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Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:11 pmby HomeRacingWorld
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:55 pmby dreinecke
I really like the 32 car!
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:56 amby cantstopnow
Those are cool. Would make for a fun build.
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:51 amby Abarth Mike
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:14 amby btaylor
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
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:40 amby Wolseley Hornet
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
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:47 amby btaylor
That's some great Jalopy footage right there! what a fight! I love it! thanks for sharing
Bob
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:13 amby Abarth Mike
Wolseley,
I went to Harringay, but not in '55 :oops:
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:35 amby smithspeedway
Nice cars. Islip:
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:53 pmby HomeRacingWorld
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:32 pmby waaytoomuchintothis
#100 in that first batch makes my fingers tingle! I'm building that one! I can't wait to fabricate that engine.
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:56 pmby Vintage 1/24
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.
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:08 pmby btaylor
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
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:36 pmby Abarth Mike
Re: Old Mod/Jalopy Ideas - 1/32 Jalopy Challenge
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Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:14 pmby sweet
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
