Art & Inspiration Traditional images that need no explanation.

Chuck Miller in the Red Baron and Teddy Z's t-bucket in the Wyandotte, Michigan 4th of July parade.

 

Those small and big blocks are slated for large trucks, look at the coolant bypass systems from the water pump to the intake manifold on those small blocks and the unique bell housings.

 

Never seen this shot! Rats galore! Truck engines, probably the Tonowanda engine plant?

 

Think it`s Flint...

 

was curious about those large bells-thanks

 

what induction is this?

 

Kinda makes arm restraints a good idea.

 

Hilborn, with the valley cover cast integrally with the injectors, these are cast vertically as compared to the early, smaller Hilborn’s that were angled and used a separate valley cover.

 

thanks!

 

This is one of the many examples of why open cockpit cars started requiring hand tethers. And the tethers lead to paddle shifters, which led to ........ How safety advances our hobbies and sports.

 

When I was racing sprints on dirt in the early 80's arm restraints were just showing up. A padded strap just above each elbow, buckled in with the 5 way harness. Cheap, I think around 20 bucks. Didn't restrict driving movement, but kept your arms inside the cage.
One guy said he didn't need them, he'd have such a white knuckle grip on the wheel that his arms couldn't get out. Someone else mentioned to him, "That only works if you're awake.". He had a set the next week.
I never heard of hand tethers. Makes sense on the little lay down Indy style cars I guess.

 

Stan Back, Here's an article about the crash. Says he had arm restraints and they broke. https://x.com/kromerpics/status/1708117552415621316/photo/2

 

About what year?