Cool & Unusual Early Racers

[Gastrick]

What the heck is that, why is it so big, and what is under that huge bonnet?

It's a FIAT. I used a have a photo of the engine but I cant find it. It was a HUGE 4 banger, something like 28 litres.

 

[Gastrick]

Thanks for sharing some history Lightning.

 

[Lightning]

Cool & Unusual

Glad to share some history - - here are a couple more old racers

 

[Lightning]

Old Racers

Here are a couple of shots of Lexington cars and building early 1920's

 

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1934 Alfa Romeo 512

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1934 Alfa-Romeo Tipo B

Did NASCAR copy this for their front "splitter"?

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1934 Auto Union Type D

Pretty hi-tek for 1934...

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1908 Benz GP

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1920 Duesenberg 183 Grand Prix

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1926 maseRATi Tipo 26B

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1908 Mercedes 140hp Grand Prix

Is it just me, or is the copper on these racers the coolest part on 'em?!

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WTF?????

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Don't forget a spare!

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[Blue Eyed Devil]

To answer your "WTF?????", that is a gear drive assembly for the speedometer...

 

[that1car]

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Love the steering "wheel"on this one....how many turns lock to lock on this bad boy.

 

[ratdog]

I've thought about wood frame rails using lam-beams. Any opinions from the wood butchers out there?
BTW the cars pictured are wonderful to look at.

I am a wood butcher, or cabinetmaker. I was thinking about wood frame, or wood / aluminium combination. I think it would be strong enough with the right design, the mounting points backed or reinforced by alu,etc. There was quite a few all wood cars out there in the old days,one is on the web made by a boat builder. There is the new Splinter Supercar being built right now,
all wood laminations , everything other than engine trans is wood , google it, pretty interesting site.

 

[bada]

Awsume looking old racers.

 

[chriseakin]

What the heck is that, why is it so big, and what is under that huge bonnet?

I remember reading in a book that in the early days, some rule changes, trying to restrict speed by limiting bore size caused some really different looking cars, they had a photo of one similar to that - tiny bore but a really long stroke.

Chris