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Jimmy, there are lots of memories here! The film I sent you a year or so ago and you posted is the same era, but different tracks. Harry Duncan's...
I think the Timken number is LM 11949. We used a lot of them in Go Power wheels many years ago.
Micky Rupp was the manufacturer of go karts in Mansfield, Ohio. The engine for his monster snow mobile came from his Indy car.
Your proposed modifications to the Victress look very good! I've always pictured this as a Manning, but I like the 'glass better.
Was the Fisher ignition another product by the late Fred W "California Bill" Fisher? I know he had the "How to Hop Up Your ...." books, Fisher...
I know the Ernie Grimm car ran at Tulsa in 1957. I thought it was black with red cove, but obviously it was many years ago, and my memory is...
Ivan, do you now own it, or does your friend still hold the title?
The knock offs on a Jag have arrows marked "Do" and "Undo", so that will not be an issue. I'd love to see either or both cars on the track at one...
That Mechanics Illustrated article lead to my first car in 1952. A '32 tudor sat at the gas station at 15th & Utica in Tulsa, which was also the...
Rickybop, I don't remember the grill, but perhaps you're thinking of the "Rounds Rocket" which was a rear engined pre-war Indy car. I remember...
I have no idea what the big smudge came from. Maybe my coffee cup sloshed. Mr Logan had "detuned" the Buick engines in the two cars he bought...
Stogy asked when the roadster moved North to Kansas. I visited Mr Logan's shop (next to the Farmers' Market) several times from late 1953 to mid...
By the mid 1950s it was owned by A D Logan in Tulsa. He bought the roadster, a Buick powered Doretti and the Chuck Porter truck (and an in the...
The Frank Rose T was part of the big auction of the Harrah's collection. I don't recall the exact date, but likely in the late 1960s or very...
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