Post by Bernard Kron on Aug 16, 2009 9:43:06 GMT -5
OK, here's an odd one. Fletch started a thread under "How'd ya do it...etc." asking about sources for an Offy engine, presumably for a build he was considering. By coincidence I had jusrt ordered RepMin's new all resin re-issue of the Etzel Speed Classics Offenhauser 270/255 which I've now completed. This is such an iconic engine, such a beautifully detailed 1/25 kit, and such a neat looking racing engine I just had to get one and build it, even though I have zero plans for a car to put it in...
Here's the deal: date wise it's TRaKable, culturally it's TRaKable (virtiually the entire West Coast Midget and Champ car building scene had its roots deep in the world of hot rodding and lakes racing), but these engines, which were built in small numbers and quite expensive to buy, maintain and run, were virtually never seen in Traditional Rods and Kustoms. I've been thinking about startiing a series of "Iconic American Performance Engines" of which this is Number 1. Next up is the Chevy 12-Port 6 cyclinder inliner I'm building for my Model A Roadster early dragster. Other examples would be the Nailhead Buick, the Ford Flathead, the Chrysler Corp. series of hemis, the Small and Large Block Chevies, etc., etc. Obviously the variations are limitless (injected, carbureted, blown, drag engine, stocker, etc.) so maybe this is a blind alley? Who knows?
So, my questions is, all by itself as a completed model of an engine, with no car around it, Is This TRaKable?
Here's the deal: date wise it's TRaKable, culturally it's TRaKable (virtiually the entire West Coast Midget and Champ car building scene had its roots deep in the world of hot rodding and lakes racing), but these engines, which were built in small numbers and quite expensive to buy, maintain and run, were virtually never seen in Traditional Rods and Kustoms. I've been thinking about startiing a series of "Iconic American Performance Engines" of which this is Number 1. Next up is the Chevy 12-Port 6 cyclinder inliner I'm building for my Model A Roadster early dragster. Other examples would be the Nailhead Buick, the Ford Flathead, the Chrysler Corp. series of hemis, the Small and Large Block Chevies, etc., etc. Obviously the variations are limitless (injected, carbureted, blown, drag engine, stocker, etc.) so maybe this is a blind alley? Who knows?
So, my questions is, all by itself as a completed model of an engine, with no car around it, Is This TRaKable?
