Art & Inspiration Aero-Engined Vintage Racers

Thank you

 

Interestingly enough, this just popped up in my suggested vids on YT. Incredible driving by Duncan Pittaway in his GN Curtiss. What a race!

 

Enjoy

 

Sorry the link isn’t working you must go direct to YouTube and looking for Curtiss Krit

 

Found it without any trouble, nice project. I'm sure it will never see a KRIT logo in Europe. Bob

 

The rolling chassis is now complete finish.The next job will be to finish the engine and make it ready to install it.

 

Hello, Rolf!​

Excellent photo-strip about rolling chassis of your own designed and constructed Curtiss/Fraser-Nash.
Nice view to entire chassis, suspension, brakes, transmission - in general, and in details!
All the best for the next stage: testing of running chassis and finally with body attached!

Regards,
Zoran​

 

Stunning Job!

 

Thank you Zoran

 

Amazing job Rolf!
Did you made the complete engine yourself?
Of is that an old engine?
Thanks.
Gui.


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Hello Gui,
That is a Curtiss OX5 aero engine from 1918

 

Rolf what is the differential/ring gear from?

 

That isn’t a differential,only a bevel box from GN/Frazer Nash with a simple chain drive.
https://simanaitissays.com/2015/08/16/playing-on-the-chain-gang/
http://www.tiptopengineering.co.uk/historicracingarticle.pdf
http://petergiddings.com/Peter_articles/chain_gang.html

 

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYY.That rolling chassis is superb.Thank you Sir for taking the time to photograph and post the results.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

The Swiss always seem so organized and detailed orientated. I was lucky to visit there a few times and meet a gentlemen (Tony Kollbrunner) who owned a Ford dealership I believe who kept a few classics in the basement. One was a very old 1904-1908 chain driven automobile that he would take out for charity races etc. His brother was a genius of sorts and had developed a heat pump system using a rotary vane compressor made in the UK that our company had purchased.

 

Some new pictures from the project

 

And a short video

 

hi-absolutely ,used to see a couple Ranger cars at reunions here in Minnesota and in iowa-

 

Hello, Rolf!​

Magnificent work on the magnificent project!
It looks to me that there is more work to be done, the more you are near the end?
Your Curtiss FN will be better made than many originals from the period.

Ciao,
Zoran​

 

Hello Zoran,
I underestimated the amount of work to build up a car like that,and for me it’s a big challenge to solve all this problems.Sometimes I’m waking up at about 2 o’clock in the morning and thinking the life would be easier without this project ,but I still hope to be in a about three month on the road.
Regards Rolf

 

Here’s a couple of road racers in New Zealand

 

The dashboard is finish and ready for wiring

 

Rolf, is that a Malpassi filter/regulator I see on the firewall? Beautiful work on this car. Can't wait to see it completed. Be safe.
Joe

 

Yes that is a Malpassi 67 mm Filter King.
Be safe too in this crazy time!
Rolf

 

Years ago when Ed Roy was restoring the 1914 INDY 500 winning Delage the lap counter was missing. He had original photos to study, and found one at a swap meet in Paris, an exact match! Then he found another, and a bit later another. Turns out they are Billiard counters. Bob

 

I bought the Billiard counter for about 150$ on Prewarcar

 

Rolf, what is the rectangular box behind the engine?
Thanks
Bob

 

In this Box are two roller bearings which support the shaft who is the connection between the clutch driving Plate an the propeller shaft in axial direction and in the flywheel is an additional simple roller bearing to support the radial force (It isn’t easy to explain that in English)

 

This is the kind of work I do. Just saying it is a support is enough.The drawing is great. Knowing the internals also answers the question I had about the grease zerk on the top.What material(blue in the illustration) do you use for the adjusting shims?Do you have bearing preload or endplay?
Thank you
Bob

 

I'd like to know how the bearings get installed, look like cup & cone front wheel type bearings, correct? Bob