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olddog 01-06-2020 03:24 PM

Fiberglass body Non-Cobra
 
This is a 1934 Ford. Glass body. Manufacturer unknown. That concerns me.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/1934.jpg

I'm considering getting something like this for my wife and I to spend some travel time together. This one is fairly close to what I would build and fairly close to me.

Any thoughts and wisdom any of you can share would be appreciated.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../engine_24.jpg

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...0/engine47.jpg

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/trunk9.jpg

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/under.jpg

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/under_2.jpg

twobjshelbys 01-06-2020 04:37 PM

Could it be Factory Five? Theirs is a 33 though...

byron w 01-07-2020 12:43 PM

I think it's a street beast coupe kit. they had one in the 90's

I like it, Byron

olddog 01-07-2020 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byron w (Post 1470637)
I think it's a street beast coupe kit. they had one in the 90's

I like it, Byron

That's my fear. I can certainly understand why a street beast owner would say I have no idea who the manufacturer was.

olddog 01-07-2020 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys (Post 1470574)
Could it be Factory Five? Theirs is a 33 though...

The few FFR I saw didn't come with fenders and running boards.

I read on a website of one of the manufacturers that their running boards could not be stepped on. They were ornamental I guess.

t walgamuth 01-08-2020 05:25 AM

Bracing could be added under the step point.

joyridin' 01-08-2020 05:50 AM

I am pretty sure the Streetbeast version was 7/8 size, not the same dimensional size as the original. They seemed to do that on almost all their cars except the Cobra. If you could maybe get a measurement across a door or something and compare it to an original, this might tell you whether it is a Streetbeast.

I found a website called something like "Discontinued kit car manufacturers" or something like that. There were a few places that had a 34 Ford kit. One was in Ohio and another in Michigan. They list Streetbeast on the site and there is a note under the thread from somebody stating they have all the jigs and molds for the 34 Ford. His email is listed. He might be able to tell you also.

mr bruce 01-08-2020 06:01 AM

could possibly be an A+C out of Buffalo New York, or a B+B in Missori?, either way, exellent cars made by both companys

olddog 01-08-2020 09:08 AM

Mr Bruce - A&C is interesting. I have an A&C Cobra. They do color gel-coat. That car was either painted underneath or the gel-coat has color in it. It looks like colored gel-coat to me. My Cobra does not have color in the gel-coat under the car, however that my be an option. I cannot see enough of the frame to say it is similar.

Joyridin - Thanks for the information.

Buzz 01-08-2020 09:29 AM

I remembered that Unique Motorcars also makes a nice Ford hot rod, but I checked and its a '36 Cabriolet.
http://uniquemotorcars.com/files/res...b1105b3c6e.jpg

mr bruce 01-08-2020 12:20 PM

Antique & Collectible Autos :: 34 Ford

olddog 01-08-2020 02:10 PM

A&C body pictures looks just like it, but there frame does not look like the under carriage pictures I posted above. The car above definitely does not have the narrowed rear frame for wide tires, but that is just one option. It does not have coil over shocks. It has ford lower control arms. It does not have the K design at the drive shaft. I don't think the frame is standard A&C. However I understand people can make changes and who knows what A&C frame was 10 or 20 years back.

olddog 01-08-2020 03:03 PM

I think B&B split up, if memory serves. I was on Mcgill's website. The frame is closer to the pictures above, but it looked to have heavier rails.

I cannot say anything for sure. I sent contact info from the website, and never heard anything back. If the seller doesn't contact me then I guess none of this matters. I would like to go look at it.

olddog 01-09-2020 10:38 AM

Well it turned out the website is a total scam.

I traced the car down. It sold on ebay months ago for $34,000. The scam site had it listed for $22K.

If I were king for a day, I would order a long slow gruesome death to all scammers, and put a bounty dead or alive on their heads.

t walgamuth 01-10-2020 09:26 PM

Good idea.;)


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