Comments on: Ariel Square 4 Powered Custom Wooden Car

By: wayne madsen

wayne madsen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:00:49 +0000

I read the 56 article.
Also had a friend who built his own space frame chassis (independent rear
suspension), used a 50 Olds V8, and built a very nice fiberglass body.

The article and my buddy’s work were inspirations to me.

I bought a junkyard 56 Ford taxi chassis, a 55 Chev v8 with a few tweaks,
and built a similar body (my Dad had a wood shop). Never finished to look as
beautiful as the cars in the article, but servicable. Took me to Northern Calif
for grad school and I used it daily for over a year.

By: over dono

over dono — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:08:38 +0000

awwawwwawww it so cooooollll perfect job

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:58:07 +0000

I have a set of those plans, they are in pdf and are called Speedball Special Plans. A search on the internet will probably net you a set yourself!

By: phil

phil — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:04:33 +0000

it went thru the mid america auction in jan. 2008

By: J Callaghan

J Callaghan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:32:18 +0000

I recall a motorcycle powered home built that appeared in Mechanix Illustrated in I think the 1950′s. It was called BuckBoard and had a wooden oak frame, Ford front suspension, and a VW beetle trans-drive chain driven by a motorcycle engine. The body was built up wood strips and the engine enclosure was copper sheet fastened over the opening for the engine cylinder and head. The windscreen and the mudguards were built up out of steel rod with sheet covering in the case of the fenders and plexiglas for the windshield. The wheels were motorcycle wheels and the headlights retracted into openings in the front of the car body. As I recall the body was built up using formers as in wood aircraft construction. The article had actual pictures of the construction so I know at least on model was built. I hope someone else recalls this article.