Guest Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 As our knowledge in Europe is short on Dirt Track Racers, who can tell more about the Ford McDowell I post at my homepage today? I am just interested in the backgrounds of this beauty.<A HREF="http://www.prewarcar.com" TARGET=_blank>PreWarCar</A> Thanks Joris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Hi Bob, I think with this I found the right saddle for you. What you write is Chinese to me, but sounds as rocksolid info. Did you drive things like that? I would love to hear soem first hand experience(form that time). All the best, Joris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Joris, The sprint car on your website is typical of an early 1930's car. I don't know why it is called a McDowell if it has a Riley Head. McDowell was a manufactured of overhead valve heads for Model A & B Fords, they made rocker arm heads that look a bit like a Crager head. McDowell made Single and Double Over Head cam heads as well. Prices were $125.00 for the rocker arm. $350.00 for the single cam, and $575.00 for the D.O. George Riley made two different heads for the Model A&B Ford block. The Four Port was the better one. Don Vesco ran one in a drop tank at Bonneville and turned over 200MPH with 4 Port Riley. Riley made an overhead conversion for the flathead V8 as well. His racing carbureters were popular on Indy 500 cars in the '30's & '40's. The sprint car on your site looks like it has front brakes added for VSCC road race events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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