Features VINTAGE SPRINT CAR PIC THREAD, 1965 and older only please.

Can anyone show me pics of the car used in the 1950 movie "To Please A Lady"...

Its Offy powered, Novi looking, Front wheel drive... I was told that the team that owned the car (actually there were two, but they only used one in the movie) Was paid so much money that they passed on running Indy that year..?... (Thats hard to believe, Most Racers would run indy if it payed nothing.. Much like sprint car racing!!)

JD

 

badgers were not rear engine cars the engine sat next to the driver, isn't an Edmunds either, my uncle had a rear engine Edmunds Midget, and there weren't very many of em. Josh is that some kind of Two Stroke engine? The yellow car was my uncles, the other car is Brad Noffsinger, the black Roadster was built for Howard Linne and as far as I know only ran once at Phoenix on the mile, I was there but was a little kid.

 

Josh, I will look through my copy of Johnnie Parsons biography I think there are some pictures in it.

 

around here, they called a midget with a an engine beside the drive a sidewinder or roadster (the last one always got me a little miffed) there was still one running when I ran my rookie season with NEMA in 2001. When they outlawed the sidewinder style chassis they grandfathered in all the cars still running. Must have been a very fast car in it's day because it still wasn't that far off the pace. car was retired and scheduled for restoration after the race.

 

A couple years ago at eldora for the kings royal not only was there a street legal sprinter there was also a street legal indy car. That was way cool and sounded sweet
dave

 

If you're asking what that black car is I would say some form of Formula S.A.E. or Autocross and maybe a Mini-champ-Formula Indy car in the Mid-West ??

 

here are some pics of a badger, built by Rollie Linblad, this was the most succesful one in the midwest owned by Bob Lockhard, in the 70's in USAC it was mainly driven by Johnny Parsons, he was driving it at Winchester the first time Rich Vogler drove my dads car, Rich set a one lap qualifying record led most of the race, got boxed in lapped traffic on the last lap Parsons passed him coming of 4 to win the feature

 

I've been amazed at how much shocks and tires make a difference on an old chassis. my midget was the one sammy swindell ran in the chili bowl in 1987. it was a challenger house car built in 86 by mike streicher. I ran it on dirt a couple years 99-00 with a VW in it and got championships with it both years. I then ran it as an asphalt car but couldn't afford the big money 166cube motor for it. I managed to pick up an old 151 cube motor from the early 90's. on a smaller track I was still very competitive with that combo. It was easy to set up and on a good day could come within 3/10's of a second of the track record on the 1/3 mile track we ran most often.

 

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Any More Black Duece pics out there?

 

Not sure about this one.

 

here are a couple

 

The Emmett Malloy "Black Deuce" with Vuky in it.. ...pre Bardahl, exposed frame car...

 

yes yes.. The regular program...

 

I got somthing REALLY cool to show you... But I wanna see the car used in the movie to verify it..

 

I think he meant Hector Honore's car

 

"Honey I shrunk the Indy car". Nifty little offset/roadster midget from 53.

 

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Yeah... But he just said "Black Deuce" and I REALLY LIKE VUKOVICH!!!

 

Sorry,
For the picture above with no text. This was the first time posting a pic. Anyways, This is a car a friend of mine has. His dad bought this car in 1972 while he was in Vietnam. His dad was told it was a champion car for the 3 years of 1950-1951-1952 in PA. What track? It had a white 3 on it pinstriped in red or orange on the tail and it has a Wohlfeil steering box in it. I don't want to hijack this thread so if anyone would happen to have any info on this car please contact me. My buddie is in process of restoring this one. I will try to post a couple of more pics.http://<a href="http://" target="_blank"><img src="http://" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

Don't worry about it. Thats Why I like this thread.. It got all the Hambers with Vintage Open Wheel Knowlege in one place, checking in... I'm sure someone will help ya out. Killer looking car.

Of coarse if it was mine, I couldn't restore it.. there only original once. Its nice/rare to see a car that complete.

Good luck,

JD

 

Thanks! I'm still pretty new to this thing "fucking Rookies" anyways I scored a nice schroder steering gear box today while scouting for pics for this thread. I will get some more pics of our are tracks and cars back in the heyday.

 

Bob Sweikert

 

Rodger Ward.... (seemed to have a hard time keeping all 4 wheels on the track at times )

 

If you look up 'racer' in the dictionary I'm pretty sure you'll find this pic of Gary B.

 

hey revkev6 ,i have what im told to be the last challenger midget. this car was welded up by gary stanton on the last day .there were two cars one asphalt one dirt mine is the dirt ,the other was wrote off by robby ott at pir ,i still have my car in my collection of stuff .last raced at the 1200 mini sprint nats in van buren ark finished 5th i think 1996 see ya huls 77

 

Sometimes it doesn't work out too well (another view of G.B.s trip through the roof at Syracuse that was disscused earlier.)

 

???? Quiz time. Not a racer but you all know who he is. ????

 

-----Check out his belts stretching in that picture above of G.B. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE YOUR BELTS TIGHT ENOUGH!! My dad was always AMAZED when I told him that I would get an extra inch or two out of my belts on the first caution, if there was one. I would always have him tug them down tight on the grid cause someone outside the car has way more leverage. But, as your body settles in and you relax more after the green is dropped.. things change.