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

GREAT news! thank you, Scott.

 

Scott
Excellent news... tell pops to hurry back...we miss him.

 

Rootie..Thanks for the info on the H.H. sprinter..I've sent him an email. Bill

 

Scott,
Good news about Spike. Hope your recovery is quick and complete!

 

Cool, hope it's still available and you can work something out.

 

Spike, get back quickly. We need you here! Scott, thanks for the update. Been thinking about all of you all day.

 

Here is the two Belanger cars the no. 1 not a kurtis and the 99 a Kurtis. Later the no. 1 had the no.99 put on it, if you look at the fuel fill is on the out side of the no. 1 , the 99 is not and later years also had injection, took the carb blisters off . Thats Tony B at mil. on dirt,he won more dirt races with the 99 than any body . He almost run me over in the pits and was he pissed, Gary has his temper, he wanted that kid thrown out !!!! Me .....

 

ok all this talk about Wally so I had to post this

 

That is great news!!!!

 

Mr. Congeniality hisself!

 

Great news Scott, God is good!
PK

 

Great news on your Dad Scott, all the best to him,
mlight9.

 

Good news Scott! Like any old racer.. "He'll walk it off"

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Thanks for the "Clear-up" on the Belanger car.. Hope it brings big money.


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And now, some pics from Darlington.



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Check out the belly pan on the Pancho/Stapp car.. You can see the "imprint" from the offy back in the day. The owner said they were very care full NOT to loose it during the restoration.





















This is the Fred Frame car Zakira Jim and I took down.





I even snagged a ride in the pace truck!





Think about these next two pics next time you see an auto transport truck next to ya on the Highway..

 

MB, the #1 was the duplicate, right??? It was to be a copy of the #99 but wasn't quite as good IIRC,
mlight9.

 

Josh, the last pic you posted from Darlington, do I see Basement Bessie?? black paint job & no headrest???
mlight9.

 

BS, any info on the Dean Van Lines #9?? Is this a new resto or has it been around for some time, more pix if you have any,
mlight9.

 

Racer, the unpainted sprint car on the trailer, any info as to history?? Has the look of a Dreyer,
mlight9.

 

I'm not totally sure, but do not believe this to be a resto, maybe someone else can help.
BS

 

Yep, they were all the real thing.. Straight from the Indy Museum basement.

See those real cool Banners hanging behind the Open Wheel cars..? They some how ended up in my truck at the end of the day Sunday..

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according to Junior Dreyer it is indeed a Dreyer, Doc Bowles is the new owner Josh knows him and can probably fill you in more on it than I can

 

Yep.. It's in line with the others to be Restored..

Richcraft Mike did some nice work on it to get it to the "Mocked up" stage it's in now..

Mark Boles III has a Hisso engine for it.

 

More Darlington pics here...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=402908&highlight=shaw

 

If anyone on here owns a vintage sprint and wants to put it inside of our prestigious "History of the Race Car" display - at the Grand National Roadster Show (January 29-31 2010) please let me know. Also, if any of you know someone that might be interested please have them contact me. Great Thread guys! There's amazing cars in here!
Axle

shifters32@pacbell.net (909)-437-2068

 

X ten...please give our BEST to you Dad, Scott, and we wish your whole family the best.......he is a GREAT man (as you know)!

 

Great to hear.

 

Rootie and Wynns, thanks for the link to the Wally Meskowski history.
As you say , a bit of a can of worms.
My friend down here,Mal Church , has a Wally champ car bought from the East coast and would love to know if it was one of the "orphan " or "missing" cars
I have done my best to include a picture .If it has come through ,can anybody recognise it ??
Cheers Greg

 

trentesept-
Turned your pic around for better viewing. I'll defer to wynns as the resident Meskowski expert.
My .02- If it is a Meskowski, about the only thing that appears to be original, body/roll bar wise, is the nose. Doing a quick look through of Champ car results in the 60s, few cars were numbered 36 and none of those were Meskowski's. FWIW.

 

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<hr style="color: rgb(229, 229, 229); background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);" size="1"> Josh, Great pics! That looks like a fun show. Do you have any more pics of the orange and black car? It looks like a full size Tether car.

 

Yeah.. I think it was a total new car. Reproduction. The guy did great work! Very clean!