George Albright

Dear Friends: A friend of mine recently bought a 1913/14 Imp cycle car that was missing its 2 cylinder V shaped aircooled engine made by the Rochester Motor Co. Probably used in other vehicles and sold loose also. Please help me try to locate them a motor. Leads appreciated! They might also consider a similar motor made by someone else also. Email to me at gnalbright@gmail.com or call my cell 352 843 1624 Thanks,George Albright,Ocala,Fla.

See Ebay auction # 260809291012,no reserve.This auction is ONLY for the pictured fully restored and running 1930s HAL double over head cam head (DOHC) on a Ford Model A/B block motor. Great race history! These engines are super rare in any condition, let alone a fully restored one! Opening no reserve bid is $14,900. You get the engine removed from my car at my cost, as pictured, with all accessories shown including the twin Winfield carbs, etc. When you get it you can bolt into your car or put on an engine stand and run it. You do NOT get the radiator or header as they are designed for this car. You get the motor only, and NOT the transmission, flywheel or clutch. The engine has a starter installed at great effort and expense, which you receive. The only thing I am aware of needing to do is remove and reinstall the oil pan as it leaks and the seal must not be just right. Professional crating will be an extra $200 and I will deliver to your freight carrier of choice as all major motor carriers have terminals in Ocala. Both car and motor are for sale as a package deal for $21,900 or the car minus the engine for only $9,800, BUT only after the engine is sold first. This motor is a beast and on par with an Offenhauser and Miller. Just drop in your car and blow every other vintage sprint or midget off the track! I have reluctantly decided to sell my fully race prepared historic "Jack Benson Special" with its extremely rare and powerful HAL double over head cam head on a Ford Model A/B block. Probably in the 120 to 140 HP range! Jack was a fixture for many decades in the Pacific Northwest racing scene, and a member of the Golden Spurs historic racing association located in Washington State and Oregon. For a 4 minute video of the car, with its engine running, taken April 3rd 2011, please click on this Utube video link: This will answer many of your questions if decide you might want to buy it. It runs and sounds like a scalded ape!! I bought the car from Jack Bensons grandson in 2008. The car had been stored at Jack Srs. garage north of Seattle since 1982, when Jack Sr. died of cancer. Jack Jr. is also deceased, and tragically, about a month after I bought the car from the Benson family the grandson was killed in a go-cart race. I was however, able to get a treasure trove of photos of Jack Sr. racing this car in the 1970s and early 1980s. Upon request to my personal email I will email you 5 zip files of these vintage photos, and provide the new owner of the car with a disc of the photos. I can also email interested parties a 2 Secrets of Speed articles on the HAL DOHC head, and lots of photos of the car taken April 3rd. According to the grandson, Jack Sr. totally rebuilt the engine in 1982, and finished it right before his death in latter 1982, and never got to drive it. It had not been driven since, then when it was delivered to me in late 2008. Over the next 2 years Jim Hunnewell, Chief mechanic and engine builder for my friend Big Daddy Don Garlits took the car to his garage and removed the head, checked out the bottom of the block which is beautiful, installed new valves, totally checked out the car, and installed a starter, and a hydraulic clutch so that the starter would fit in the car. The car runs beautiful and has strong compression. The only mechanical problem I have found is that Hunnewell apparently didn't put in new front and rear oil seals on the pan, and the front and rear seals leak when running. That is an easy fix. Jim moved to Maine last fall, and this spring I had Model T and A expert Steve Ellis crank the car and check it out. Steve is the driver of the car on the video. The frame of the car appears to be from the 1930s in the style of Floyd Pop Dreyer, or Hiram Hillegass, with its one piece rounded frame in the front. The car appears to have been updated in the 1940s with a Halibrand quickchange rear end, a 1940s all metal flat tail body, etc. Jack chromed the axles in the 1970s, which would cost a fortune today! The car is set up for vintage racing, period! It is frighteningly fast! Remember this car was restored in the 1970s and is a 40-year-old restoration. You are buying it as is. It is not perfect and the body has its share of nicks and dings. However you can be proud to race it as is! This rare early 1930s HAL head has a hemispherical cross flow design like Harry A. Miller then Fred Offenhauser built at the time! It looks almost identical to a Miller or Offy head. AND tons cheaper, but just as fast! I also have a matching vintage 1940s fully restored trailer for sale that the car fits on perfectly for $3,300. Photos avail. of it also. This would be a killer race car racer speedster for Lime Rock, Watkins Glen Glenn, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Indy Indianapolis, SCCA, SCTA, historic vintage and antique race and midget racing. If you collect Miller, Duesenberg, Winfield, Rajo, flathead, flat head stuff this car is for you. Opening bid is reserve. Will accept checks and wire payments also. Car is for sale locally and I reserve to end the auction early. Good Luck! George Albright, Ocala, Fla. - Cell 352 843 1624 - Email; gnalbright@gmail.com

