chuck
as i recall, I had a positive confirmation that it was a Kellison. Did you
forget or do you dispute that is the case?
Gerard
At 3:57 PM -0500 1/24/02, Charles F. Christ wrote:
>the bonnett on 642 HPA takes a standard bugeye grille and has no raised rib
>or ridge down the center of the bonnet from the rear , forward to just over
>the grille opening. the two are quite similar! but not matching. good
>try though! i have been interested in who manufactured the one i have for
>a few years(since purchase). initially i thought it might be a speedwell.
>and for what i paid it was cheap enough to just take home and stash it away.
>mine has some damage and was on a yellow with broad 1950's type center
>racing stripe race car. upon purchase mine had been sprayed gray primer
>over the old finish. fiberglass work does not phase me. the bonnet damage
>is an easy repair for me to do. but i have just put it in storage and it
>will stay there untill i'm ready for it. parish plastics? who knows?
>but it is definitly not a speedwell! to date no magazine articles from the
>period or manufacturers brochures have surfaced to positivly identify the
>bonnet. there have been some very well educated guess's. i'd just loove
>to see a scan of the original mfgr.'s advertisement? we tried this a year
>ago with pictures on gerard's web site. that is how we found the few
>others around the country. but still no one knows for certain who
>manufactured it...yet.
>
>chuck.
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