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MI's SPEEDBALL SPECIAL - PDF
http://www.smallcarplans.com/MI%20Sp...al%20Plans.pdf
I've seen the original, and it was beeyootiful. Probably have to do a bit of substituting of pieces, vut if you want something unique, it could be done for not a lot. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax |
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MI's SPEEDBALL SPECIAL - PDF
On Oct 27, 10:25 pm, (J T) wrote:
http://www.smallcarplans.com/MI%20Sp...al%20Plans.pdf I've seen the original, and it was beeyootiful. Probably have to do a bit of substituting of pieces, vut if you want something unique, it could be done for not a lot. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax Brings to mind a series from the '50s, mid to late, my memory says, in Hot Rod, Car Craft or ? about building your own hot rod for a buck a pound. I haven't been able to find anything on it on-line (but I haven't looked very hard). As I recall, the car weighed in at maybe 1,200 pounds, and used a flathead Ford V8. Motorcycle style fenders, etc. Or maybe my brain is slipping more than its usual two or three clutch plates. Have you run up on that one? Has anyone? |
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MI's SPEEDBALL SPECIAL - PDF
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On Oct 27, 10:25 pm, (J T) wrote: http://www.smallcarplans.com/MI%20Sp...al%20Plans.pdf I've seen the original, and it was beeyootiful. Probably have to do a bit of substituting of pieces, vut if you want something unique, it could be done for not a lot. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax Brings to mind a series from the '50s, mid to late, my memory says, in Hot Rod, Car Craft or ? about building your own hot rod for a buck a pound. I haven't been able to find anything on it on-line (but I haven't looked very hard). As I recall, the car weighed in at maybe 1,200 pounds, and used a flathead Ford V8. Motorcycle style fenders, etc. Or maybe my brain is slipping more than its usual two or three clutch plates. Have you run up on that one? Has anyone? Haven't run on that one, but if you google "Locost" (note--the spelling is not a typo and there is no space or hyphen) the first page of hits will all get you information on variants of the car that Ron Champion described in "Build your own sports car for as little as UKP250". It's very much like a Lotus Seven but it's not the same design. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On Oct 28, 7:10 pm, (J T) wrote:
Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 7:43pm (EDT+4) (Charlie Self) doth recall: Brings to mind a series from the '50s, mid to late, my memory says, in Hot Rod, Car Craft or ? about building your own hot rod for a buck a pound. I haven't been able to find anything on it on-line (but I haven't looked very hard). As I recall, the car weighed in at maybe 1,200 pounds, and used a flathead Ford V8. Motorcycle style fenders, etc. Or maybe my brain is slipping more than its usual two or three clutch plates. Have you run up on that one? Has anyone? I remember MI with an article showing how to make a two seater "sports car" from a Ford. Cut the frame in half, keep the front, with flathead engine, then make a tube rear, and cover with sheet mets. Told how to shorten the drive train and all. Don't recall any mention of per pound. Came out looking looking something like Ak Miller's El Caballo.. The only one I recall touted as being a dollar a pound tho is one by Tex Smith. Seems to me he used a Mopar slant six i his tho. A buck went a lot further in thos days too. I don't recall the final price. Seems like the guys building really cheap now are some of those guy with "rat rods". Apparently the goal is to make something that looks like absolute crap, but runs. Some of them are bqsically decent looking, or at least could be, if they'd at least cover up some of the rust, and patch a few holes. Read about one and the owner/builder claimed he actually had mechanical brakes. Stupid. Even read about some that hire someone, at larg bucks, to make one for them, and to purposely make it look out like crap. Let's face it; what else can you expect with today's styles in clothing and music? I had totally forgotten Ak Miller and Tex Smith. Hell, I won't even swear to the dates: I was rolling around the idea I was 15-16-17, which pops us in the world of late '53, '54 and well into '56. By July of '57, I had managed to get enough hours out of school and working to buy my first new car...I'd hurt someone for that now, a '57 Chev convertible, 283, dual 4s, Duntov cam, close ratio 3 speed (on the column), dual fishpole antennas (just the thing for a rising 19 year old), and silver and red vinyl upholstery. The 16 gallon gas tank was a BIG mistake on Chevy's part. That thing had a range of under 100 miles, but with high test (and with a 10.5 to 1 compression ratio it needed high test) selling for $.32.9, who cared? |
