40 Horsepower Centerdoor
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Tadpole
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40 Horsepower Centerdoor
Boy I would love to see the original photo of this machine, even has a brass radiator! Wonder if all that work was for business or pleasure?
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Wayne Sheldon
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
Interesting. The rear end and suspension might not be model T? And both engines appear to be complete with transmissions. You can see some of both engine pans and the spacing. I wonder how they coupled the engines?
Looks like it could almost be the original Munster-mobile?
Looks like it could almost be the original Munster-mobile?
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desertexplorer
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
I got curious about this car so I did a search on Google with the description shown below the photo and found the photo with caption on Google Books. It’s in the March 1923 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine on page 427. Someone has added a lot of notations throughout the magazine and in doing so notated the name of the builder/owner and his location. So I did a quick search of his name and town and found this article about him as an inventor, home builder and reverend. The article shows a better photo of the car, the garage he built it in and his home he built. Pretty fascinating person!
https://beautifulnauvoo.com/files/2021/ ... olland.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=XNoDA ... 9D&f=false
https://beautifulnauvoo.com/files/2021/ ... olland.pdf
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George House
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Thats interesting and thank you for the additional research Wallace. Popular Mechanics of March 1923 but the forward engine in the bottom picture appears to have a ‘New and Improved’ coil box. Probly Fordson, huh ?
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1925 Touring
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
Didn't someone make a V8 Model T block one time?
Just a 20 year old who listens to 40 year old music, works on 75 year old airplanes and drives 100 year old cars.
The past is only simple because hindsight is 20/20.
The past is only simple because hindsight is 20/20.
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Mark Gregush
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
Yes, a guy in California. Ford ordered them to be destroyed.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! 
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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Luxford
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
the California V8
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Tadpole
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Re: 40 Horsepower Centerdoor
Thank you Mr. Bellows, what a great story! That man was a genius.