Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge

by **HomeRacingWorld** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:11 pm

Just sharing more ideas given the new bodies being cranked out and the interest in having a new Jalopy Challenge but in 1/32.

Here are a few from my old hometown speedway.

And we can't forget

And...

Hope this helps.

by **dreinecke** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:55 pm

I really like the 32 car!

by **cantstopnow** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:56 am

Those are cool. Would make for a fun build.

by **Abarth Mike** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:51 am

by **btaylor** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:14 am

Great pictures Harry! they are perfect examples of what I had in mind!. This will be fun.
I will have a whole new fleet of these.
Bob

by **Wolseley Hornet** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:40 am

Great modern film for paint job inspiration, Mike.

Here they are in action in Oz in the 50s

And this clip shows clearly the size of the stadium

No more worries about how small can an oval be!

David

by **btaylor** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:47 am

That's some great Jalopy footage right there! what a fight! I love it! thanks for sharing
Bob

by **Abarth Mike** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:13 am

Wolseley,

I went to Harringay, but not in '55 :oops:

by **smithspeedway** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:35 am

Nice cars. Islip:

by **HomeRacingWorld** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:53 pm

by **waaytoomuchintothis** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:32 pm

#100 in that first batch makes my fingers tingle! I'm building that one! I can't wait to fabricate that engine.

by **Vintage 1/24** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:56 pm

The article said something about a New York connection - I wonder if it was originally an old NY Modified?

I have seen that hook on the dashboard on a few Modifieds from that era (say early-mid 50s). The drivers would literally "hook" it in second gear so it wouldn't pop out of gear!

I am working on a Vintage 1/32 Modified - not exactly from this era - but a 1/32 Modified.

by **btaylor** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:08 pm

Those old Ford toploader transmissions did not have synchronizers, after a while they wouldn't stay in gear when you backed off the throttle. That hook was a sure fire fix for that!. The best trans setup in those old stockers and hot rods, was a 39 ford with Lincoln zephyr gears. An Almquist adapter would put them behind just about any power plant of the day!.

Bob

by **Abarth Mike** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:36 pm

by **sweet** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:14 pm

Looking through some of my old photos and found this. Joe Wilcox. Its' a Hudson, and I think it ran a Hudson power plant. It was the only 6 cylinder in the field. This car ran very well every week...against a whole slew of small block Chevys and small block Fords. I remember the "different" sound it had compared to all the V8's
Here he is at Eastern States Exposition Speedway in 1967.

At the "Park".
http://www.racingthroughtime.com/images ... Langer.jpg

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