![]() Bob
& Sharon Myers of Oneida NY on the Scamp. Body was a very
rough junkyard save. Bob built this to be as close to a vintage
backyard drag car as possible. He has a plaque on the car saying it was
banded from one race track for being to fast, interesting reason to ban
a race car.
Dave Metzgar (Nominated car for CotM) |
![]() "Their
1947 Crosley Drag
Racer originally came from a junk yard, but today it turns the quarter
mile strip at 10:27 ET - 132 MPH. The original Crosley frame is
boxed for strength with a full roll cage for safety & frame
strength. The power train is a 1965 - 429 Cadillac engine, Caddy
Turbo 400 transmission and a 1961 Ford 1/2 ton
rear axle. The racer is destined someday for the "Himes
Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia on Long Island NY."
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![]() Ron Marson of Utica, NY, sent me
these pictures back in the Spring and some how with
close to 4 feet of snow outside it seemed an appropriate time to post. Rear shot looks pretty stock, Not
sure how the controls works.
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![]() Ron writes: "Crosley
Snowmobile? The body appears to be a CC wagon with a plastic nose cone
attached to it. It's not a fiberglass that I'm familiar with. The
running gear is a mid engine English motor that I think is an Austin
attached to a 4speed transmission directly attached to a very narrow
Crosley rear complete with 6 inch mechanical brakes. The workmanship of
this thing is excellent. Current owner has no idea of any history on
it. So what do you think?"
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![]() Mike Grimes of California shared these pictures and information: "I
picked this engine up
about 25 years ago. It had been in a homemade sports car. I
got the chassis (crude), the engine and transmission. According
to Barry Seel the flywheel/crankshaft configuration makes this a
marine engine. Nick Brajevich told me that they (Fageol) only made 13 of these. One of these
days I'll repair the flywheel/crankshaft joint impending failure and
fire it up"
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