See Ebay auction # 260809291012,no reserve.This auction is ONLY for the pictured fully restored and running 1930s HAL double over head cam head (DOHC) on a Ford Model A/B block motor. Great race history! These engines are super rare in any condition, let alone a fully restored one! Opening no reserve bid is $14,900. You get the engine removed from my car at my cost, as pictured, with all accessories shown including the twin Winfield carbs, etc. When you get it you can bolt into your car or put on an engine stand and run it. You do NOT get the radiator or header as they are designed for this car. You get the motor only, and NOT the transmission, flywheel or clutch. The engine has a starter installed at great effort and expense, which you receive. The only thing I am aware of needing to do is remove and reinstall the oil pan as it leaks and the seal must not be just right. Professional crating will be an extra $200 and I will deliver to your freight carrier of choice as all major motor carriers have terminals in Ocala. Both car and motor are for sale as a package deal for $21,900 or the car minus the engine for only $9,800, BUT only after the engine is sold first. This motor is a beast and on par with an Offenhauser and Miller. Just drop in your car and blow every other vintage sprint or midget off the track! I have reluctantly decided to sell my fully race prepared historic "Jack Benson Special" with its extremely rare and powerful HAL double over head cam head on a Ford Model A/B block. Probably in the 120 to 140 HP range! Jack was a fixture for many decades in the Pacific Northwest racing scene, and a member of the Golden Spurs historic racing association located in Washington State and Oregon. For a 4 minute video of the car, with its engine running, taken April 3rd 2011, please click on this Utube video link: This will answer many of your questions if decide you might want to buy it. It runs and sounds like a scalded ape!! I bought the car from Jack Bensons grandson in 2008. The car had been stored at Jack Srs. garage north of Seattle since 1982, when Jack Sr. died of cancer. Jack Jr. is also deceased, and tragically, about a month after I bought the car from the Benson family the grandson was killed in a go-cart race. I was however, able to get a treasure trove of photos of Jack Sr. racing this car in the 1970s and early 1980s. Upon request to my personal email I will email you 5 zip files of these vintage photos, and provide the new owner of the car with a disc of the photos. I can also email interested parties a 2 Secrets of Speed articles on the HAL DOHC head, and lots of photos of the car taken April 3rd. According to the grandson, Jack Sr. totally rebuilt the engine in 1982, and finished it right before his death in latter 1982, and never got to drive it. It had not been driven since, then when it was delivered to me in late 2008. Over the next 2 years Jim Hunnewell, Chief mechanic and engine builder for my friend Big Daddy Don Garlits took the car to his garage and removed the head, checked out the bottom of the block which is beautiful, installed new valves, totally checked out the car, and installed a starter, and a hydraulic clutch so that the starter would fit in the car. The car runs beautiful and has strong compression. The only mechanical problem I have found is that Hunnewell apparently didn't put in new front and rear oil seals on the pan, and the front and rear seals leak when running. That is an easy fix. Jim moved to Maine last fall, and this spring I had Model T and A expert Steve Ellis crank the car and check it out. Steve is the driver of the car on the video. The frame of the car appears to be from the 1930s in the style of Floyd Pop Dreyer, or Hiram Hillegass, with its one piece rounded frame in the front. The car appears to have been updated in the 1940s with a Halibrand quickchange rear end, a 1940s all metal flat tail body, etc. Jack chromed the axles in the 1970s, which would cost a fortune today! The car is set up for vintage racing, period! It is frighteningly fast! Remember this car was restored in the 1970s and is a 40-year-old restoration. You are buying it as is. It is not perfect and the body has its share of nicks and dings. However you can be proud to race it as is! This rare early 1930s HAL head has a hemispherical cross flow design like Harry A. Miller then Fred Offenhauser built at the time! It looks almost identical to a Miller or Offy head. AND tons cheaper, but just as fast! I also have a matching vintage 1940s fully restored trailer for sale that the car fits on perfectly for $3,300. Photos avail. of it also. This would be a killer race car racer speedster for Lime Rock, Watkins Glen Glenn, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Indy Indianapolis, SCCA, SCTA, historic vintage and antique race and midget racing. If you collect Miller, Duesenberg, Winfield, Rajo, flathead, flat head stuff this car is for you. Opening bid is reserve. Will accept checks and wire payments also. Car is for sale locally and I reserve to end the auction early. Good Luck! George Albright, Ocala, Fla. - Cell 352 843 1624 - Email; gnalbright@gmail.com

