The Ford Barn

Walt Dupont--Me. · 03-26-2012, 03:48 PM

Hey Leo, I see you made it home. Did you get your belly full of maple surup? Walt

Walt Dupont--Me. · 03-26-2012, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ol' Ron

Key west Fl 1954

Hey Ron, there are cars running at this Fantasy track that look just like your's. I think you and I ought to build one. Walt

Ol' Ron · 03-26-2012, 04:35 PM

That car was on the dock in Miami being scrapped for shipment to Japan when we salvaged it for the track. We painted it green and put the number 13 on it and they wouldn't let us run it, so we changed it to 93.. It ran in the Jlopy class, had a stock 59A in it. Actually won one race got $12 for it.

jimTN · 03-26-2012, 04:44 PM

Your car reminds me of one a friend of mine ran in the late 60s on the modified circuit. It had a SB garbage truck engine and no radiator up front, cooling water was pumped to the left rear to a rad. We called that thing the headless horseman, it was run by a champion race car driver by the name of Wayne Fielden from Knoxville, TN.

hope · 03-26-2012, 07:50 PM

Yup

32 Model B · 03-26-2012, 08:03 PM

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In reference to Walts comment about guys pulling old stock cars out of the woods and putting them back together to run on the dirt again made me think of an old forgotten about junk yard behind an old dirt track, behind a camper/RV store in Vermont, not to to far off I-91 on route 100 that I found about 15 years ago. Anybody from up that way remember this place? I think it was near Wardsboro? In fact I have a 33 5-window that was built for the Danbury track back in the 50's. Bob.

Ol' Ron · 03-26-2012, 10:34 PM

I'd like to find it. it's not that far from where I live in Chester.

03-26-2012, 03:48 PM	#21
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: Just ran across Hey Leo, I see you made it home. Did you get your belly full of maple surup? Walt

03-26-2012, 04:35 PM	#23
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,860	Re: Just ran across That car was on the dock in Miami being scrapped for shipment to Japan when we salvaged it for the track. We painted it green and put the number 13 on it and they wouldn't let us run it, so we changed it to 93.. It ran in the Jlopy class, had a stock 59A in it. Actually won one race got $12 for it.

03-26-2012, 04:44 PM	#24
jimTN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Powell, TN Posts: 2,509	Re: Just ran across Your car reminds me of one a friend of mine ran in the late 60s on the modified circuit. It had a SB garbage truck engine and no radiator up front, cooling water was pumped to the left rear to a rad. We called that thing the headless horseman, it was run by a champion race car driver by the name of Wayne Fielden from Knoxville, TN.

03-26-2012, 07:50 PM	#25
hope Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: warwick Rhode Island Posts: 464	Re: Just ran across Yup

03-26-2012, 08:03 PM	#26
32 Model B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bethlehem, CT Posts: 133	Re: Just ran across Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) In reference to Walts comment about guys pulling old stock cars out of the woods and putting them back together to run on the dirt again made me think of an old forgotten about junk yard behind an old dirt track, behind a camper/RV store in Vermont, not to to far off I-91 on route 100 that I found about 15 years ago. Anybody from up that way remember this place? I think it was near Wardsboro? In fact I have a 33 5-window that was built for the Danbury track back in the 50's. Bob. __________________ You are only as good as your last mistake.

03-26-2012, 10:34 PM	#27
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,860	Re: Just ran across I'd like to find it. it's not that far from where I live in Chester.