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mid 70s/early 80s.... looks like, probably, Shores..?? looks long for a sprint car(87"wb), more like a champ dirt car(96"wb).... cage crudely...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 3 virtually new Halibrand "smoothie" Indy car wheels. 16"x 5" for Rudge spline hubs.
70s and 80s cars, with full space frames and roll cages were considerably stiffer than the 50s and 60s twin tube, non cage cars. When restoring...
[ATTACH] The only way to build a "real replica" is by using "yellow blue"prints.;) Above is my "yellow blue"print I used to build my...
Don Shepherd was great friends with the Hurtubise Bros. and had a big technical influence on their #56 Sterling Plumbing USAC sprint car in the...
Well, SilentRick, Thanks for your comment… I’ve, certainly, heard similar comments before, almost always from amateur historians, amateur...
This car has a Nissan 240sx engine, JATCO 4 spd automatic trans and a Currie 8" Ford rear axle. Costs range from 55 thou to 75thou depending on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a new one nearing completion in my shop. "1964 #64 Clean Wear Spl." driven...
Roo and Denny, Never been a great fan of torsion bars. In fact, My first job, in the early 60s, was working for Henry Meyer on the #93...
[ATTACH] First full dress pix![ATTACH][ATTACH]
. Hi Denny The engine in this car is a SOHC 2400cc Nissan... more HP and torque than a 2 litre ALFA and one of the few 4cyl. engines with the...
First look at the new Trevis Indy roadster, nearing completion at mac miller's shop in INDY. This car will be the 1964 #64 Clean Wear Spl. driven...
bad news for the "Millers at Mil;waukee" vintage meet !! wow! I was blindsided by the bad news that the Milwaukee Miller vintage meet will now be...
Does anybody out there know the current owner of the Watson #2 four cam Ford sprint car ????? mac miller in INDY[ATTACH]
Not necessarily true... Read my article below and you will find out that the "dirt cars" were still quite competitive with the roadsters and,...
mac miller and Kenny Shrader on the Winchester HiBanks during Winchester Oldtimers Weekend![ATTACH]
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] WIRE WHEEL TECH The next time you encounter a vintage racing car with wire wheels Look at them with a little bit of...
So BZ ?? What is you chassis setup plan for the speedway?.. tires,stagger,steering ratio,caster angle,etc. The main concern for the cagecars and...
We will have three cars in the oval track classes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway meet. mac miller in INDY [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
HA! usac is doing just the opposite by killing all of pavement racing and snipping whatever thin thread that connected these guys with INDY....
"Who is the car owner?" "It's the Jonathan Byrd family" Actually, the Byrds are doing a rent-a-team/sponsor deal with with KV racing. the Byrds...
How limited???? mac miller in INDY
The Watson roadster frame measures 32" wide at the seatback, tapering to 30" at the front axle. The Kurtis 500A and 500B measure 32" wide at the...
A few years ago, this car was sitting side by side with the #40 STP turbine car in the Indy Speedway museum. It was interesting to note the...
Actually, It was quite a scene at the starting line, with Chapman whining in Harlan Fengler's ear to pull Parnelli off the track and Aggie, in...
Sad news:(..... Late 40s midget and Indy car driver, Billy Coy has died at age 93. Billy made a name for himself, driving midgets at Carrell...
The car runs in the XXO/VOT(vintage oval track) class. It has a 270 OFFY thumper, Winters Phoenix two speed trans and Winters QC rear axle. It has...
One of the key factors is that the Nissan exhaust is on the same side as the OFFY. It is a big engine, like the OFFY, and has a major presence in...
HA! Thanx Josh! The opinion of you and that group of guys convinces me!
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