Projects Any one know what this is

That sir is a midget race car. Possibly from the 50’s maybe the 60’s.


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It's bitchin

 

Not a midget. Way too small. Maybe a quarter midget.

 

Yeah, I’ll roll with it being a 1/4 midget

 

I want one!

 

That's what I was thinking too.

 

Hard to imagine a 1/4 midget racer only had 2hp...
But seems too well built to be a toy.
Really cool, none the less...

 

Quarter midget. I had one when I was 10 years old.

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Looks like fun never the less!

 

1/4 Midget.Ask Dean Lowe ,he will know.

 

Pure nostalgia...that's what that is. I think they were called micro midgets as well but I could be wrong.

 

1/4 midget looks like from late 50's early 60's

 

X2

 

Guys... guys. Please.

It's a 1/4 "Little Car" Racer. We're being insensitive.




I would run the piss outta that thing.

 

My next door neighbor was really into that. Can get pretty spendy.

 

Okay I'll bite, no, what is it lol

 

Looks like another money pit waiting to suck up your hot rod fund money.

My youngest grandson would get a kick out of that.... Gene

 

Quarter midget, that would be fun to own! That wouldn't be the motor that was in it when it was raced.

 

Here's one in race condition

Growing up in Tulsa, 1/4 midget racing was a big deal. It still is, as the Tulsa Quarter Midget Association is still going strong. The father of one of my best friends in high school was big into it, and their family vacations were centered around a 1/4 midget race somewhere.
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Jeff Gordon started racing in one

 

One hit wounder.....poster.....

 

That is a 1/4 Midget with a continental or DECO (Detroit Engine Company) who bought continental. Those were WWll engines used for generators and such. Look like a battery in back which would be a Modified class and the tires look like it spent time on dirt or clay track. Any suspension? I think a lot of 50’s and early 60’s were ridged rear and the front axle pivoted on the center of the axle. Cool find. Yea, I’m old and raced them as a kid, and my Son raced them in the 80’s

 

That was reagon 6 ,I think including Tulsa, Topeka, Austin Texas and San Antonio Texas

 

Oh Jeez i want that!!!!

 

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It is a 1/4 midget. Looks like someone bought a body, and built the rest in his garage. The stock class ran the 2 1/2 horse Continental engine, 7.25 cubic inches. There were various classes based on engine modifications. My dad and a friend built a small dyno to check out various cams, porting, carbs, and exhaust pipe length. The last engine I ran, in AA/Open Fuel class, developed almost 10 hp on methanol.

 

Do you have any pics from those days that you could post, Dean?

 

they are still running them at a track in meriden connecicut . 4.5 hp hondas i think?

 

Looks like a lot of fun.