like the new Hummer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 I think that 47-48 Olds is the one that used to sit out on Rt 130 in Bridgeboro across from Frank Hankins' Garage which was a popular hangout for Motorheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) On 7/8/2023 at 11:48 AM, Dave Henderson said: In the early '50's I often traveled Rt 250 between Charlottsville, Va. and Harrisonburg, Va. Near Waynesboro on the way there was a dealership which may have been named Bauger, at any rate a Mopar dealer I believe. A double ended Airflow was seen there multiple times. I was also shown a large foreign classic on the order of a Hispano Suissa, but perhaps something else comparable. Does anyone know what became of them or have pictures? I've seen that Airflow and I think I have picture of it somewhere. As a Airflow Driver/Navigator in 9 Great Races, I always notice old Airflows, both Chrysler & Desoto. Many people thought they were UGLY, but I still like them. Awesome powerful cars that were light years ahead mechanically and aerodynamically too. Spent a lot of time in that area with friends in Lexington who were also old car people and great back roads to look for old cars. Bagged 5 Model T's one year on a single farm, northwest of Lexington. (Probably in the early or mid 1980's). Also found a mid 60's 23 window VW Bus in a place called something like Miller's Tavern, that was gone the next time I looked. To bad, because it was in much better shape than the Model T's we bought. Edited July 12, 2023 by Paul Dobbin reposition text (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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