Is Lawrenceburg???
 

Is the Burg having some kind of race tonight?????

Are you serious?!? It's Indiana Sprint Week! Of course they are.

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gitney's and mods. really nothin.....now let me get back on the wine.:3:

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You must have been to a wing show and lost your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by smith19:
gitney's and mods. really nothin.....now let me get back on the wine.:3:

What's a gitney?

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod K.:
What's a gitney?

Saigon taxi.

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod K.:
What's a gitney?

A jitney a is coaster racer made by kids. An old wooden ironing board made a great chassis (or a piece of plywood about the same size). The axles were held onto a 2 x 4 by bending nails over it. The wheels were usually baby buggy wheels or lawnmower wheels (buggy wheels were better). The front axle (2 x 4) was bolted with a single bolt at the front of the ironing board. You steered it with your feet or, you could attach a piece of rope to the end of each side of the 2 x 4 axle and steer it with the rope. We raced them down streets with a fairly steep grade. I grew up in Sayler Park in Cincinnati Ohio and lots of us built and raced them when we were in grade school. However, Larry G is also correct. That kind of gitney (asian taxi)was pulled around by a person for a small fee.

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very good craig....i got a little fancy with a few of mine and put a cage on them. if you wanted to dirt track just put big wheel tires (PLASTIC) on it and slide around corners. ;)

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Originally Posted by smith19:
very good craig....i got a little fancy with a few of mine and put a cage on them. if you wanted to dirt track just put big wheel tires (PLASTIC) on it and slide around corners. ;)

Chris, the last one I built (6th grade) had a steering wheel, with the rope windings, and a friction brake. However, being that it was back in the 60's, mine were all USAC jitneys!!
No rollcages!!!!!!

BTW.....Big Wheels hadn't been invented yet when I was building my jitneys!! LOL

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My jitney had a friction brake too. They were called Keds.:3:

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Originally Posted by Gregg:
My jitney had a friction brake too. They were called Keds.:3:

Gregg, I found that Red Ball Jets had a little softer compound than the U.S. Keds thus, a bit more stopping power!!...:3: