Holy cow...I WANT this...

[Ace-Garageguy]

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/sprint/unspecified/1696771.html?refer=blog

[Longbox55]

Sweet.

[1930fordpickup]

Put some lights on it and drive it to work.

[58 Impala]

Put some lights on it and drive it to work.

That was my first thought when I saw that picture.

[afx]

Big burly old race car - yeah I love it!

[oldnslow]

Old Indy car turned dirt tracker?

[Stray]

You'd never get my arse in that.

Seriously, my arse is far too large now.

Looks like it would be a ball though.

[62rebel]

oh yeah... that's killer.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

$27k dollars.

I bet some of you guys could afford it!

[cdan delivery]

Bill, I thought the same thing when I saw this being driven (on the road!) into the Ty Rods reunion in '07.

[Skip]

$27K would not be a bad deal, it even has provenance, however outside of California i wonder what that provenance would carry. I remember seeing these Sprint Roadsters in Hot Rod in the 60's, so for someone who saw them when they were running either in person or print would bring the recognition value, just wonder how much that would transfer do investment value.

Still it has tons of "Cool" value that cannot be valued to the right person. Be fun to own if it could be made street legal while still retaining its Vintage Sprint Car appearance.

[comp1839]

so buy it! it's got "you" written all over it.

[Greg Myers]

from Phoenix AZ back in the day

[Greg Myers]

Part two the whole story http://www.tbucketplans.com/indianapolis-500-inspired-t-buckets/

[Ace-Garageguy]

Greg, that Watson-Indycar-nosed roadster in post 13 was one of my favorites from back then. I've been collecting the bits to model it.

I've never seen the mid-engined one below it, but it's a real idea-starter, for sure.

Far as the OP car goes, you couldn't build it for the asking price. And it has provenance as a real race-car with a history. Fun track-day car.

[aurfalien]

Not to hijack the thread, but wouldn't you rather have this;

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/1396-Ferrari-330+P4+Replica+by+Norwood-4.8+Liter+V-12

In my opinion, one the the greatest race cars. I'd do it in a heart beat if I had enough Benjamins.

I mean $275K is very reasonable to me for such a beauty!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Not to hijack the thread, but wouldn't you rather have this;

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/1396-Ferrari-330+P4+Replica+by+Norwood-4.8+Liter+V-12

In my opinion, one the the greatest race cars. I'd do it in a heart beat if I had enough Benjamins.

I mean $275K is very reasonable to me for such a beauty!

Well, I could almost swing the $27K, but no way in heck could I manage $275K. And it would be a lot easier for me to stand on the gas and slide the old sprint car, knowing its replacement cost.

[aurfalien]

Well Ace, a very good and critical point.

[Greg Myers]

Went to a small muffler shop in Glendale AZ to have the exhaust done on my charger years ago. This was sitting over in the corner.

[Art Anderson]

Old Indy car turned dirt tracker?

I think it was purpose-built as a sprint car, which wasn't uncommon a few decades ago. Frank Kurtis even built several roadster midgets in the 1950's. The idea behind these roadsters, as well as the larger AAA/USAC Championship roadsters was to give extra weight bias on the left side of the chassis by moving the engine to that side a bit, then making the driver's cockpit on the right--for pretty much the same reason as "weight-jackers" are used today on many oval track cars--make the weight distribution more nearly equal on both sides of the car in the turns at speed.

Art

[JTalmage]

wow... beautiful Charger. Still got it?

[Greg Myers]

Yes

[JTalmage]

What a beauty. I wanted one for many years as a kid... til I realized how expensive mopar stuff is. Closest thing I had was a clapped out '74 Plymouth Scamp lol