Austin Parkinson sells DDB spark plugs and parts in England. Just google him. It may be www.austinparkinson.com Please email me shots of your dads trike,and your mailing address. I have a copy of a 1900 DDB catalogue with trikes and quads shown I will mail you a copy of. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com

I have just forwarded this thread word for word to each of the five Capitol political reporters for the Hartford Courant newspaper. Lets see if they have the guts to run it! George

Dear Friends: I have recently read where the Connecticut state legislature is proposing a 400% increase in personal property tax on collector cars! Many of you know me as a long time car collector. What you may not know is that since 1983 I have been licenced to practice law in Fla. and Wash. D.C. I was a staff attorney in the US House of Representatives,Wash DC. ,elected member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1988-2000,retiring with term limits,a president of a community bank from 2001-2004,and since 2005, I am the elected tax collector of Marion County,Fla. population 350,000. I have a broad background in federal,state and local taxation,having been the chairman of the Fla. House Finance and Tax Committee. I am simply AMAZED at this proposal during a recession. Plus all of us well know that every state benefits from hundreds of millions of tourist and tax dollars generated by collector car events and shows,that we bring our cars to without charge! The purpose of the note is to inform you that I have a solution for you to push back against this proposal. You can move your residency to Florida and/or title your collector car and newer cars down here,as long as you have insurance on them with a Fla. endorsement,stating the insurance is in effect in Fla. Thousands of Conn. residents are part time residents of Fla. anyway. If you convert your residency to Fla. you are no long responsible to pay Conn. income tax! Plus Fla. does not have an income tax. That is why famous people,sports stars,etc. have their homes here.If you come down here part time but still wish to title your regular and collector cars down here you can also do this without becoming a full time resident. We have a 6% sales tax on the purchase and transfer of all cars,including collector cars. HOWEVER if your car has been titled for more than 6 months in another state,you can title it in Fla. without paying the sales tax! You pay only the title transfer fees. The point is,you have an option rather than letting the tax and spend crowd in your state ruin our hobby! For more information please visit my website at www.mariontax.com or call my call center at 352 368 8200 from 8AM-5PM. The State of Floridas motor vehicle website is www.flhsmv.gov Please forward this info by cutting it and pasting it to your computer. Forward it to your collector newsletters,websites,and all the Conn. newspapers as a letter to the editor under my name or your name. I have 30 years experience in federal,state,and local government taxation matters. You need to forward this to every one of your Conn. state legislators,and tell them you and your vehicles are Florida bound if they pass this tax. You all who live in other states might forward this to your state legislators and let them know you're out of there also if they consider an idea like this! YOUR voice still matters! George Albright,Marion County Tax Collector. 503 S.E. 25th Ave. Ocala,Fla. 34471. 352 368 8234

Trans is sold! George

OK Guys I have reluctantly decided to sell my fully race prepared historic "Jack Benson Special" with its extremely rare and powerful HAL double over head cam head on a Ford Model A/B block. Probably in the 120 to 140 HP range! Jack was a fixture for many decades in the Pacific Northwest racing scene,and a member of the Golden Spurs historic racing association located in Washington State and Oregon.For a 4 minute video of the car,with its engine running,taken April 3rd 2011,please click on this Utube video link: This will answer many of your questions if decide you might want to buy it. It runs and sounds like a scalded ape!! I bought the car from Jack Bensons grandson in 2008. The car had been stored at Jack Srs. garage north of Seattle since 1982,when Jack Sr. died of cancer. Jack Jr. is also deceased,and tragically,about a month after I bought the car from the Benson family the grandson was killed in a go cart race.I was however,able to get a treasure trove of photos of Jack Sr. racing this car in the 1970s and early 1980s. Upon request to my personal email I will email you 5 zip files of these vintage photos,and provide the new owner of the car with a disc of the photos. I can also email interested parties a 2 Secrets of Speed articles on the HAL DOHC head,and lots of photo of the car taken April 3rd. According to the grandson,Jack Sr. totally rebuilt the engine in 1982,and finished it right before his death in latter 1982,and never got to drive it. It had never been driven since then when it was delivered to me in late 2008. Over the next 2 years Jim Hunnewell,Chief mechanic and engine builder for my friend Big Daddy Don Garlits took the car to his garage and removed the head, checked out the bottom of the block which is beautiful,installed new valves,totally checked out the car,and installed a starter,and a hydraulic clutch so that the starter would fit in the car. The car runs beautiful and has strong compression. The only mechanical problem I have found is that Hunnewell apparently didn't put in new front and rear oil seals on the pan,and the front and rear seals leak when running. That is an easy fix. Jim moved to Maine last fall,and this spring I had Model T and A expert Steve Ellis crank the car and check it out. Steve is the driver of the car on the video. The frame of the car appears to be from the 1930s in the style of Floyd Pop Dreyer,or Hiram Hillegass,with its one piece rounded frame in the front. The car appears to have been updated in the 1940s with a Halibrand quickchange rear end,a 1940s all metal flat tail body,etc. Jack chromed the axles in the 1970s,which would cost a fortune today! The car is set up for vintage racing,period! It is frighteningly fast! Remember this car was restored in the 1970s and is a 40 year old restoration.You are buying it as is.It is not perfect and the body has its share of nicks and dings. However you can be proud to race it as is! This rare early 1930s HAL head has a hemispherical cross flow design like Harry A. Miller then Fred Offenhauser built at the time! It looks almost identical to a Miller or Offy head. AND tons cheaper,but just as fast! I also have a matching vintage 1940s fully restored trailer for sale that the car fits on perfectly for $3,300. Photos avail. of it also. This would be a killer race car racer speedster for Lime Rock,Watkins Glen Glenn,Laguna Seca,Road Atlanta,Indy Indianapolis,SCCA,SCTA,historic vintage and antique race and midget racing. If you collect Miller,Duesenberg,Winfield,Rajo,flathead,flat head stuff this car is for you. Price is $34,900. Try to buy a Miller of Offy for that! George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email; gnalbright@gmail.com

