OT Whatca buildin fellas??

[greg g]

Looks pretty stout what ever it might be.

[Joe Flanagan]

Looks like some kind of high end engineering competition. MIT vs Harvard or something.

[41/53dodges]

looks kinda like a diesel

[Young Ed]

Looks like early front wheel drive

[dezeldoc]

I'm thinkin some kind of early dozer or scraper, look at the rear trunions.

[greg g]

here is anoher shot. Don't thinks its a dozer or a diesel. Looks like a supercharged, Overhead Cam V8 with front wheel drive.

[Greenbomb]

Maybe it's the lost prototype for that big roadster Jay Leno has!!

[Andydodge]

Thats not the start of an early front wheel drive Novi V8 indy Roadster?..........only a guess but I'll check my Offy history book tonite............whatever it is I like the centrificul blower mounted at the front........yum.....andydc

[Andydodge]

I have the Gordon White "Offenhauser" book........no pics that show the Novi, did a search thru google, the pics on the main Offy site aren't real clear but my money's on it being a Novi.......Offy's BIG brother.........FWD and trailing 1/4 eliptic springs........whatever it is, I'd happily donate my left gonad for it................yummy.......I LOVE alloy, DOHC's and centrifical blowers........imagine the gear sounds!!.......andyd

[greg g]

Andy I agree withthe possibility of an Indy entry. The FWd looks like a Cord, but they never had an OHC production engine, thier v8 was a Lycoming built deal. Might also be a LAND Speed vehicle. Looks a lot heavier built than its indy contemporaries.

It's froma series of photos that supposidly came out of the Los Angeles area, which lends it self to dry lakes or Bonneville venues.

All the one off cast stuff is certainly auto porn.

Offys were all dual overhead cam 4s I believe. I thought he NOVI's were Studebaker based, but perhaps that was later on in the 40/50's.

[vintage6t]

Looks like a Cord front wheel drive.

[Don Coatney]

Is it sitting on wooden saw horses?

[Buford Solomon]

Is it sitting on wooden saw horses?

I was going to ask the same thing. Sitting on wooden sawhorses. Yeeha!

Re: the Novi engine. I thought the Novi was made by mounting two Offy heads (the head castings featuring cylinder sleeves and water jackets integral to the conventional "head") on a different crankcase.

BS

[greg g]

Wassamatta, you never heard of biodegradable chassis jig???

[Cpt.Fred]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=793783

one of these? miller fwd indianapolis?

i took the pics and posted them in my german hot rod forum, one of the guys came up with this. what do you think?

[greg g]

The rear of the chassis looks a bit different than the indy ones. But the pic was supposedly taken in LA so miller fits.

[Cpt.Fred]

just found this.

http://www.milleroffy.com/Photo%20&%20S ... allery.htm

miller-NOVI it is, i guess...

[greg g]

Link not working 404 error

[Cpt.Fred]

sorry:o

http://www.milleroffy.com/Photo%20&%20Sound%20Gallery.htm#Photos