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Rootie,years ago I got a project from Kansas that came with jars full of nuts bolts and washers etc.. One jar had that very bolt and it was...
Is that BEER HILL I see above turn three ?
Whats the hole for at the bottom of the side panal under barnies name ?
This to me is classic Don Brown. I just got a nose,hood and cowl from Gene Gibson,molds pulled from Dons rabbit. The tail mold is gone
Rootie,The point I`m trying to make is the ownership side where Don sells his car in N.Y. for Oswego and Weld builds another car The 1969 car show...
Brian,I don`t remember any one saying kenney`s rabbit copy was a " Don Brown " rabbit. Kenny copied it from Gregs and brought it to Bedford Pa....
Rootie,I`m more confused than anyone here. I remember Lynn Paxton telling me he saw photos of the Kenny Weld/ Don Rice Ford/ roadster in a storage...
19ardun46,can you tell us what happened to Don Browns rabbit or where it ended up. I have heard several stories. Hope you can shed light on this !
Rootie,I have been told for years the Glessner car was the first 4 bar Meskowski. Also that Joe Silnas did the body. Silnas did the Wyndott Tool...
Not mine !
Rich,back in 1993 I ran across this car in Delaware south of Dover. I was told it was a Stapp so I called Steve and asked him . He was sure it was...
My Hillegas sprint car ran one on the right front at Morristown N.J. in 1953 on dirt. Bill Holland was driving !
BZNEIL,I have not yet mastered the photo side of this thing. The frame is Watson/Trevis style with the top tube out to allow a SBC to fit. It has...
Joe,you need a CAR for it. I have a Ron Trevis roadster frame and body that will go great with the starter. Its set up for a small block.
Jack Beckley put a Saginaw unit in the Hopkins dirt car in 1961. After Bettenhousen was killed they hired Branson and he needed it. The steering...
Looks like a big old Chrysler 440 to me,big block for sure !
Famous bar in Bedford Pa. across from the Fairgrounds.
Denny,that is Larry at the Hoosier 100 on 9-12-92.
Hillagas is 2.375,Shilala is 2 even.
Lee,the Sweet 16 is owned by Steve Miller from Mexico N.Y.. His avocation is finding and restoring Indy Roadsters. This car has been fast lately...
Rootie, The Hopkins dirt car got Saginaw steering after Trenton in 1961. Bettenhausen was gone and Branson got the ride. I have a photo showing...
About 9 miles west of Rapid City on I -90
This car looks like the Kuzma champ car that was made into a sprint car. It was sponsored by MacIntosh,some sort of wiskey. Old Bill might have a...
CT/PA The car you are looking at is NOT a real roadster. Ron Trevis built the frame in 2008. We used some left over body parts and other pieces...
I just got off the phone with Lynn Paxton,he agrees with me that the Kenny Weld /Don Rice roadster is still in New York,still in original paint...
The Kenny Weld sprint roadster is alive and well in New York state. It still has the original paint and lettering on it . What car are you working...
I have a NOS pair but I`m not givin them up until the Hunt #99 turns into the Hopkins #3
Go to #10440,a photo of the restoration in my trailer. I have no idea who took it ! Don`s yellow car was #78.
The cars first race was Trenton 1961,sat on the pole with Bettenhausen. The cage ,bolt on, was added in 70,could be by King. The nose top and...
Check the yellow car on #10752. This is Hopkins Meskowski when Don Conrad owned it. Don bought it from Lee Elkins son Brian. Lee bought it from...
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