Michey Thompson's wynn's spitfire

[johnyrotten]

https://youtu.be/jwOTSHP4-V4?si=h6lA2jQoIxyCgLuM

[absmiami]

damn - that was great - and I scarfed up the great body off chassis photo of Gurney's '62 entry 

-  which was casted yrs ago in resin - thank you Calvin ...

[absmiami]

This is a still shot from the video of the ‘62 Gurney car - notice the engine offset - this sent me back into research I had collected on this car …

[absmiami]

HERE'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE OFFEST  -  I had forgotten about this feature - but - here it is ...

[absmiami]

And in fact, this car is a survivor [against all odds] 

here it is at the Amelia Island concourse two years ago 

i  think the livery is fr its last year of competition - which i think was '64 

the offset is still in place .... - cool ....

[Spooker]

Engine, DRIVER AND FUEL TANK are offset.  I watched the video yesterday, Thompson never lacked for new ideas!

Edited Friday at 07:52 PM by Spooker

[absmiami]

Alrighty then - did Calvin cast the offset on his Thompson Harvey Aluminum kit ??

[absmiami]

Yup …

[Bainford]

Great video. I always love a good M/T story.

[Big John]

The offset probably helped it turn Left better, many of the 60's Indy cars had some sort of offset. Yeah that was a cool video, love the crazy custom V8 and valve train layout. For a moment I thought it was a Ford with reversed heads and two injectors per cylinder but No.  Ranks up there with the Mallard.

Edited 1 hour ago by Big John