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MI's SPEEDBALL SPECIAL - PDF
On Oct 28, 5:07 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
Charlie Self wrote: On Oct 27, 10:25 pm, (J T) wrote: http://www.smallcarplans.com/MI%20Sp...al%20Plans.pdf I've seen the original, and it was beeyootiful. Probably have to do a bit of substituting of pieces, vut if you want something unique, it could be done for not a lot. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax Brings to mind a series from the '50s, mid to late, my memory says, in Hot Rod, Car Craft or ? about building your own hot rod for a buck a pound. I haven't been able to find anything on it on-line (but I haven't looked very hard). As I recall, the car weighed in at maybe 1,200 pounds, and used a flathead Ford V8. Motorcycle style fenders, etc. Or maybe my brain is slipping more than its usual two or three clutch plates. Have you run up on that one? Has anyone? Haven't run on that one, but if you google "Locost" (note--the spelling is not a typo and there is no space or hyphen) the first page of hits will all get you information on variants of the car that Ron Champion described in "Build your own sports car for as little as UKP250". It's very much like a Lotus Seven but it's not the same design. -- I probably should go over some of my Lotus 7 shots and post them. Local race course, Virginia International Raceway, is a great venue for vintage sports car races...to keep wood in this, they're framing condos for sale along the esses and back straight. |
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On Oct 29, 9:50 am, Charlie Self wrote:
On Oct 28, 5:07 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote: Charlie Self wrote: On Oct 27, 10:25 pm, (J T) wrote: http://www.smallcarplans.com/MI%20Sp...al%20Plans.pdf I've seen the original, and it was beeyootiful. Probably have to do a bit of substituting of pieces, vut if you want something unique, it could be done for not a lot. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax Brings to mind a series from the '50s, mid to late, my memory says, in Hot Rod, Car Craft or ? about building your own hot rod for a buck a pound. I haven't been able to find anything on it on-line (but I haven't looked very hard). As I recall, the car weighed in at maybe 1,200 pounds, and used a flathead Ford V8. Motorcycle style fenders, etc. Or maybe my brain is slipping more than its usual two or three clutch plates. Have you run up on that one? Has anyone? Haven't run on that one, but if you google "Locost" (note--the spelling is not a typo and there is no space or hyphen) the first page of hits will all get you information on variants of the car that Ron Champion described in "Build your own sports car for as little as UKP250". It's very much like a Lotus Seven but it's not the same design. -- I probably should go over some of my Lotus 7 shots and post them. Local race course, Virginia International Raceway, is a great venue for vintage sports car races...to keep wood in this, they're framing condos for sale along the esses and back straight. I stuck a few up and even slipped in a Lotus Eleven (1957). www.charlieselfonline.com for those who don't know. Check the Auto Shots page |
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On Oct 31, 1:24 am, (J T) wrote:
Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 12:22am (EDT+4) (Charlie Self) doth sayeth: snip '57 Chev convertible, snip The 16 gallon gas tank was a BIG mistake on Chevy's part. That thing had a range of under 100 miles, snip My El Camino will get 20+ on the highway. But as most of my driving is around town, and I like to hear the pipes, I'm averaging somewhere above 10 MPG, on regular. But who cares? My first car was a '55 Ford. That I latter put a rod thru the block. Unhooked that plug wire, and was surprised at how well a V-7 runs. LOL Oh, lord! My first car was a '50 Studebaker, black 4 door, hill holder, flathead six, three on the column. That six was one of the absolute worst engines ever foisted on the public: my old man was a mechanic at Mt. Vernon (NY) Studebaker back then (about '55), and I bought the car from him (50 bucks: he ripped me off), and he kept me supplied with rod bearings, because the two main bearing crank whipped so much it would would produce a rod knock in the center two bearings in about 400-500 miles. POS is the best phrase that comes to mind, but at 17, I had wheels and very few others did back then. We also had a '49 (IIRC) Crosley convertible I'd love to have today. That came to use via a trade-in at the Stude place. Either car would drive all week on a two buck's worth of gas (at 28 cents per gallon). Five bucks overflowed the tanks. |
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