OK Guys I have reluctantly decided to sell my fully race prepared historic "Jack Benson Special" with its extremely rare and powerful HAL double over head cam head on a Ford Model A/B block. Probably in the 120 to 140 HP range! Jack was a fixture for many decades in the Pacific Northwest racing scene,and a member of the Golden Spurs historic racing association located in Washington State and Oregon.For a 4 minute video of the car,with its engine running,taken April 3rd 2011,please click on this Utube video link: This will answer many of your questions if decide you might want to buy it. It runs and sounds like a scalded ape!! I bought the car from Jack Bensons grandson in 2008. The car had been stored at Jack Srs. garage north of Seattle since 1982,when Jack Sr. died of cancer. Jack Jr. is also deceased,and tragically,about a month after I bought the car from the Benson family the grandson was killed in a go cart race.I was however,able to get a treasure trove of photos of Jack Sr. racing this car in the 1970s and early 1980s. Upon request to my personal email I will email you 5 zip files of these vintage photos,and provide the new owner of the car with a disc of the photos. I can also email interested parties a 2 Secrets of Speed articles on the HAL DOHC head,and lots of photo of the car taken April 3rd. According to the grandson,Jack Sr. totally rebuilt the engine in 1982,and finished it right before his death in latter 1982,and never got to drive it. It had never been driven since then when it was delivered to me in late 2008. Over the next 2 years Jim Hunnewell,Chief mechanic and engine builder for my friend Big Daddy Don Garlits took the car to his garage and removed the head, checked out the bottom of the block which is beautiful,installed new valves,totally checked out the car,and installed a starter,and a hydraulic clutch so that the starter would fit in the car. The car runs beautiful and has strong compression. The only mechanical problem I have found is that Hunnewell apparently didn't put in new front and rear oil seals on the pan,and the front and rear seals leak when running. That is an easy fix. Jim moved to Maine last fall,and this spring I had Model T and A expert Steve Ellis crank the car and check it out. Steve is the driver of the car on the video. The frame of the car appears to be from the 1930s in the style of Floyd Pop Dreyer,or Hiram Hillegass,with its one piece rounded frame in the front. The car appears to have been updated in the 1940s with a Halibrand quickchange rear end,a 1940s all metal flat tail body,etc. Jack chromed the axles in the 1970s,which would cost a fortune today! The car is set up for vintage racing,period! It is frighteningly fast! Remember this car was restored in the 1970s and is a 40 year old restoration.You are buying it as is.It is not perfect and the body has its share of nicks and dings. However you can be proud to race it as is! This rare early 1930s HAL head has a hemispherical cross flow design like Harry A. Miller then Fred Offenhauser built at the time! It looks almost identical to a Miller or Offy head. AND tons cheaper,but just as fast! I also have a matching vintage 1940s fully restored trailer for sale that the car fits on perfectly for $3,300. Photos avail. of it also. This would be a killer race car racer speedster for Lime Rock,Watkins Glen Glenn,Laguna Seca,Road Atlanta,Indy Indianapolis,SCCA,SCTA,historic vintage and antique race and midget racing. If you collect Miller,Duesenberg,Winfield,Rajo,flathead,flat head stuff this car is for you. Price is $34,900. Try to buy a Miller of Offy for that! George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email; gnalbright@gmail.com

