The Dymaxion needs a flathead

It's good these vehicles survive. When I was a 14 yr old kid growing up in Dearborn, Mich., we used to go down the street from my buddies grandmas house and play on Bill Stouts " Club Car", that was sitting forlorn in an empty lot. I remember the flathead Ford in the rear and having to go up a couple steps to get to the drivers seat. There's a picture of it in a book on and of Stout. The owner was going to junk it, and we called Greenfield Village many times trying to interest them and save it. All to no avail. It went down to Commercial Auto Wrecking, a now gone junkyard that was next to the Rough Plant. Broke in half when the wrecker pulled it from the dirt. At least it went back into the pot at Ford Motor. That was around 1968 or so.
 
I've adjusted my operating creed for the month of Christmas...

"Carburetors first, Business second", or CFBS for short.
Occasionally leading me to the edge of ruin, but what the hell.

With this thought in mind, I'd be glad to donate a perfect model 48 carb for the Dymaxion.
 
Back in the 80's I saw a rear engined flathead powered van at a car show in the Chicago/Wisconsin area. Do not remember which show. It had spartan chrome tubing outlined seats and seems like it was a four wheel vehicle. It was not restored and the entire rig was built in the 30's. Sure wish I had taken pictures now.
 
He sure was. Driving your Scarab into the driveway in the evening, seeing the lights glowing out the windows of your geodesic home, now that was a future to look forward to in 1935..
 
jimTN, the car you saw was the Stout Scarab, designed by William Stout. Stout was an early proponent of the all metal airplane fuselage and wing concept and I think Henry bought him out and put him on the payroll designing the Tri-Motor. With the Ford Motor Co. ties he was easily able to source engine and suspension parts to produce the Scarab. I don't think more than a half dozen were built, maybe even fewer. Years ago there was a Scarab featured in Special Interest Autos, the precurser to Hemmings Classic Car magazine.
 
Check out the "1946 Stout project Y" and William Bushnell Stout on the net! The car was built in Newark, Ohio. I have seen the car and it is amazing! I think it belongs to the Detroit auto museum. It was on display in Newark for a year or so a few years ago. I was able to look it over real good at that time! Oh, Stout drove the car over 200,000 miles before retiring it!
 
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