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I also like sellers on Craigslist. . I picked up a Torro Rosso 1/8 ferrari F1 car for $50 UNASSEMBLED . This was the best Christmas present I got in the last 20 years.

Here are 2 photos of the only DOHC sprint cars I saw run. The white 2 with Foyt in it at Terre Haute. This is AJ Watson's car. I saw Foyt cut a motor in half in this one at Terre Haute in 68 , I think. He threw a rod and never lifted. Look on the internet for Mike Mosley's crash in this car at Dayton, Almost killed Mosley, and it did kill the car.

The 24 car is Gary Bettenhausen. Willie Davis ran the car with Gary as the driver, This car didn't run a lot with the ford in it.

Only a couple sprint cars ran the 255 Ford, AJ Watson's car and Gary Bettenhausen's. Champ Dirt Cars were another story, a ton of guys ran them into the late 70's. The picture of AJ Foyt is in a champ dirt car, not a sprint car. Some kits that have the 255 motor are : IMC Lotus, Testors Lotus, and the Eagle kits of Gurney's cars, that I know of. AJ Foyt also did so much work with this engine, that the ones he did were called Foyts.He even had valve covers that said FOYT on them.
Also know that the motor Clark won Indy with was not the same motor he used in F-1. In 1967( I think) Ford came out with their other DOHC motor, the Cosworth.

Thanks guys. I know I'll do the one in Aurora, and I'll try to get to Colorado Springs.

GREED !