History Vintage "Cageless" Midget Picture Thread

Revell-Monogram is releasing 1/25 Kurtis Kraft Offy/V8-60 kits in Fall 2010. Not quite the old GMP diecast but it's the best we've got available!

 

CTto PA said,
"Revell-Monogram is releasing 1/25 Kurtis Kraft Offy/V8-60 kits in Fall 2010. Not quite the old GMP diecast but it's the best we've got available!"

Here they are .......

 

not Kurtis.... It`s a Shilala
Stan.....................

 

BuckiesHillegas had an offy, The Mighty Mouse had a Sesco. Rymsa sold the checerboard to Cook. Johnny Mann drove it at Bloomsburg and Lead for 29 laps till it blew up. They changed the laps from 24 to 30 that morning, iust Johns luck.
Cook sold the car ti Jim Smith fron upstate N.Y. Mel from NH. sold it to Dal Ewing and I TRADED A kURTIS OFFY FOR IT. hAD TO HAVE IT BACK.
Stan......................

 

Originally Posted by Ken_Schou
What kind of car / chassis is the Hickey #19 pictures?
What ever became of it?

THANKS Stan .. that's what I seemed to remember.

Now does anyone know what became of that car?

 

Stan that is me in the 18 so that is at least two cars you have that I drove.

 

Stan I also drove the oldest of Dick Mealey's offys in 1982 at Flemington if you have that car

 

The maroon edmunds with the offy I peddled to Vic Yerardi. It was about a 68. It had a plated bolt on roll cage. Do you know if he was the original owner or who he got it from.

 

i have a friend trying to sell this v8-60 midget,it was one of the reliable welding cars from maywood il,its all restored plus a couple extra things.

the names on the car as far as drivers are john meyers/bob tattersall

 

No I don't but his daughter Jan may know. I haven't seen her in a few years her and her husband used to crew a URC sprint car

 

HELP!!! Anyone have any images of Gary Schooley driving an early spring front Edmunds midget? Or contact info? Also looking for photos of King Kramer, mid seventies AMRA Champ in a black #62? (same car). AMRA year books maybe?

I have the car and have the history back to when Don Edmunds built the car (CBM #7) in 1965. I have photos and USAC record sheets for Bob Lithgow, the original owner/driver. I am looking for info and photos of Gary Schooley, the second owner/driver and King Kramer the third owner driver. Last owner/driver was Fred Rockey (1979) and I have info and photos from him.

Blackie-Suede

 

Hey guys,found this today while cleaning out two 57 caddys,this was in the parts car, looks to be a early 1/4 midget frame, and was wondering if there are any site here or elsewhere to search for any info and ideas,.....Thanks Rich

 

Loudon N.H. midgets

 

The ageless Johnny Mann at Loudon

 

Ken Brenn's Trevis

 

Lee Elkin's McNamara midget. Part of the Ray Boissoneau collection

 

More Loudon midgets.

 

See the Sprint Car thread for sprint's and champ cars at loudon

 

These midgets are in the Ray Boissoneau collection at Concord NH. He has an open house on Tuesday night of Loudon week. All are the real McCoy, no clones here !

 

more from Ray B.

 

Anyone interested in that v8-60 midget,figured people would jump on that

 

Just found this book in box of stuff in my closet mostly statistics very few pictures will get them in soon.

 

This is Dick O'Dea's Mercury outboard midget I ran at Pocono in '81. I know it doesn't fit criteria here, but he told me he sold car to someone in Australia so I am posting to see if any of you guys over there know the car.

 

Once again, thanks very much Doug for the photos from NH!

 

What a great combination ! Grant King built, Bill Engelhart driven, Sesco powered !
# 59. Like that car !

 

Year: 1948 Baymeadows
URA Red Circuit (all Fords)
#29 won the race with either Bobby Ball or Bill Homier driving
Eddie Meyer in the #999 and Bill Zaring in the Stroppe/Kittinger #6

 

Jim Bryan at Bakersfield - year unknoen

Ford powered Kurtis owned by Bill Baker & Dick Franke

 

HI, Lance Turner here,The Kurtis book say;s Tuffy car sold to Brick Eicholtz, Jack Drussa, Jack Yeager, Bill Mansell, Frank Wrzos,and Carl Williams, then sold toJack London, Nelson McKinney&Lou Bourdet ,Ken Gandy&Willie Frasier where last to race the car. Now owned by Rick Wold. Hope this help;s.

 

HI, Lance Turner here,The Kurtis book say;s Tuffy car sold to Brick Eicholtz, Jack Drussa, Jack Yeager, Bill Mansell, Frank Wrzos,and Carl Williams, then sold toJack London, Nelson McKinney&Lou Bourdet ,Ken Gandy&Willie Frasier where last to race the car. Now owned by Rick Wold. Hope this help;s.

 

Does anybody remember Bobby Dittrich flipping a midget at the start of a
heat race at Heidelberg on the half mile at the start in about 1959? He suffered a broken neck,but wore a halo and came out ok,thankfully. I think he was driving a Hespel Offy that day. John S.