1940s vintage sprint car or midget racer trailer fully restored. The ramps have "Bethleham" for Bethleham Steel cast in them in several places! Found in Milwaukee,Wisc. with a sprint car years ago in a barn. I fully restored it late last year. Fully sandblasted and 4 coats of paint. New axle and springs and rims and tires. New tongue,winch,wiring,and ramps included.New beautiful wood with old school look,and West Epoxy on it. Tracks wonderfully! My 1940s 94 inch sprint car fits perfectly on it.(see photo) The overall length of the trailer is 180 inches. The length of the drive on rails is 120 inches. The drive on rails are 12 inches wide at the very back, narrowing down to 10 inches wide for most of the rails. From the outside of the drive on rail to the outside of the opposite drive on rail is 64 inches wide. From the center of the drive on rail to the center of the opposite drive on rail is 56 inches.I have $3,800 in the purchase,transportation,and restoration. These are getting virtually impossible to find! Superb display piece to go with your vintage 1930s to 1950s racer.Price is $3,300. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email; gnalbright@gmail.com<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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Wanted Model A/B high speed/compression head. Prefer a good used one. Do not want a Lion or Brimfield.Can be flathead or OHV. Kinda looking for a used repro Winfield head. Leads appreciated! George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com <!-- / message -->

Wanted Model A/B high speed/compression head. Prefer a good used one. Do not want a Lion or Brimfield.Can be flathead or OHV. Kinda looking for a used repro Winfield head. Leads appreciated! George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com <!-- / message -->

1940s vintage sprint car or midget racer trailer fully restored. The ramps have "Bethleham" for Bethleham Steel cast in them in several places! Found in Milwaukee,Wisc. with a sprint car years ago in a barn. I fully restored it late last year. Fully sandblasted and 4 coats of paint. New axle and springs and rims and tires. New tongue,winch,wiring,and ramps included.New beautiful wood with old school look,and West Epoxy on it. Tracks wonderfully! My 1940s 94 inch sprint car fits perfectly on it. The overall length of the trailer is 180 inches. The length of the drive on rails is 120 inches. The drive on rails are 12 inches wide at the very back, narrowing down to 10 inches wide for most of the rails. From the outside of the drive on rail to the outside of the opposite drive on rail is 64 inches wide. From the center of the drive on rail to the center of the opposite drive on rail is 56 inches.I have $3,800 in the purchase,transportation,and restoration. These are getting virtually impossible to find! Superb display piece to go with your vintage 1930s to 1950s racer.Price is $3,300. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email; gnalbright@gmail.com

OK Guys,you gain my loss! Package deal. 1954 Woodill Wildfire fully restored rolling chassis. New tires,rare Kelsey Hayes rims.Shorty post frame with original tag. Original body removed from it several years ago and put on late model Vette chassis.Original flathead also sold out of it at that time. Engine is a 1946 Ford Flathead with loads of speed equipment. Fully restored and bench run.Myself and prior owner have right at $10,000 in the engine alone! (Have receipts)Built by flathead specialists,Arrow Engine Works in Temecula,Ca,just south of Riverside.Finally body is an original series 2 Woodill Wildfire with original frame under it. Possibly a Shorty post frame also. Body original but restorable. Engine is mounted in frame and both stored in Temecula,Ca. Woodill body stored in Northern Mississippi.Body and frame each weigh under 100 pounds each and easily transportable. I have over $16,000 in the project. Package deal is only $10,900! Try and fully restore a rolling chassis and engine for that. More photos by email,just ask. Engine for sale separately for $6,500. Body for sale with original frame under it separately for $3,000. Rolling chassis sold separately for $5,000. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com

I think we are on to something! All of these items are for sale on Ebay,for around $10 for the cartons. George

THANK YOU so much for the photo of the poster. For some reason nothing shows up on the internet on Batman and Robin Ice cream. George

OK guys I'm falling further into insanity! First the 1950s 'Areocar' and now this.Please read the old Ebay text from several years ago concerning the "Green Acres Batman and Robin Ice Cream Car" I am hoping to get the info to call one of its builders who was still alive in New Hampshire several years ago. I can't find anything about Batman and Robin Ice Cream though. Any help would be appreciated. Another forgotten fiberglass car saved,with the kind help of Geoffrey Hacker. Onward through the fog! George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com

