Vintage/Replica Race Car

[fordlovr]

This was at the same venue as the Flathead Bikes in my previous thread,being built by the same guy.He must have too much time on his hands.All prewar ford, except the body of course, which is being scratch built. Lovely workmanship as usual.

[texas webb]

Sure does nice work.

[Ol' Ron]

Boy, do I like that!

[GB SISSON]

Pretty much the coolest thing imaginable.....

[ford38v8]

Quarter midget, I believe?

[Ralph Moore]

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Sorry, you can't use that word nowadays. You should say "dimensionally challenged."

[john in illinois]

What great craftsmanship and really period correct look. Thanks for posting.
John

[HOTRODRON]

Looks like a pre war flat tail sprint car not a 1/4 midget. After the war they put a head rest on the tail.

[TJ]

Looks like an early sprinter to me. A quarterr midget is about the same size as a go-cart.

[GEOFFNZ]

Out here that neat little car would probably be classed as a midget if raced at speedway.The other class here were called TQs or three Quarter midget usually running motor cycle engines between 500 and 650 cc. One of the best midgets here for many years was called Popeye and ran a Ford B4 engine and was competitive against most V8 60s It is still in existence. Geoff

[G.M.]

Here's a picture of my 1946 Midget for comparison. This one is all original including tires. Was driven by Sam Packard in R.I. Sam was one of the original 13 founders of NASCAR. G.M.

[FL&WVMIKE]

Here is a photo of a replica of "The Bug".
"The Bug" was built by Dick Kraft, of California, before WWII. It was the first, purpose built, drag car. It was also the reason for many safety rules.
Dick Kraft drove this car, 121 mph in a rolling start 1/4 mile.
"HOT ROD" Magazine recognized it as one of the most important, 100 Hot Rods, of all time.
A friend of mine and I built this replica, several years ago.
MIKE (mikeburch)

[fordlovr]

They were all very brave back then !

[Pete]

I love those old cars with no body.

Here's one a friend and I built in 1952. 315 ci flathead running on nitro and hydrazine. 131.2 fastest time. No ET clocks back then.
We ran it in a couple of road races also…That was really a hand full.

[Lawrie]

Pete, I read about that hydrazine in a car craft mag in the 60,s ,it was called liquid dynamite,I think it was the same stuff the germans used to fuel the rocket fighters late in WW2.
Lawrie

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Lawrie

Pete, I read about that hydrazine in a car craft mag in the 60,s ,it was called liquid dynamite,I think it was the same stuff the germans used to fuel the rocket fighters late in WW2.
Lawrie

It is still used in rocket fuels. Extremely corrosive.
I had a couple of Boeing rocket scientists advising me on the mixing
procedures. The difference over straight nitro was like bolting on 4 more cylinders.

[Lawrie]

pete ,in the article it said that they had to flush the tank out before coming back down the return road or on the bumps some times the tank would explode, the article was called,this fools fuel is liquid dynamite.
Lawrie

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Lawrie

pete ,in the article it said that they had to flush the tank out before coming back down the return road or on the bumps some times the tank would explode, the article was called,this fools fuel is liquid dynamite.
Lawrie

It is the anhydrous salts that are extremely shock sensitive.
As long as you keep things wet, you are ok. Never run the tank dry.
We never ran the really high percentages like the guys in later years
did either.
We tried picric acid also. It worked very well but was almost as corrosive as the hydrazine.