Speedster-Spyder Mutant?

I believe that is a rare 1956 Kinardlee Standit. Few made, none completed, abandoned.

That's good, Bob! Have you heard of whileitsapartitis? Seems to be a fairly common engine related ailment....

Doesn't whileitsapartitis include the underlying condition known as mitaswel which results in replacing perfectly good parts and correcting that which was just fine to begin with?  

From Forgotten Fiberglass:

Richard Kinardlee's dream was to stand with the leading early '50s 'glass fabricators like Eric Hauser (the "Victress S1") Noel Bangert (The "Manta Ray") and Bill Campbell (Hollywood Plastics). Toward that end he called his first effort, shown here, the "Standit." Unfortunately, Kinardlee's proudest innovation--designing the body to fit over a 1953 Mack B-series truck chassis, which was to be shortened and reversed "for unsurpassed strength," as Kinardlee's ad copy put it--proved to be too expensive, time consuming and difficult for his target market. Over 40 bodies were produced, but none are known to have been completed.

edsnova:

You are helping build the legend of the "Kinardlee Standit". A perplexing exercise in automotive development that ranks up there with the Yugo. (Did I say development?)

The same citation of Kinardlee's work appears in the hard to find updated version of the book entitled "Thankfully Forgotten Fiberglass" by Owen Corning, PhD., BFD., RFD., Esq.

I think uze guys are yankin my chain. It has a strong resemblance to a '50 Porsche race car. (Are those hood mounted horns fore aerodynamics or were the brakes really that bad).

http://www.cliffreuter.com/Etc...50-03CliffReuter.htm

I say FLUSH IT! The fiberglass one at the top of the thread that is.

Although I am not very fond of the Spyder coupe just above, it was one of the original Spyder prototypes and was originally fitted with a pushrod engine. I don't like the upright headlights, kind of Ghia looking. It had that hardtop I think at Lemans and also the Carrera Panamericana.

But Wolfgang you forget the legendary motor that moved this thing. See attached data sheet

Holy Batman!