For sale is one of the rarest early car items I have ever seen,let again owned! It is a large 3 speed sliding gear trans in NOS or new condition. Removed from the Brennan factory in Syracuse N.Y. by the shop forman in the 1950s. Notice it has never had the 4 mounting ears drilled for bolting into a car.It has never been used! It is nearly impossible to find any early sliding gear or planetary transmissions,let alone a new one with a March 1904 date on it. This trans is used with a cone,in and out,or dog clutch. Please see the enclosed diagram for the dimensions of the trans. and a Sept. 1904 article on the Brennan sliding gear trans. The output shaft in the front of the trans is 3 1/2 inches long,and is 1 3/8 inches in diameter. The trans weighs about 70 lbs. I believe that this size trans could be behind an 8 to 20 HP engine of 2 or 4 cylinders. Brennan made loose engines and transmissions for sale to automobile and car companies as well as individuals to power their own car. They were also sold as replacement transmissions for factory ones that broke,in parts house catalogues such as Neustadt Perry and Dyke Dykes of St. Louis. The March 1904 patent date on the trans. makes this piece eligible as a replacement trans in a Veteran London To Brighton eligible car,which was built in 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904. Its design would also work in a later 1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910 car also. This piece could be used with your early engine to build a veteran brass copper era race,race car,racecar,racer,or speedster. It probably would be a correct historical replacement for a De Dion Bouton,Darracq,Panhard Levassor,Packard,Pierce Arrow,Peerless,etc. transmission. Crating and shipping is $150 for USA shipping. Overseas shipping for actual costs. This trans is sold in as is condition. Price is $2,900. More photos by email to me,just ask. Good Luck,George Albright,Ocala,Fla. email gnalbright@gmail.com cell 352 843 1624

For sale is one of the rarest early car items I have ever seen,let again owned! It is a large 3 speed sliding gear trans in NOS or new condition. Removed from the Brennan factory in Syracuse N.Y. by the shop forman in the 1950s. Notice it has never had the 4 mounting ears drilled for bolting into a car.It has never been used! It is nearly impossible to find any early sliding gear or planetary transmissions,let alone a new one with a March 1904 date on it. This trans is used with a cone,in and out,or dog clutch. Please see the enclosed diagram for the dimensions of the trans. and a Sept. 1904 article on the Brennan sliding gear trans. The output shaft in the front of the trans is 3 1/2 inches long,and is 1 3/8 inches in diameter. The trans weighs about 70 lbs. I believe that this size trans could be behind an 8 to 20 HP engine of 2 or 4 cylinders. Brennan made loose engines and transmissions for sale to automobile and car companies as well as individuals to power their own car. They were also sold as replacement transmissions for factory ones that broke,in parts house catalogues such as Neustadt Perry and Dyke Dykes of St. Louis. The March 1904 patent date on the trans. makes this piece eligible as a replacement trans in a Veteran London To Brighton eligible car,which was built in 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904. Its design would also work in a later 1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910 car also. This piece could be used with your early engine to build a veteran brass copper era race,race car,racecar,racer,or speedster. It probably would be a correct historical replacement for a De Dion Bouton,Darracq,Panhard Levassor,Packard,Pierce Arrow,Peerless,etc. transmission. Crating and shipping is $150 for USA shipping. Overseas shipping for actual costs. This trans is sold in as is condition. Price is $2,900. More photos by email to me,just ask. Good Luck,George Albright,Ocala,Fla. email gnalbright@gmail.com cell 352 843 1624

