Cool old pictures

[dge467]

Nice pictures,thanks for contributing! :clap: :dance:

[dreinecke]

Great pics!

The World's Fastest Indian is one of my all-time favorite movies. I listen/watch it at least once a month while I'm working in the dungeon.

[TsgtRet]

DGE you snuck in another one! Note the TR3 poking its nose in on the right side of pic one in that last group.....what's that? You didn't notice the cars in the picture?!

[vonsirius]

awesome!!!

[dge467]

[TsgtRet]

:shock:

[dge467]

:text-coolphotos:

[TsgtRet]

King Caroll, 1964

:o OMG Chevy powered D-Type

[TsgtRet]

Lead; on the Triumph I think it's more a matter of the live rear axle than COG....IRS became optional on the TR4. Regardless, having owned 2 TR3s I don't think I would ever have tried cornering that hard!

The car below Shelby is a D Type Jag that has a Chevy drive train stuffed (rather crudely) in it. There was a pic of a Chev powered Maserati but it wasn't as good. As for the 5 lugs with knock off :think: ??

[dge467]

Nice one's TsgRet!

[dge467]

I have been redoing the kitchen cabinets for my wife, so I haven't had a lot of time for slot cars lately. But I can post a few pictures!Here is the story as I've read about it. This is the 71 Indy pace car driven by Eldon Palmer. When coming down pit lane after the start there was supposed to be a cone marking where to start braking, unfortunately someone had removed it. He ended up coming down pit lane too fast, and lost control when he hit the brakes crashing into a photographer stand. There was quite a few injuries. The car was hidden away at Eldon's dealership because he felt awfully of the incident. It has since been sold and restored.

[dge467]

:auto-swerve:

[LAMing]

Excellent pics, all! I've really been enjoying this thread.

Question: What was the deal on that Indy Pace Car mishap? Mechanical malfunction or idiot driver syndrome?

Andre

[buspor63]

Wow, McQueen and an XKSS. Also, note the Dunlop wheels, it looks like they have bolts, but I believe they are reverse studs to keep the splines from stripping on the hubs. I know my Healy 100-6 had a problem with stripping splines, so I'd imagine a race car would have more.

[DAVE]

The Dunlop disc wheels had a separate splined hub bolted on since there was no way to make
the splines part of the wheel. Generally, if the splines were stripping they were worn out. I
don't have the problem with my BN-1 since the worn hubs and wheel centers were replaced.
A fellow member of the AHCA has a BN7 with a nailhead Buick in it, and doesn't have problems
stripping rear splines. Centerlock wheels (knock-offs) were, and still are, used to save time
during pit stops. Mostly they use pin drive wheels rather than splines now, which is a stronger
arrangement.