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Sprint Cars & Champ Cars The big brother(s) to the midget these open wheel beasts have a rich heritage in our auto racing memories. |
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...this may be a little OT,but could someone give me any info on the gearbox's used for VW air cooled motored sprints....
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...looking for another project....always loved the Edmounds VW powered sprints,and when I saw this Steve Stanford drawing,I thought,that could be done.....
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I only know of VW powered midgets (speed cars for you guys). The photo you have there is of a Edmunds midget. As for the driveline, it's a direct drive just like an Offy or SESCO, or Chevy II. Standard "in and out box". I'll try to dig up some photo's for you.
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Standard old style "in and out box"
Newer Skellinger Engineering Company (SECO) drive line rear end shifter. Midget drive line. I'm working on a better copy of this cut-a-way, it's all I had today. Last edited by Mitch G.; 10-23-2014 at 10:02 AM. |
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OOOps, speed cars are for the Australian and New Zealand guys, don't know what they call midgets in the U.K.!!
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Mitch....thanks for your help...that was well worth the read.....these do pop up on the bay every now and then,but don't think they would be that practical on the street,just a thought.....Oh Mitch....we don't have any Midgets or Sprints here in the UK.....a few have been imported,and if they are old enough,can race in our vintage hill climbs...
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....here are a few of the ''imports''....
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bv59,
I beg to differ. Sprint cars in the UK are alive and well and race all over the country and even across the Channel in Europe. A mate of mine, who I met through and was in 1/4 scale some years, now races almost full blown sprint cars, on dirt and tar. Here's video from a couple of months back. My mate Trevor, is in the white #58. Google UK sprint cars for more videos. Google images will provide stacks of photos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y44jmUydz0 Last edited by bobjeffreson; 10-26-2014 at 02:42 PM. |
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Bob....thanks for the info....I didn't know about them,come to think of it,and looking at the spectator stands,not many other people were aware of them either.
I love sprint cars before wings,and am not aware of any races that put on ''vintage '' style sprint or midget races.....when I started my Street Sprint,I could find no info to help here in the UK,and all my inspiration,and help came from the US.I don't think we embraced,or imported the sport like Australia,New Zealand,and our early race cars were not ''pretty''..... ![]() A thousand friends is not enough......one enemy is too much... |
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Bob...just checked out their site,and last fixture was this last weekend gone....not posted fixtures for 2015,but now I am aware,I'll make a visit.....thanks.
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