Dear Friends. Please see current Ebay auction # 260764434028. I own a very special 1931 Ford race car built with a genuine Harry A. Miller 2 man Indy car body built by Jim Talmadge of California around 1970. My car is the cover car on the January 1978 issue of Old Car Illustrated magazine, and is also featured inside. Jim was son of silent film star Buster Keeton, and was adopted by his step dad, when his mom divorced Buster in the 1930s. Jim worked for years at MGM studio. The body for this car was found in a garage in Indianapolis. Through the years Jim owned 7 Duesenbergs, and he hand built my yellow racecar, on a Model A chassis. Jim loved speed parts and Model A and B Fords, and he covered this car and engine with speed equipment. When he built my car, he installed the Model B engine being offered for sale, with its rare HAL SOHC single overhead cam head. This is a 1932 Ford Model B block. It is not a 1928, 1929, 1930, or 1931 Ford Model A motor. I bought the car from Jim’s son Michael in 2009 and drove the car regularly. The head had some old repairs of cracks with bronze filler, but the cracks weeped when driven. About a year ago, Big Daddy Don Garlits chief mechanic, Jim Hunnewell, tried to weld the cracks and made them worse. I decided then to try to find a replacement HAL head, and use all the head's internals, since the motor ran great. About 9 months ago I was able to find the replacement HAL head pictured, and some of the internal parts needed to use it. This head had been stored in Missouri since the 1940s and was originally used on a dry lakes racer race car speedster. The head needs a little work, but all in all is in good shape. It has 2 old repairs at either end of the head, that don't appear to have been leaking. In addition there are 2 screw holes that need to be repaired, and several hairline cracks on the bottom of the head, where most model A stock factory heads crack. However the combustion chambers look superb, with no cracks. I was just about to put this head on the original block, when I realized that since I just putt around in it, I might just as well put in a rebuilt stock engine and go with that instead of this race engine. I am keeping the headers and twin Winfield carb carbs and installing them on my new engine. What you see is what you are getting: The engine as pictured, and the spare head with most of the internals needed to drive a second head, just in case the original head can be reworked. I suspect the engine has a race cam and a counterbalanced crank, but I do not know for sure. I can email you a 20 second YTUBE video taken by my mechanic showing this engine running in the car about a month ago. I paid $2,800 nine months ago for just the spare head and the internals pictured. The opening bid of $3,800 is the reserve for the head and engine! Again you are getting this engine without the carburetors or headers. I do not guarantee the engines condition other than it ran smooth whenever I started and drove it. Probably the worse thing that can happen is that you pull all the internals off if the motor, and install in a new block. As you can see, Jim did quite a job with his oil lines! In addition I have accurately described the heads condition. If you are seriously interested, please email me and I will send you several emails with LOTS of photos of the engine, head, and HAL ads from 1930. We will crate the engine and the spare head in wooden crates for $150.00. You pay actual shipping costs. For $250 I can get parts delivered to Milwaukee by a trucker/shipper friend of mine. This engine and head combination is for sale locally for $4,500 and I reserve the right to end this auction early. Feel free to ask questions by email or cell phone. Motor is stored in Ocala, Fla. This is a once in a lifetime chance to get a super rare piece of history to display, or put in your own vintage sprint or midget racer. Good Luck. George Albright - Ocala, Fla. - Email: gnalbright@gmail.com - Cell 352 843 1624<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Dear Friends. Please see current Ebay auction # 260764434028. I own a very special 1931 Ford race car built with a genuine Harry A. Miller 2 man Indy car body built by Jim Talmadge of California around 1970. My car is the cover car on the January 1978 issue of Old Car Illustrated magazine, and is also featured inside. Jim was son of silent film star Buster Keeton, and was adopted by his step dad, when his mom divorced Buster in the 1930s. Jim worked for years at MGM studio. The body for this car was found in a garage in Indianapolis. Through the years Jim owned 7 Duesenbergs, and he hand built my yellow racecar, on a Model A chassis. Jim loved speed parts and Model A and B Fords, and he covered this car and engine with speed equipment. When he built my car, he installed the Model B engine being offered for sale, with its rare HAL SOHC single overhead cam head. This is a 1932 Ford Model B block. It is not a 1928, 1929, 1930, or 1931 Ford Model A motor. I bought the car from Jim’s son Michael in 2009 and drove the car regularly. The head had some old repairs of cracks with bronze filler, but the cracks weeped when driven. About a year ago, Big Daddy Don Garlits chief mechanic, Jim Hunnewell, tried to weld the cracks and made them worse. I decided then to try to find a replacement HAL head, and use all the head's internals, since the motor ran great. About 9 months ago I was able to find the replacement HAL head pictured, and some of the internal parts needed to use it. This head had been stored in Missouri since the 1940s and was originally used on a dry lakes racer race car speedster. The head needs a little work, but all in all is in good shape. It has 2 old repairs at either end of the head, that don't appear to have been leaking. In addition there are 2 screw holes that need to be repaired, and several hairline cracks on the bottom of the head, where most model A stock factory heads crack. However the combustion chambers look superb, with no cracks. I was just about to put this head on the original block, when I realized that since I just putt around in it, I might just as well put in a rebuilt stock engine and go with that instead of this race engine. I am keeping the headers and twin Winfield carb carbs and installing them on my new engine. What you see is what you are getting: The engine as pictured, and the spare head with most of the internals needed to drive a second head, just in case the original head can be reworked. I suspect the engine has a race cam and a counterbalanced crank, but I do not know for sure. I can email you a 20 second YTUBE video taken by my mechanic showing this engine running in the car about a month ago. I paid $2,800 nine months ago for just the spare head and the internals pictured. The opening bid of $3,800 is the reserve for the head and engine! Again you are getting this engine without the carburetors or headers. I do not guarantee the engines condition other than it ran smooth whenever I started and drove it. Probably the worse thing that can happen is that you pull all the internals off if the motor, and install in a new block. As you can see, Jim did quite a job with his oil lines! In addition I have accurately described the heads condition. If you are seriously interested, please email me and I will send you several emails with LOTS of photos of the engine, head, and HAL ads from 1930. We will crate the engine and the spare head in wooden crates for $150.00. You pay actual shipping costs. For $250 I can get parts delivered to Milwaukee by a trucker/shipper friend of mine. This engine and head combination is for sale locally for $4,500 and I reserve the right to end this auction early. Feel free to ask questions by email or cell phone. Motor is stored in Ocala, Fla. This is a once in a lifetime chance to get a super rare piece of history to display, or put in your own vintage sprint or midget racer. Good Luck. George Albright - Ocala, Fla. - Email: gnalbright@gmail.com - Cell 352 843 1624<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <FIELDSET class=fieldset><LEGEND>Attached Thumbnails</LEGEND></FIELDSET>

