Here is one I helped on the rebuild for the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. Indy 500 Rcer Belanger Special #17 You can see the spiffy lockwire work I did. No one else wanted to do it. Nice "s" pattern duplication.
I am a big fan off early indy etc. I have a number of books on Miller and the Offenhauser. At the moment I am in the process of reading. Offy America's Greatest Racing Engine By Kenneth E Walton ISBN 0-9270347-1-4 I bought this book the 10th edition a few months ago on Alibris. This book is in my view the best technical history of the Offenhauser. It contains a wealth of statistics, measurements, hundreds of photos; many of which show side by side differences of Offy engine parts as they developed and changed. This book is big on the technical aspects and small on race results, which are not necessry in a book such as this! From when Harry Miller first started with the Miller engine right up to the Drake/Gossen/Sparks Offy block developed in the early '70's to remain compe***ive with the rule changes that were being introduced as regard fuel efficiency and boost limitions on turbo's Geoff aka whodaky
there was a video Floating around somewhere i thought YOUTUBE but i cant find it there anymore. it was a dyno shot of a Offy, i guess i dont know which, probably the smaller one, with a turbo setup on a dyno. that thing screamed! ran it under load for a few mins untill the exhaust was red hot.
Hey, this is great stuff..... Keep it coming. Dakota, I remember seeing that video awhile back. Looked like that turbo was gonna melt. There's a great scene in the Clark Gable movie "To please a lady" that shows a montage of a 255 or 270 being ***embled. Great movie by the way, if you haven't seen it. I'm looking for a fuel injection set up for my offy if anybody knows of one.
The Speedway Motors Museum http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/ has some Offy engines on display. Here are just a few of their collection -- I'll have to get more photos the next time I am there. (from their website) Block Manufacturer : Offenhauser Block Material : Aluminum Cylinders : 4 Block Year : Head Manufacturer : Offenhauser Head Material : Aluminum Cam : DOHC Cam Drive : Gear Driven Carbs : Riley (more to follow) Malcolm
Another from Speedway Motors: <TABLE cellSpacing=8 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left width="32%">Block Manufacturer : Offenhauser Block Material : Aluminum Cylinders : 4 Cubic Inches : Bore : Stroke : Block Year : 1928 <TD vAlign=top align=left width="32%">Head Manufacturer : Offenhauser Head Material : Aluminum Cam : DOHC Cam Drive : Gear Driven Carbs : Unknown HeadYR : Era : </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center align=left width="65%" colSpan=2>Description : The great Offenhauser dynasty produced this one of a kind supercharged four cylinder engine. Tony Bettenhausen raced this Offy in the number 97 Belanger Special setting records all over the country with this 111 cubic inch engine. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I'm pretty sure the engines on the top shelf are not Offenhauser, but this photo shows a very very small portion of the huge Speedway collection...
Two publicity photos for the film of course "To please a lady" in 1950 with actor Clark Gable, mr. Gable est ***is au volant de la Bélanger spécial qui porte le no. Gable is sitting at the wheel of the Bélanger special door no. 18 , photo de la collection de Donna Belanger Haniford, fille de Murrell Belanger, propriétaire de l'auto. 18, photo from the collection of Donna Belanger Haniford, daughter of Murrell Belanger, owner of the car. Photo prise lors du tournage du film Photo taken during the filming of the movie
Hi Bobby. You can still order one new from Hilborn. Check their web site. And welcome to the club, if you are going to run it on the street. Offy270
Hey Bobby. I saw a guy at KA Customs open house in Huntington Beach that had an offie powered Model A. Maybe you can contact the shop owner to get his info? His name is Kevin Francis. C
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