AHa Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I notice the Cutting has a wire wheel up front, and a wood spoke wheel rear. Wish I could see the other side. Race cars often switched wheel types and size to fit track or road conditions. Occasionally, I do see a combination of wheels in racing car photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Enlarging the photo, appears the only wire wheel is the right front. All the rest are wooden wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Kind of what I thought also, but I am not sure about the front wheel. The wood spoke wheel that can be easily seen is on the car behind the Cutting. The Cutting's left front is lined up almost perfectly behind the right front. I didn't look as closely as I would have liked as I don't like fooling with many of those commercial links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 hours ago, wayne sheldon said: The wood spoke wheel that can be easily seen is on the car behind the Cutting. The Cutting's left front is lined up almost perfectly behind the right front. I see 2 further wheels beyond the wood spoke wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 There are two cars behind the Cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 This photo was posted on a facebook page today. No info with it at all. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: This photo was posted on a facebook page today. No info with it at all. Any ideas? This car is one of the two cars Locomobile entered into the 1908 Vanderbilt cup race with Joe Tracy behind the wheel. The picture was taken at a race camp while both cars were being race tested. Both cars carried the number 12 at this time. Despite the long hood, it is a 4 cylinder, three speed, car. I have just discovered new information on this car with a report coming soon. Stay tuned 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle_Buck Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 It certainly is not May, but today is the 2020 Indy 500 and this my salute, a big Texas hat off to A.J. Foyt !! 35 consecutive starts and 4 wins at the ‘brickyard’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just Curious, is the brickyard still under all that asphalt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 The only bricks left are at the start/finish line. Winners often "kiss the bricks". Another oddity, they don't celebrate with Champaign. They drink milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 See my blog, What Car Is This, page 3, under Locomobile, in this forum for interesting new information concerning the above posted Locomobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Shared from facebook page to facebook page. Origin a page called Vintage Women I think. No info on the car - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 WHAT A TROPHY!!! Silver I guess Must have been an important race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Alco/American Locomotive Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 The mighty Alco How do you like those ear pockets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) "Cars receive harder usage in racing than imagined" says Harry F. Grant, who drove the Alco, a two-time winner of the Vanderbilt Cup. "It is the general impression that a racing car receives strains only rounding corners. Every little stone that protrubes through the surface of the road, every little ditch or imperfection in the course causes extra strain on the car. Upon hitting these imperfections, the car has the tendency to rise and leave the course." "At Elgin there was a ditch on the back stretch, a straightaway. Every time we went over this ditch, it became deeper and deeper. This ditch finally extended from one side of the course to the other. When our "Old No.18" Alco, of Vanderbilt Cup fame, would hit this ditch both the front and rear wheels would leave the ground. Upon landing, first the front wheels would strike the ground and then the rear". "To hold the car to the course it was necessary to brace my hand against my knee to take the strain off my wrist. One can imagine the consequences if a steering knuckle should break or the front or rear axle or any other part at such a critical moment. Of course, there are no such strains in ordinary touring." "No one need to be afraid to invest in a stock car that can resist the strains of racing. This is one of reason that I am so proud of my "Old No.18" Alco. It is strictly a stock car and has withstood the strains of two Vanderbilts in succession. You will remember that the 1909 Vanderbilt was a stock car race. Should it had been a high powered racer, I would not have the feeling for "Old No. 18" that I have." Harry Grant driving an Alco 6. Edited August 25, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Hazards like this are a real concern. Not only is there a tendency for the engine to overspeed , but also the shock loading on the entire drive train is considerable once the rear wheels make firm contact with the road once again. Broken axles and drive components can be a catastrophe at racing speeds. Harry Grant and all the other racing drivers of this era were truly Men of Iron. The Alco he speaks of is a treasure ! I still find it hard to believe that as recently as the late 1980's it sold for something in the $70,000.00 range. I was just about to take a plunge on a house but the Alco sure was tempting. Greg Edited August 25, 2020 by 1912Staver (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 How about the 1907 Ford 666. Ford took a Model K six cylinder motor and set it down on this frame. I'm not sure I'd ever heard of the 666. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1913 Oakland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) I pulled these from the Mercer forum. They are of a 1911 Mercer. The location was not supplied. This year Mercer is extremely hyped and I don't want to add to that but you can't deny they made a great looking car! I know a guy who has four of these under restoration. I wonder if I could talk him out of one. Hmmmm. Edited September 1, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Here's another Mercer. These photos are so valuable, everybody wants to own them. That's why they're all written over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1912Staver Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) That number 56 has the strangest mounting position for snubbers I have ever seen. Someone's big idea that fizzled. I think it is one of the small model Overland's with the unconventional front spring. Greg Edited September 2, 2020 by 1912Staver (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1913Mercer Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 On 4/9/2020 at 10:39 AM, 1937hd45 said: The restored car today in the INDY 500 Collection It's great to see both images of the auto next to each other, almost like a before and after, but not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1913Mercer Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Or perhaps more of a then and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1913Mercer Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 3:11 PM, George Cole said: That is one crazy buick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 On 9/13/2020 at 3:03 PM, AHa said: There is a lot said about this vintage Mercer. It is a highly desired and prized car and just from the looks of it, I can see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1913Mercer Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Yes. Mercer's really are valuable these days. Cool you've got an image of one! Mercer's are my favorite cars. My favorite color is yellow, and that's what they usually came in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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