carsntrucks4you Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Here me latest project. I zeded the frame of a '29 Ford pickup I made the floor out of plastic sheet. The seats and the front axle are from The Parts Box The engine from Revell's Midget was gets a new oil pan Here how the model would look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Very cool, I like where your going with this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Very sweet.any relation to Henry? Edited April 18, 2012 by Terror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Very sweet.any relation to Henry? Who is Henry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 This is what hot rod means! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sure IS!!! GREAT start!!!! Again, you Euro guys hittin it outta the park!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sweet project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shucky Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Michael looking good. Where are the wheels and tires from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Michael looking good. Where are the wheels and tires from? They are fromReplicas Miniatures of Maryland. Great castings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Very Sweet so far,this Rod is gonna be killer!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Love it! Can't wait to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Nice ride! FWIW, Offenhauser engines (just as with their predecessors, the legendary Miller racing engines, and all the way back to the 1913 Peugeot GP 4-cylinder race car engine) were all "dry sump" engines, meaning that their crankcases themselves hold no pool of oil, rather the oil is held in a separate tank, away from the engine, pumped there and then back into the crankcase, with an oil cooler in the line. To better understand: The Offy, just as with the Miller straight 8 engines (even the Miller 220cid marine 4-cylinder engines--forerunner to the Offenhauser) and the Peugeot GP engine of 1913 were "built up" units. The crankcase is an aluminum "barrel" unit, holding the crankshaft and having very large main bearing "webs" which were press-fitted into the barrel crankcase. Atop this was bolted the cast iron cylinder block, which was "blind-bored", meaning that there is no separate cylinder head--the bores and combustion chambers are cast in place, then machined and honed for the pistons. In real life, several hot rods were built back in the 1950's and early 1960's, using the much larger "Championship" Offenhauser--almost all of them using the obsolete 274 cid engine, which was "legislated" out of use beginning with the 1956 USAC Championship season (normally aspirated Indianapolis Car -- the Championship Series in USAC). Some were fitted with the same Hilborn Fuel Injection system as used on racing Offies from 1952-onward, others used log manifolds with a pair of Riley side-draft carburetors. Detuned for street use, these engines still produced perhaps 170-180 HP, and properly driven, they could skin the pants of of most V8 powered hot rods--all the while making that distinct growling yet thunderous sound. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Nice ride! FWIW, Offenhauser engines (just as with their predecessors, the legendary Miller racing engines, and all the way back to the 1913 Peugeot GP 4-cylinder race car engine) were all "dry sump" engines, meaning that their crankcases themselves hold no pool of oil, rather the oil is held in a separate tank, away from the engine, pumped there and then back into the crankcase, with an oil cooler in the line. To better understand: The Offy, just as with the Miller straight 8 engines (even the Miller 220cid marine 4-cylinder engines--forerunner to the Offenhauser) and the Peugeot GP engine of 1913 were "built up" units. The crankcase is an aluminum "barrel" unit, holding the crankshaft and having very large main bearing "webs" which were press-fitted into the barrel crankcase. Atop this was bolted the cast iron cylinder block, which was "blind-bored", meaning that there is no separate cylinder head--the bores and combustion chambers are cast in place, then machined and honed for the pistons. In real life, several hot rods were built back in the 1950's and early 1960's, using the much larger "Championship" Offenhauser--almost all of them using the obsolete 274 cid engine, which was "legislated" out of use beginning with the 1956 USAC Championship season (normally aspirated Indianapolis Car -- the Championship Series in USAC). Some were fitted with the same Hilborn Fuel Injection system as used on racing Offies from 1952-onward, others used log manifolds with a pair of Riley side-draft carburetors. Detuned for street use, these engines still produced perhaps 170-180 HP, and properly driven, they could skin the pants of of most V8 powered hot rods--all the while making that distinct growling yet thunderous sound. Art Art thanks for the information. I didn't know that they had a dry sump system. Although the engine is wrong at the bottom end I would not change it now. Do you know if the bigger Offy's were available in a kit or in resin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonFL Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 What a killer build. That is going to be one sick rod, looking forward to the rest of the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathskull59 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Before I start painting the frame black I add some more details at the front. Radiator from the Midget and some steering linkage The engine got a new exhaust. Solderwire and aluminum time was used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Nice details and progress. I am watching this one all the way through, so keep it going, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 It will take some time but you will be kept in informed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camaroman Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Very sweet.any relation to Henry? Michael, I think he is referring to Henry Winkler, the actor that played Arthur (the Fonz or Fonzie) Fonzarelli on the American TV show "Happy Days" based on the movies American Graffiti and More American Graffiti... Great build by the way!!! Love the startings ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan30 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I like it. working on one myself..You remind me I need to get moving on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 To be continued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweb7321 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 perfect stance and chop. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1272148 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Cool rod it looks like it is coming along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedster Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Looks great! Can't wait to see it done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 nice work and i like seeing parts from those midgets being used...i was looking at one the other night and thinking i wanted to try using some of the running gear along with the tiny V8 flattie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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