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Post by afx on Jun 18, 2019 11:07:46 GMT -5
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jul 5, 2019 10:43:58 GMT -5
WOW I'd hate to have to deal with the aftermath of a wheel stand in that!
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Post by RodBurNeR on Jul 12, 2019 23:53:55 GMT -5
JC that would be a very interesting build and fun to boot!
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jul 21, 2019 10:34:00 GMT -5
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jul 25, 2019 12:37:06 GMT -5
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Post by ChrisV on Jul 25, 2019 13:07:19 GMT -5
Interesting! Those front axles look remarkably like the one found in Revell's "Miss Deal"
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jul 25, 2019 13:43:18 GMT -5
A prime example of brute force engineering!
These are the Coleman Front Drive Specials from 1929, built to race the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Coleman was a company based in Littleton, Colorado, outside Denver, that made heavy duty front drive systems for heavy trucks and tractors to convert them into 4 wheel drive. The drivers in the picture are the Unser brothers, Louis (#4), Joe (#5) and Jerry (#6). They finished 5th, 2nd, and 6th respectively that year. Unfortunately Joe was killed shortly thereafter while, depending on the account, either testing his race car on public roads, or using it as his daily driver returning home from work, take your pick. Coleman went on to enter the Indianapolis 500 with Coleman Front Drive Specials, but these were real, state-of-the-art race cars, Miller front drives driven by ace Champ car jockey and mechanic Lou Moore, who had worked with Joe Unser to develop the Pikes Peak cars. Moore won the 500 3 years running as an entrant with his legendary front drive Blue Crown Specials, finishing 1-2 in '47 and '48 with Mauri Rose and Bill Holland and 1st and 3rd in '49 with Holland and George Conner. Of course the Unser family needs no introduction. So there's a lot of history packed in that photo.
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Post by Mr. Metallic on Jul 26, 2019 6:20:47 GMT -5
Is there any front suspension on those? It could be a trick of the eye, but it looks like the diff is welded to the frame.
So, are the engines just turned around 180 degrees? Doesn't look like there's a transfer case since the "pumpkin" is in the middle of the diff. I'm intrigued by the engineering, if you have any further details Bernard.
I've got some semi truck differentials in the old parts box. Hmm...
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Post by spex84 on Sept 8, 2019 22:19:32 GMT -5
Well, I've never seen this before...! Creative...I'm kind of impressed that it actually fits under the hood, but there must be a scoop or a blister of some kind to allow air into the carbs when the hood is closed!
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Post by falconwagon on Sept 9, 2019 5:20:15 GMT -5
A prime example of brute force engineering! These are the Coleman Front Drive Specials from 1929, built to race the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Coleman was a company based in Littleton, Colorado, outside Denver, that made heavy duty front drive systems for heavy trucks and tractors to convert them into 4 wheel drive. The drivers in the picture are the Unser brothers, Louis (#4), Joe (#5) and Jerry (#6). They finished 5th, 2nd, and 6th respectively that year. Unfortunately Joe was killed shortly thereafter while, depending on the account, either testing his race car on public roads, or using it as his daily driver returning home from work, take your pick. Coleman went on to enter the Indianapolis 500 with Coleman Front Drive Specials, but these were real, state-of-the-art race cars, Miller front drives driven by ace Champ car jockey and mechanic Lou Moore, who had worked with Joe Unser to develop the Pikes Peak cars. Moore won the 500 3 years running as an entrant with his legendary front drive Blue Crown Specials, finishing 1-2 in '47 and '48 with Mauri Rose and Bill Holland and 1st and 3rd in '49 with Holland and George Conner. Of course the Unser family needs no introduction. So there's a lot of history packed in that photo.
Did anyone notice they are rear steering cars.
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Post by mack2856 on Sept 9, 2019 9:36:21 GMT -5
Sorta like driving really fast in reverse! On a mountain? These guys had large huevo's.
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Post by spex84 on Sept 16, 2019 20:53:06 GMT -5
Yikes! Found on the HAMB today.
Gotta hand it to the builder who looked at the Tiago and thought..."man, I could do that with an Edsel, and it would be awesome." Haha!
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Post by Mr. Metallic on Sept 17, 2019 7:35:21 GMT -5
Well, I've never seen this before...! Creative...I'm kind of impressed that it actually fits under the hood, but there must be a scoop or a blister of some kind to allow air into the carbs when the hood is closed!
That thing is very cool. Took me a little while to realize that's a Latham under all those carbs
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Post by spex84 on Oct 8, 2019 0:46:08 GMT -5
Fins on the front, too!! I laugh because just recently I was contemplating drawing a '55 Chevy with a similar treatment "because no-one's done that before!". Welp...someone beat me to it. Yuck!
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Dec 10, 2019 11:45:13 GMT -5
A Healy 3000 digging in hard. Can't see what class this thing was running in but it looks like a handful.
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