Hot Rods Offy? Roadster at GNRS

I was only able to attend the show for a few hours and missed a lot but what interested me the most and what I meant to get back to was a maroon 32 outside the Suede Palace with an Offy/Dreyer engine. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this car. I recall it had a Dreyer/Indianapolis valve cover on the passenger side. I assumed it was an Offy but I'm no expert. Too bad Mark Dees is no longer with us. As I walked up to look it over my friend showed up and I had to run. Anyone have information on the car?

 

Not that one but Bob Anderson's (RIP) Roadster pickup with a 270 Offy was in the building with all the model A's

 

this one at Turlock Swap Meet same weekend

 

I think the car you were thinking about was built by Claytons Hot Rods from northern California

 

if it said "Dreyer / Indianapolis " then it was probably a DO Dreyer, and not an Offy .

 

It's from Clayton's Hot Rods in Santa Cruz. Not sure if they are on here but they definitely post photos of it on Instagram.

 

There is a better shot of the engine some were in the coverage. Looks like a Full Dreyer, on a Dreyer five main block. Bob

 

I visited Instagram and found these.
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I was wrong, it is a Ford B block, cast oil pan fooled me. Bob

 

Jalopy Joker : You didn't even mention the 1915 Indian "Big Twin" m otorcycle in the bed of the truck that was pulling the REMS OFFY/"B" Block conversion. Did you notice the water pump on the left frame rail on the '32?

 

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I think the engine in that yellow roadster at Turlock is an Olds Quad 4 to me, based on the front cover.
That DO looks really cool. But I'm a sucker for anything early Indy style.

 

That's not a Quad4 engine- it looks like an A block with either home-made or aftermarket DOHC head.

Here's the "driver's side" of a Quad4 for comparison:

 

Mac the Yankee & KevKo : The yellow roadster's motor is based on a "B" block, & is indeed a fabricated Over Head Cam conversion. The gentleman is also a member of FAST, where you may find numerous other interesting conversions ranging from modified relatively stock to full-on twin-cam with 2-valve per cyl & some 4-valve per cyl, all of which were available, (or are based on units that were) during the pre-WWII period, or shortly after, before the V-8 took over. In the last roughly two decades there has been a resurgence of interest resulting in production of new (& reproduction of early) conversions for the early Ford "T", "A", & "B" motors.

 

I don't know a lot about modified "A"&"B" bangers, Meyers or Meyer/Drake which I thought was the predecessor of the OFFY 255&270.
But I definitely do recall long ago HRM featuring a Ford roadster, don't recall if "A" or Deuce, with an OFFY. It was a street driven car and HRM actually drove it and commented on the low end torque made it a beast.
Always thought that an "A" or Deuce with a banger that powerful would have been a fun street driver with a good setup on induction and cam timing.
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