Almost to the end.. here's one you don't see everyday! Since they didn't have to pay Petty, they had enough money to go Indy racing??? :LOL:
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Almost to the end.. here's one you don't see everyday! Since they didn't have to pay Petty, they had enough money to go Indy racing??? :LOL:
Some more random shots. The doors to the "garages" are reportedly the original doors from the Indy motor speedway.
The all aluminum motor is from the Aurora.. remember that one?
And a Mouse DOHC SBC
The 2 racers... just beautiful!
And these are the last... my camera battery died and I got no other pics...
So here's the other Steadybreaker.. I mean Studebaker! :p
And a Chevy... kind of... :3dSMILE:
Hope you enjoyed it all.. Hope I wasn't a bore!:eek: It was fun sharing it all with you.
Crikey!
That was awesome!
Thanks for sharing...much appreciated.
Loved the story about the pedal car...and how the fella had kept it for seventy years.
(Hell, I'm about as bad! I've got toys up in my shed I've kept for sixty years!)
Thanks for the reply JB... some of the pedal cars were extremely old and the mechanisms were very intricate and complicated. The boy and his car - that "car" cost almost as much as the real deal! It was really more like the salesmen sample. A different time / era to be sure!
I don't remember seeing any pedal school bus!:eek::LOL::LOL::LOL:
Some amazing engines, Mike! And to think that those were all built well before the existence of computers and numerically controlled machining of any kind. True craftsmen, and all one at a time or even one of a kind.
It is amazing in it's own right, isn't it!?!? Pieces of art imho. I am so glad I made this trip, got to meet and hang out with you and Bones, saw a really cool car show and saw parts of the country I'd never been in before, and more, then capped it off with the Smith Colelction / Museum!
It was a great week all in all.
What a great snapshot of racing history!!! Thanks for the pics, Mike!!! These guys were true engine builders, not just a bit of machine work and assembly, but designing and building their own heads, blocks, heck, most everything!!!! It's always good to look over these cars, engines, and pieces that are such a huge part of our racing history!!!
After all those sexy engines and cars I think I need a drink and a smoke! ;)
It's amazing when you think that at the most they had a lathe and maybe a shaper.. a well equipped shop might have a horizontal mill.. when I read that the one engine had 40 hours of polishing and shaping in 1 part! That's simply amazing!
Steve - I felt the same after I left, breathless and wanting a cigarrette!:LOL::LOL: