Old Sprinter

I was able to draw plans for the motor and actually start build the thing.

Yes sir, Joe; necessity is the mother of invention, right?

Back in black! Got some primer and radius rods going on so life is good.

Again, nice work Sid. That definitely looks like a vintage in and out box and steering gear from back in the day.

More body work finishing up. The tail is next. Check out the offset from the rear.

More than ever!

Joe; they're carpet RC tires I bought for my first model I built almost a year ago. They didn't work out well so I built a car to use them on. Here's my first attempt at making a body out of styrene.

Styrene and fiberglass. I trying to learn working styrene to get bends without using flame heat, just friction and body heat. I'm having some good luck so far. Ken

Got the rear end done and the seat and belly pan in. That starnge looking sway bar, in the rear, is called a Jacob's Ladder. They're used mainly on circle track cars and keep the roll center consistant during suspension travel.

Now that looks fun!!

Yep, this one.

Thanks Jim, that is exactly what I needed. Ken

Thanks Dave, I knew you could help me. This is an Auto-Craft with Hillborn injectors for a midget. How wide, tall and deep is that motor you have? With those dimensions I can build it. Thanks Ken

I need some help finding dimensions for a big bore VW motor that I'm going to do in 1/8 scale for an up coming project. Width, hieght or a web site. I got plenty of pictures but need a dimenssion or two to correctly build it by. Thanks Ken

Thanks Stump. The cage and main rails are 3/16" which is scale for 1 1/2".

Dave; Wayne is correct. A year ago, when I first decided to try and scratch build a model, I bought these tires for a supermodiifed I was going to do. Tires for a scratch builder (like me) is a huge problem so I thought these tires would work. Well they didn't, too short, so I got some RC tires for dirt and filled in the tread. Since then I have built 7 cars and non of them would work with the tires either. So this model attracted me the most because I could make it to fit the tires and finally get to use them. This is a fooling around project that I needed to do, without spending a bunch of time or money on. I have been working on it less than two weeks, including drawing the plans. Thanks, you guys, for the great encourgement

A little more.

That sprinter is looking great, Syd.

Thanks Madd Fab and Comp 1839. I've almost got the font end done and the steering box and firewall/ torque plate installed. The motor is set so I can install the removeable top rail to the frame.

I got the motor almost built and the frame done. Working on the axles steering and the body.

ya have to remember to breath!!

On a 1/2 mile pavement track they'll reach 145mph. Pheonix is a mile track so they go about about 160 mph top speed. Super modifieds are what you're thinking about with the big block. They go the same speed, just pull harder out of the corners. I've seen this car run competively with the supers and in fact, now days, it's the only class it could be legal in with that much offset. They're sort of like dragsters but the motor has to last through at least two or three races (about 40 miles) in one event not a few 1/4 mile runs. Back when I raced them there were no rules so some guys had super chargers, turbo chargers, NOS but seldom made it to the end of the race. You would love to hear the roar of 24 of these things coming down at full speed to take the green flag. Where you live, in PA, it is sprint car heaven. Lots of fast cars and tracks to run several nights a week (on dirt).. Ken

Thanks Mooneyzs. you must go to PIR, like I do. Well I drew those plans with a pencil and architectual scale; used to do that for a living. I made a mistake with Tony Bettenhousen as it was Gary Bettenhousen who help with Grant King designing the car. Here's some pictures of it.

I'm starting a Grant King/ Tony Bettenhousen offset sprint car. This car was a record holder a Pheonix, for several years, driven by Anthony Simone. I am scratch building this and here is a picture from the first day. Ken. .

Thanks for sharing that with us. Those guys at TDR can do anything and do it well. They are going to make some dirt tires and rims for my midgets in the near future. Ken