If you dare suggest that one blessed thing be changed on this car, we’ll send a black helicopter to your home and no one will ever see you again. Frankly, after the Lincoln abomination that McTaggart posted this morning, I had to seek out something that actually had some merit to show you and that’s when I found this incredible car which has a buy it now price of $23,000 and frankly is worth every penny. What you are looking at is a real, not recreated or restored 1930s hot rod/speedster based on a 1918 Stutz chassis. It is a mish-mash of parts and pieces like you wouldn’t believe but the end product is so neat that the fact it IS a mongrel makes it better.
As we said, the chassis is a 1918 Stutz, the body is “custom” meaning that it was cur down, formed, and shaped from pieces of several different cars when it was built in the 1930s. The machine seats only two people but they will be riding in relative comfort as the seats are huge leather affairs that are incredibly plush looking. The engine is a “Power Dome” headed 212ci straight six out of a Hudson Terraplane and while it is not a fire breather by any means, we bet it and the three speed transmission get this thing down the road nicely. The seller claims that it’ll roll at highway speeds, so there” the proof in the pudding for us.
Here’s a list of what the seller knows, thinks, and surmises about the car –
Pa titled as a 1918 Stutz
Grille is Stutz
’33 Hudson Terraplane 6 cyl engine
Pre ’37 (?) Hudson transmission
Built in mid 1930’s for Phila restauranteur
Headlights are Post and Lester
Pierce Arrow taillight
Guages are Hudson
Body & Interior made of wood
Much work on brakes & clutch in 2009
We believe chassis, suspension and brakes (hydraulic
drum) to be early Dodge
19″ wheels — Budd? Buffalo?
Runs & drives at Highway speeds
Lots of patina
It is an incredible piece that would be awesome in any historical/preservation collection but it would be a crying shame to see a car like this, built to be fun and fast in the 1930s languishing in a building somewhere. We’d never want to see any harm come to it because after all, how often does one see a modified car from the 1930s that is still intact and in running condition. The car was meant to be enjoyed, cruised, and beat on. We hope that whoever buys it, enjoys it to the fullest potential. Driving this car will be like time travel for the new owner a unique and rare fully authentic period experience. DO WANT.
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That one is chock-full of WIN . . . Some idiot will buy it and slap in a GMPP “LESS” crate “motor” and some billet fairgrounds-cruiser wheels. . . .
This is cool beyond a shadow of a doubt . And if it is authentic then this is one to be carefully maintained and kept a ‘ runner ‘ as well as occasionally and respectfully cleaned but otherwise left as is
But what guarantee/ provenance is there to validate that this truly is an original ‘ hot rod ‘ from the earliest days of the hobby and not just a parts bin job well and carefully assembled with intent to deceive in order to garner a higher price ?
I say Buyer Beware on this one . Its got the definite possible signs of Counterfeit written all over it
What if it’s totally “counterfeit?”
Is $23,000 really an unreasonable price? Period-correct vintage parts and skilled labor would likely easily exceed that sum (unless you’ve got a barn full of brass-era antiques and a huge supply of free time for assembly and faux “patina.’)
And one could easily spend more than that on a buggy-sprung 25-40 h.p. T speedster and not have nearly as distinctive a ride.
As it sits, this car would be able to rock at any number of “traditional” rod events . . . $23k is a cheap and easy turn-key buy-in for that, IMO.
So do all the old BMWs
The only thing I would change is the owner.
It may be a “hot rod” but its still an ugly car.