Dear Friends. Please see current Ebay auction # 260764434028. I own a very special 1931 Ford race car built with a genuine Harry A. Miller 2 man Indy car body built by Jim Talmadge of California around 1970. My car is the cover car on the January 1978 issue of Old Car Illustrated magazine, and is also featured inside. Jim was son of silent film star Buster Keeton, and was adopted by his step dad, when his mom divorced Buster in the 1930s. Jim worked for years at MGM studio. The body for this car was found in a garage in Indianapolis. Through the years Jim owned 7 Duesenbergs, and he hand built my yellow racecar, on a Model A chassis. Jim loved speed parts and Model A and B Fords, and he covered this car and engine with speed equipment. When he built my car, he installed the Model B engine being offered for sale, with its rare HAL SOHC single overhead cam head. This is a 1932 Ford Model B block. It is not a 1928, 1929, 1930, or 1931 Ford Model A motor. I bought the car from Jim’s son Michael in 2009 and drove the car regularly. The head had some old repairs of cracks with bronze filler, but the cracks weeped when driven. About a year ago, Big Daddy Don Garlits chief mechanic, Jim Hunnewell, tried to weld the cracks and made them worse. I decided then to try to find a replacement HAL head, and use all the head's internals, since the motor ran great. About 9 months ago I was able to find the replacement HAL head pictured, and some of the internal parts needed to use it. This head had been stored in Missouri since the 1940s and was originally used on a dry lakes racer race car speedster. The head needs a little work, but all in all is in good shape. It has 2 old repairs at either end of the head, that don't appear to have been leaking. In addition there are 2 screw holes that need to be repaired, and several hairline cracks on the bottom of the head, where most model A stock factory heads crack. However the combustion chambers look superb, with no cracks. I was just about to put this head on the original block, when I realized that since I just putt around in it, I might just as well put in a rebuilt stock engine and go with that instead of this race engine. I am keeping the headers and twin Winfield carb carbs and installing them on my new engine. What you see is what you are getting: The engine as pictured, and the spare head with most of the internals needed to drive a second head, just in case the original head can be reworked. I suspect the engine has a race cam and a counterbalanced crank, but I do not know for sure. I can email you a 20 second YTUBE video taken by my mechanic showing this engine running in the car about a month ago. I paid $2,800 nine months ago for just the spare head and the internals pictured. The opening bid of $3,800 is the reserve for the head and engine! Again you are getting this engine without the carburetors or headers. I do not guarantee the engines condition other than it ran smooth whenever I started and drove it. Probably the worse thing that can happen is that you pull all the internals off if the motor, and install in a new block. As you can see, Jim did quite a job with his oil lines! In addition I have accurately described the heads condition. If you are seriously interested, please email me and I will send you several emails with LOTS of photos of the engine, head, and HAL ads from 1930. We will crate the engine and the spare head in wooden crates for $150.00. You pay actual shipping costs. For $250 I can get parts delivered to Milwaukee by a trucker/shipper friend of mine. This engine and head combination is for sale locally for $4,500 and I reserve the right to end this auction early. Feel free to ask questions by email or cell phone. Motor is stored in Ocala, Fla. This is a once in a lifetime chance to get a super rare piece of history to display, or put in your own vintage sprint or midget racer. Good Luck. George Albright - Ocala, Fla. - Email: gnalbright@gmail.com - Cell 352 843 1624

Dear Friends. I have a set of 1905 Midgley wheels off of a 1905 Cadillac. They currently have B. F. Goodrich 31 x 4 oversized straight side tires on them. I would like to find a new set of 30 x 3 1/2 straight side tires. Clinchers will not work. Does anyone have a NOS set or knows who still makes them? Thanks,George Albright,Ocala,Fla. email; gnalbright@gmail.com cell 352 843 1624

Super rare set of four Midgley rims with 31 x 4 inch tires. Came off of a fully restored 1905 Cadillac Touring. The roadster models had the 28 inch tires/rims. 300 miles on the tires. Correct for most any 1900-1907 car. Will make your car stand quite larger if you swap these for your 28 inch wheels/tires. $3,800 firm. plus shipping. Free Hershey delivery in Oct. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 email gnalbright@gmail.com