Guess what this is....

[70rs]

Can anyone guess what year and make/model car this is from?

[takid455]

1950's caddy ride leveling/ control system?

Dont recall tucker having a setup like that.

[70rs]

1950's caddy ride leveling/ control system?

Dont recall tucker having a setup like that.

Nope. But the decade is right.

[Silver69Camaro]

I know! I know!

[70rs]

I know! I know!

Yeah I bet you do! Shhhhhh! Lol!

[69MyWay]

1950s Jag?

[70rs]

1950s Jag?

Nope. :D

[70rs]

1950s Jag?

Another clue......now we have the right decade. I will give you the year. 1955.

Any more guesses anyone?

[ironworks]

Well it looks GM to me. At least similar to other GM's and bracket in the back ground looks familiar. So I will say 1955 olds, or caddy.

[badmatt]

mercedes?

[70rs]

Not Olds or caddy. Not Mercedes either.


I never would have guessed either.

[bdahlg68]

Judging by how close the tires are together, it looks like something from a vehicle with more than 4 wheels.

[70rs]

Judging by how close the tires are together, it looks like something from a vehicle with more than 4 wheels.

Nope. I will say that it is a normal passenger type vehicle. In fact it's a car, not a truck or any kind of heavy equipment. And it is a traditional front engine, rear drive chassis.

I see what you meant about the wheels being close together. That is a separate car just parked really close. This vehicle only has for wheels. And the area shown in the picture is the front of the chassis.

[killer67]

1955 Lincoln Capri

[70rs]

1955 Lincoln Capri

No, not that either.



Ok, next clue. It is NOT American made.

[HotRod68Camaro]

Is it an MG?

[70rs]

Is it an MG?

No, not a MG.


It is a 1955 model year, not American. Not German.
Front engine, rear drive, 4 wheel passenger car. The item in the picture is the upper control arm with some sort of (i am guessing) rotary valve hydraulic damper.
This chassis has a solid rear axle with leaf springs. The rear axle is pretty cool looking, the axle tubes actually bolt to the center pumpkin.
The frame rails look to be fully boxed and are huge by todays cars standards.
But they are stamped from very thin gauge sheet metal and pinch welded at the seams. It looks beefy, but its not.
The cross members, control arms, body mounts, are all sheet metal and bolted together.
This car has more nut & bolt fasteners in just the chassis than any modern car has all together.

[ArisESQ]

Maybe a Volvo?

[70rs]

Maybe a Volvo?

Not a Volvo either.

I thought someone would have guessed by now.

[03fridge]

Mazda

[70rs]

Mazda

Not a Mazda. Was Mazda making cars in 1955? Or even in business as a company?

[Rick D]

Toyota ???

[214Chevy]

Okay....okay, we give. What is it?:question:

[ccracin]

Looks as if it could be a Jag design.

[GregWeld]

Not a Mazda. Was Mazda making cars in 1955? Or even in business as a company?

Since 1910


Vehicles since 1931


They were makers of the first "autorickshaw".... and it was sold by.... Mitsubishi. Weird huh?

[GregWeld]

WAIT!!! I've seen that before!!!


Todds new A arms... to match his frame?? :rofl: :rofl:

[70rs]

Ok I guess it's time to tell.

It's a upper control arm from a 1955 S series Rolls Royce.

While on tour at AME Craig showed this project to me. I guess it was to be used as a limmo with a big block chevy back east somewhere. The frame rails are rotted through in several places and even beginning to buckle over the rear end. AME was contacted to make a new "bolt on" chassis.
The crew at AME can build pretty much anything you need. This and a few other projects we talked about proves it.

[skatinjay27]

damn i was sure it was a prius

[70rs]

damn i was sure it was a prius

Lol! The front suspension alone on that thing probably wieghs more than a complete smart car.

[takid455]

I was going to say rolls or bentley after the 2nd page.

You could have said the socket that fits the bolts are are 9.5/16 and I would have went right to those makes.

BS/ whitworth (sp?) is an interesting system.

[70rs]

I was going to say rolls or bentley after the 2nd page.

You could have said the socket that fits the bolts are are 9.5/16 and I would have went right to those makes.

BS/ whitworth (sp?) is an interesting system.

Sorry, I didn't have my metric wrench set on hand at the time.......:D

I had never seen anything like that before. Can you imagine the man hours/labor it takes to assemble a chassis that way?

[CraigMorrison]

It was great seeing what some of the guesses were. I'll have to get some pics of the rear suspension -the one-sided sway bar is a bit of a head scratcher.