1968 USAC Sprint car BUILD (start to finish) with PICTURES by Shaw.

That's a gorgeous race car!!! My dad was in the middle of doing a Trostle midget when he passed away. Thanks for sharing.

 

Wow that is very cool!!!!

 

Man that should be a "How to" book. No kidding. Thanks.

 

anybody thats into true hotrods and racing, has to have a soft spot for what you have done! great talent. its about letting the younger generations see how it was. hope to see it at cobo also. great work keep doing it.

 

these just turned up! This is where we found the car and how it "truly" looked. You can see that not much was done on the frame. No cross braces, tabs, or brackets of any kind!

 

damnnnnn great build!!!

 

Very cool man. Glad to have folks like you keeping the flame alive.

 

Beautiful job.

 

Paint and lettering turned out perfect. Tell the "local legend" he must be aging like a fine wine. Have you fired that thing up yet?

 

Good to hear from ya "Slick"... I'll tell the old man ya said hi and gave him props.

I still have about two weeks worth of work to do on it before we can fire it.. I can't wait! But, It's scheduled to go to a couple show's the next few weeks though.. so, i can't get on it.

See ya round man.

JD

 

That is sex on wheels

 

What they all said X2! Really like the paint and lettering.

 

beautiful !!!! you are very talented !!!

 

Hey big mitch.. I was in Colorado Springs a week ago!

 

Wow, great work. Beautiful car. Thanks for posting it. I was wondering what kind of motor that aircooled 6 cylinder is?

 

It's a RANGER 440 c.i. aircraft engine. They were inverted in the Aircraft, and after WWII a few racers flipped them over, and ran them in Sprint cars.

Check out more info about it on the Vintage Sprint Car thread starting on this page:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236178&highlight=shaw&page=5

 

Great thread, gorgeous car! She would sure sparkle under some race track lighting!

 

Very nice work Josh.......Would not expect anything less....Good seeing you last week. I saw Toms art work on his shirts and its rad...Your phone will be riinging I want to see if you can do me a little drawing for the shop.

Thanks Shoe

 

Anytime Shoe! Good seeing you too! Damn good time...

 

thanks josh. i havent heard of the ranger engine before but that looks like a cool motor. I wonder how they kept it from overheating in the ranger special? i saw it on the vintage sprint car thread first and i was looking around hoping to find more details on that car. I have been getting hooked on the liberty V-12 aircraft engines while I have been making some parts for them like valves. There were some six cylinders built from the same design (by Lycoming I think). You do some amazing work. I love your latest sprint car, and i also was very impressed with the Dynaliner, and only just found out it is your work. Very nice! I would love to see a thread on your Ranger special recreation!

 

Thanks, I'll be back on the Ranger here very soon, and will post lots of pics.

 

Freakin' awesome!

 

Nice looking racer Corngrower _____ or Joshua !! I thought those were Nance bird-cages at first but the side view says different. However he did use the ribbed spacers. Very nice work man >>>>.