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We've got quite a braintrust going here. There are times when we have something in our stuff that just stumps us as to knowing 'who built it', 'what is it used for' etc. As traffic comes through and grows, somebody may come through and identify pieces that were posted some time ago.

This car came out of south Texas, yet the sponsor names indicate it to be from the Iowa-Indiana stateline. The rollcage seems to be about 2" longer than the norm (36". It's obviously been reworked on the front for a 4-bar conversion meaning it at one time most likely was a springer front. Hopes are that someone will recognize this car and tell us some more about it's history. The work seems to be pretty clean and effective.

Rearend is CAE. You can see where the rear was repaired behind the roll cage.

Newer style nerfs were added at some time in the past. It has the big Schroeder box with power assist.

Here they did the 4-bar conversion from a monorail frame. I know it's just a shot in the dark, but does anybody recognize at least who's work this is?

Next frame-

I keep running across frames made like a Walker/Nance. In many cases they are not moly tubing, rather they are more like pipe frames. The welding looks very much like a gas mig. In this case the welds are very uniform in that it looks like someone did a lot of welding in a production setting.

This car was on in the past year. I think it is from Wyoming? The owner was looking fervently for builder Id here as well.