You could snap a Bugeye axle shaft like a twig with the original 43 hp, can't imagine how you made it live with a SBC.
I love this car (it's like a much-more-beautiful variation on the Edsel Ford '34 speedster), but it is just crying out for a Duvall windshield.
For all who are interested, the latest July / August edition of Vintage Motorsport Magazine has a really great article on Doane Spencer and all of his sports car exploits. Good readin'.
Here is one that raced in New Zealand during the 1950s and '60s, called the GeeCeeEss Special. One of several locally built specials that combined the attributes of hot rodding and road racing. Its shown here with Ardun heads fitted on a Mercury block, and was later re-powered with a Chrysler Hemi. The car still exists and competes regularly in historic racing, with a Flathead V8. More info on the car can be seen here: http://www.theroaringseason.com/sho...-Smith-the-GeeCeeEss-and-other-cars-and-boats On that thread is an old letter from 1971 about the car describing the Ardun heads, in which they're described as "truck heads". We get all teary-eyed when talking about Ardun heads now, but back then they were just a means to become more competitive, and were modified and ground heavily as required, then replaced when no longer competitive enough.
De de de, de de de, d, d, d... just in December 2012 Street Rodder, p 140: Shop Manual piece on Sports Rods. NICE to see. Gary
I was replaying the El-slick-O BJ promo this AM on Scottsdale and caught a photo of the Ruxton "Alligator" - a car I hadn't been aware of. To me, it's a cool looking sports rod (FWD even if you like that sort of thing), and years ahead of anything done in the 50's, me thinks. Reminds me of a Model A with a bobbed tail and long hood. The Alligator was at Peble Beach and auctioned awhile back. Another one of the flashy, wacko painted Ruxtons was highlighted for sale in yesterday's show. Gary
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I've always thought this body style of MG's was one of the sexiest body styles to ever come out of a car factory. Too bad I'd need a shoe horn to fit my 6'2", 240lbs into one of these. With the wheel and tire combo and the little windshields on this car it kind of makes you "hay, wait a minute...." I bet this little import has surprised a whole bunch of muscle car owners in the past. I think on this car "MG" stands for "My God!!!" doc
I've always thought this body style of MG's was one of the sexiest body styles to ever come out of a car factory. Too bad I'd need a shoe horn to fit my 6'2", 240lbs into one of these. With the wheel and tire combo and the little windshields on this car it kind of makes you "hay, wait a minuet...." I bet this little import has surprised a whole bunch of muscle car owners in the past. I think on this car "MG" stands for "My God!!!"<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o> Doc<o></o>
I've got an Alfa engine. an Alfa 5 spd trans, a couple of Webers and some really cool 16X4 vintage wheels, in my shop, that I've been tripping over for a year.... I'm thinkin' about a 50s style Alfa Spl. mac miller in INDY
Very,very interesting... thanx for posting. This one looks the part to me, too! Robert Hill's early A from Louisville this year. I've just started seeing pix of it and just love it. Gary
I'm in the middle of building a 54'healey, 100-4 with all corvette suspension and a 1964 327 and a four speed.
Since this old thread is revived, I think this one fits in here very nicely. Love this car, saw it just last Friday at the Orange County Auto Show. https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/unspecified/1950654.html?refer=blog
I don't know if it's off topic. It's been a hot rod since the late 50s. We even have video of it running at our local drag strip in the 50s. I will send you updates when I get back on it. I have a few cars to finish up.
Jim, I asked Ryan last year that same question, as I have a Healey very similar,and he said ,all systems go...
Moonbeam forgottenfiberglass.com https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/dean-moons-moonbeam.607623/ Hello, One of the most well known Devin Body Sports Cars was the “Moonbeam” from Dean Moon in the early 60’s. It was a tube chassis inside the Devin Sports Car body. It could be set up for the drags and for Bonneville. Devin had many kit models used by the general public. The stylish body when set up, looked like a Ferrari/Maserati sports car. But, it was a car that most people could afford to build and drive. Devin Special Jnaki Part of my early drag racing films just happened to have footage of one of the fastest Devin Sports cars at Lions Dragstrip, during this time period. Devin Body sports car Sports car drag racing was just as popular as the stock cars as droves of people bought their entry pass, pit passes and raced. They emptied their trunks, some changed tires and some wore helmets, some did not. “Established for 1960, the SP divisions were created to give racers in both imported and domestic vehicles a chance to race; Sports Car – Domestic featured Corvettes and early Thunderbirds, while Sports Car – Imported would be Porsches, Volkswagens, and their ilk. These were combined into a single group of five Sports Production classes rated on shipping weight to advertised horsepower, and ran in what was then known as the Street Eliminator division.” sports cars at Lions Dragstrip Then the transition to modified sports cars As the years went on, those stock sports cars morphed into specialty sports cars. Then, some stock bodied Corvettes morphed into modifieds leading up to this monster of a sports car: 1961 “Big John had purchased a brand-new 1961 model and immediately turned it into “one of the hottest Vettes in history,” as Rod&Custom described it.
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