Agreed! That is a sharp looking grill.
Mark

 

Hi Bobby. These look like Stude's, right?
Do you have any info on them or a link
to them? Like Johnny 5 would say,
"I need more input"

 

They think they are F3's just like the beast wants to be !

 

Neither vehicle is a Studebaker, nor any Ford made in the US or Canada. I don't know what they are, and I can usually ID almost every vehicle from the 1920's thru today.

The first vehicles grille sorta resembles a Hillman Minx. The 2nd vehicle looks somewhat similar to a '39 Buick or Chevrolet.

Hey Shaky, glad to see you are back on FTE!

 

Russian, but no idea what that sign says its name is. If that's what the sign says. Stu

 

There were no Trabants back then, it's not a ZIS (resembles a 1942 Packard 180) nor a ZIL (resembles a 1955 Packard), so I'm guessing it might be a Moscovitch.

 

GAZ M20 Probeda (Victory). Stu



Here's a story about it. The platform is the GAZ M20 Probeda. Stu

http://bangshift.com/general-news/vi...uried-in-snow/

 

Well they wish they were F3's or Studebaker's

 

I wonder if there is a water cooled engine under the hood.
If for nothing else than to heat water for the cabin. That
looks to be an air cooled engine on the push prop, but maybe
water cooled. I had a "56 Hillman when I was about 15.
I had no idea at that time anything could be positive ground
6V. So as it had no battery when I drug it home, I put a 12v
in it and proceeded to fire her up. The first sign something
was wrong was when the throttle cable turned white hot
and disappeared. Long story short when I figured it all out
it ran and drove very well. Anyway thanks for getting me
posting again Guys. After 4 brain surgery's this past year
I haven't much felt like wanting to. Although I come here
every morning over coffee when not in the hospital.

 

Most cars/trucks that are 6V are positive ground. When some of the auto makers went to 12V in 1955, they were also positive ground.

When OHV V8's were first introduced, all were 6V. When these engines were hot, they were very hard to start. You'd grind away on the starter till the battery went dead.

The fixum was to either install an 8V or a 6/12 battery. The 6/12 battery had a 12V solenoid mounted on the top of it. It started on 12V then ran on 6V.

 

Gracious, welcome back! Glad to hear you're on the mend, and that these oddball vehicles spark your interest. Stu

 

Arctic, wow! Hope you are feeling better! 4 of any kind of surgeries are difficult, hope you are on the mend.

 

Hey Rich,
I was wondering where you were off to... We need your help telling all the new
guys how to post pics & decipher this place! We've missed you! You must have
10 pages of visitor messages - very popular. We need some snow & truck pics!

Hang in there.

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

I see that I'm late to the party once again. It looks like your questions have been answered. For my part, I have no idea what they are or have any further information on them or a link to anything about them. I swiped the picture from a thread over at the HAMB.


Nice to see you back and making a posting or two!
Bobby

 

Looks like something from a James Bond movie!