Four-Links – Masano, art from race cars, the $50 surplus Jeep myth, the White Triplex

* As we’ve mentioned before, Geoff Hacker could keep us in clover for a long time with all the weird and wonderful oddball cars he researches, and he’s doing just that with his website, ForgottenFiberglass.com, where he recently presented the Masano, a fiberglass three-tailfinned sports car based on a Henry J chassis. The car still exists, but its history still needs some plumping.

* Artist Michel Collet’s sculpture would look right at home on any gearhead’s walls – he focuses on the details of old race cars, essentially the sculptural equivalent of the shots that are like candy to many automotive photographers. (via)

* Ever see one of those old ads for surplus Jeeps for $50 and wonder whether you could’ve truly found a Jeep in a box for such short money? The people behind Olive-Drab.com wondered the same, and put some research into the topic to thoroughly disprove the myth. It’s the same scam you see nowadays on TV commercials promising info on government-seized car auctions. (via)

* We’ve recently explored the British aero-engined death-wishes known as the Chitty Bang Bang cars, but there was an American equivalent too, the White Triplex, built expressly for bringing the land-speed record to the United States. Tragedy, of course, ensued, as The Selvedge Yard relates the Triplex’s story.

* And let’s round out this week with a link to BigLorryBlog, where they recently dug up some photos and information on the Mack T8 double-ender tank transporter, with cabs at both ends of the trailer. Just how did they get the tank on there, though?