AHa Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Here's a nice T Can anybody identify those wheels? They look more like bicycle wheels than car wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Another nice T dirt track racer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Another T dirt track car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, AHa said: After 40 years in the beach sand, it was running two years later. Turns out the aluminum body saved the steel. I remember reading that the motor was replaced during the restoration. Howard Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1906 Darracq Notice the size of those headlights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) How bout a nice 70 horse Panhard. Edited July 11, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) I believe this may be the car in the flyer posted above. Another Panhard Edited July 11, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 And another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Here's another 6 cylinder model from the Paris Madrid race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, AHa said: Here's another 6 cylinder model from the Paris Madrid race I am fairly sure the Panhard in the Paris-Madrid was four cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 20 hours ago, AHa said: 1906 Darracq Notice the size of those headlights! I suspect that this is the same car - or at least the engine crankcase is the same. Long story - some of which I know through being acquainted with one of the car's owners - which must be on the net somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) While there are some similarities, there are definite differences between the two cars. You cannot, however, set us up with this long story and then not tell it. Here is the 1905 V8 car, And the same car today. The brainchild of Paul Ribeyrolles, the car was bought by Algernon Guinness around 1906 and he kept the car till his death in 1954. Gerald Firkin bought the car and kept it til 2006 when it was purchased by Mark Walker who owns the car today. Edited July 14, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) Opal Edited July 14, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real61ss Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 moving up to a more modern day photo, this was taken at the old Fairgrounds Raceway in Richmond, Va., the Spring NASCAR race, May 1966. Waiting to qualify, me in Worth McMillion's # 83, 1965 Pontiac and Curtis Turner driving Smokey Yunick's number 22, 1965 Chevrolet. This photo was taken from the announcers stand, interesting to enlarge the photo and see the crude wiring etc. Wonder how many of todays high paid announcers in their air conditioned booths could broadcast from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wayne sheldon Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 A lot of great stuff AHa! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1903 Opal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Golden Submarine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Enzo Ferrari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Lost and forgotten Romeo Tipo P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Italy's first female driver with her very own Romeo. Maria-Antonietta-Avanzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 15 hours ago, real61ss said: moving up to a more modern day photo, this was taken at the old Fairgrounds Raceway in Richmond, Va., the Spring NASCAR race, May 1966. Waiting to qualify, me in Worth McMillion's # 83, 1965 Pontiac and Curtis Turner driving Smokey Yunick's number 22, 1965 Chevrolet. This photo was taken from the announcers stand, interesting to enlarge the photo and see the crude wiring etc. Wonder how many of todays high paid announcers in their air conditioned booths could broadcast from here? I used to get a kick out of reading some of Smokey's stuff. Even met him and his dogs once. Does that Chevelle look small to anyone ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1927 Alvis FWD This one survived without motor or trans and efforts are now being made to recreate those parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Whaddaya spose this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Peugeot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) Edited July 14, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Now here's a fun one. Underslung chassis built to go on snow I guess and the motor is outside the car. Who in the world thought this up? Those have got to be bicycle wheels or at least hubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, AHa said: Whaddaya spose this is? It is the Gobron-Brillie that Louis Rigolly used to break the land speed record at 104 mph in 1904. The tube frame is a distinctive feature. The photo is on wiki with a caption - that I take to read - was taken at the Gaillon hill climb in 1904. Here is a 'naked' one. I wonder how much chassis flex it got at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, AHa said: Now here's a fun one. Underslung chassis built to go on snow I guess and the motor is outside the car. Who in the world thought this up? Those have got to be bicycle wheels or at least hubs. One of the ancestors of the Midget racing car - story here - btw the wheels are too big and heavy to be bicycle - https://loosefillings.com/2015/12/13/bugattis-did-it-too/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, AHa said: Georges Boillot in the 1912 GP Peugeot - one of the first cars with dohc and four valves per cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, AHa said: Now here's a fun one. Underslung chassis built to go on snow I guess and the motor is outside the car. Who in the world thought this up? Those have got to be bicycle wheels or at least hubs. That is an interesting one. In England, and parts of Europe, the "cyclecar craze" lasted much longer than the short time the USA enjoyed playing with them. USA cyclecr craze only lasted about 1912 into 1915. England and parts of Europe, in a large part due to the horsepower taxation systems common there, continued manufacturing, driving, and even racing in significant numbers cyclecars for decades beyond. And some would argue that it even continues to this day. Racing of these little cars became a significant sport throughout the '20s and '30s. I have seen (do not have copies) numerous photographs of silly (to us here) little cars with bicycle type wheels and single cylinder or V-twin motors mounted outside the car. Motorcycle motors on spindly chassis with lightweight bodies. I once saw a short Newsreel clip of a race, they got pretty wild! I haven't ever noticed anything quite like those runners however. I can't believe they would do any good in snow or ice. Without a special drive-wheel, one couldn't get enough traction with the runners sitting on random-depth snow to get any speed or distance. I suspect they were more somebody's silly idea or "style". (Got interrupted again, nzcarnerd slipped in, but I will leave mine how I wrote it?) (He IS right about the bicycle wheels, they in fact would NOT be strong enough to take the punishment of racing with the weight of a motorcycle engine added with a driver.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Benz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AHa Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) Edited July 19, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHa Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) Another Sunbeam Edited July 19, 2020 by AHa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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