Midget Photo Thread..

[banjeaux bob]

1938 460 Elto

1938 460 Elto ,Southwest Chrome Special,Driven by Ed Davis .Looking ofr any information on this car or driver.Thanks ~ Bob

 

[banjeaux bob]

1935 Offy

1935 Offy driven by Bob Swanson.Restored by Joe Gertler.again looking for any information on Bob Swanson and this car.

Thanks ~ Bob

 

[banjeaux bob]

Thanks

Thanks for the pictures 22 Dodge !


Bob

 

[camfab3]

Great pics.

I live just two hours away from Knoxville Raceway. I love going to the Hall of fame and looking at the great old cars. I went to the classic night for several years. Their are some incredible inovations that came from that class of racing. A good freind of mine just down the road is the son of the famous Jimmie Davies midget driver from the 50s who won the USAC championship and passed in a crash the next season. Great stuff 22.

 

[22dodge]

Thanks for the pictures 22 Dodge !

Bob

Your welcome, Bob.
Those are beautiful cars you have pictured, are you the lucky owner ?
Thanks for sharing those and good luck on the information search. '22

 

[banjeaux bob]

Your welcome, Bob.
Those are beautiful cars you have pictured, are you the lucky owner ?
Thanks for sharing those and good luck on the information search. '22

22 Dodge,by lucky owner do you really mean "wealthy owner"? No,they are not mine.They belong to Fountainhead Hotels' Collection. I'm trying to help get some more information together for the history of each car.

Bob

 

[22dodge]

Searching......

1938 460 Elto ,Southwest Chrome Special,Driven by Ed Davis .Looking ofr any information on this car or driver.Thanks ~ Bob

1935 Offy driven by Bob Swanson.Restored by Joe Gertler.again looking for any information on Bob Swanson and this car.

Thanks ~ Bob

Hey Bob, after checking through my books, I found a few vague lines on
Bob Swanson, a photo of him sitting in the Harry Stephens Offy (#15) in 1940
a few weeks before his death at Ohio Speedway, and the cigarette add below.
Nothing on Ed Davis.... '22

 

[22dodge]

Nice "collection"....

I sure would like to be able to load up a BIG trailer from this place and take
it home with me..... '22

 

[Bonehead]

Wow!!

 

[Dqracer]

Holy smokes,,(jaw drops , slight drool,) thats way tooo cool , what a collection.

 

[Tripper]

OMG!!!

OMG... I'd love 2 b there!!! I'm sure 1 would follow me home!!!

BoB

 

[120octane]

I've died and went to heaven

 

[Bonehead]

...............
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8131&highlight=midget

 

[binder56jd]

midgets rok

 

[Thunder1]

These are killer Midget models!!

check out these completely handbuilt badass midget models. This guy's work is sweet!

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Neely.htm

 

[22dodge]

Cool link, thanks Thunder1.... '22

 

[racer135]

What a waste of a clean pair of undies!!!!

This is getting up there... ouch '22

...thus answering the age old question, can a midget fly?

Some newer ones i got a link to, from the owner of a street legal one!!!

http://dwarfcarracing.com/pictures/?album=2&gallery=4&nggpage=4

These aren't midgets, but close enough to it. I'm thinking of making one of the dwarf trucks to drive on the road, they look awesome! Maybe even downsize Rat-A-Tow-E! HAHA A miniature miniature wrecker!!. But the GF would probably go crook at me, since there would not be enough room for both of us in it HAHAHA

 

[Thunder1]

Cool link, thanks Thunder1.... '22

You bet 22! I thought it was worth sharing. The guy does some fantastic work.

 

[v8gasser]

I took these pix last weekend ,
2 brothers , in there sixty`s , drove them aprox. 160 miles to the show , raced around Curborough sprint track , showed them at hot rod show and drove back home ....hero`s or mad-men ???

 

[22dodge]

That is too cool, probably a bit of both in each driver...
I'll bet they had the time of their lives...
I know I sure would have enjoyed the trip.
Awesome cars for sure.. '22