Who likes Offys!?

CTtoPA · 4/4/08, 11:33 PM

1930s Offenhauser. Came with single winfield updraft carb, no number on the Offenhauser plate, and a CLUTCH! Clutch has been removed and fuel injection has been added in place of the winfield.

Al Consoli · 4/5/08, 9:40 AM

I don't like them too much.

If you're giving one away, it would sound really good in my old Plymouth.:O:

CTtoPA · 4/5/08, 10:27 AM

For about $17k you too can own one! This one originally came as 91ci. I believe it originally ran on gasoline because of its age. The modifications made that I know of were 40 over pistons done by Ken Hickey and the fuel injection system that Joe added. The thing is a beauty.

4/5/08, 10:31 AM

I am old enough to have grown up in the Offy times. I won a CSRA midget championship in 1961 and ran Tampa Fairgrounds Sprints in 1962. The Offy's were a sound that I will never forget. I raced 48 years before retiring and I think the old Offy's were the greatest sound in racing. One of the prettiest sights I remember is at Canfield,Ohio Fairgrounds in 1947 when the pits were filled with a field of new Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser midgets. Sorry you young racers had to miss this time.

4/7/08, 12:54 PM

Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!!

SUPERDUKE · 4/7/08, 6:12 PM

After Carb Day At The Speedway Is Over! Many Offy Champ Cars Will Take To The Track! Watson Roadsters Dirt Cars And A Few Rear Engine Offy And Ford Power Cars

SUPERDUKE · 4/7/08, 6:15 PM

Ok What Is Your Name? Did You Win In A Offy?

Gasman fan 50 · 4/8/08, 12:49 AM

I don't think $17,000 would touch that, maybe one more 0.:rolling
Joe

CTtoPA · 4/8/08, 1:31 AM

Actually that engine in the picture was purchased for $16,500 very recently.

SUPERDUKE · 4/8/08, 6:20 AM

When They Where New A Midget Engine Was Under $5000 And Not Much More For A 220ci Or 270ci

4/4/08, 11:33 PM	#1 Who likes Offys!?
CTtoPA Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 4 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 489	1930s Offenhauser. Came with single winfield updraft carb, no number on the Offenhauser plate, and a CLUTCH! Clutch has been removed and fuel injection has been added in place of the winfield.

4/5/08, 9:40 AM	#2 Re: Who likes Offys!?
Al Consoli Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 169	I don't like them too much. If you're giving one away, it would sound really good in my old Plymouth.:O:

4/5/08, 10:27 AM	#3 Re: Who likes Offys!?
CTtoPA Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 4 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 489	For about $17k you too can own one! This one originally came as 91ci. I believe it originally ran on gasoline because of its age. The modifications made that I know of were 40 over pistons done by Ken Hickey and the fuel injection system that Joe added. The thing is a beauty.

4/5/08, 10:31 AM	#4 Re: Who likes Offys!?
#1SPRINTVET Posts: n/a	I am old enough to have grown up in the Offy times. I won a CSRA midget championship in 1961 and ran Tampa Fairgrounds Sprints in 1962. The Offy's were a sound that I will never forget. I raced 48 years before retiring and I think the old Offy's were the greatest sound in racing. One of the prettiest sights I remember is at Canfield,Ohio Fairgrounds in 1947 when the pits were filled with a field of new Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser midgets. Sorry you young racers had to miss this time.

4/7/08, 12:54 PM	#5 Re: Who likes Offys!?
McDowellMotorsports22D Posts: n/a	Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!!

4/7/08, 6:12 PM	#6 Re: Who likes Offys!?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	After Carb Day At The Speedway Is Over! Many Offy Champ Cars Will Take To The Track! Watson Roadsters Dirt Cars And A Few Rear Engine Offy And Ford Power Cars

4/7/08, 6:15 PM	#7 Re: Who likes Offys!?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	Ok What Is Your Name? Did You Win In A Offy?

4/8/08, 12:49 AM	#8 Re: Who likes Offys!?
Gasman fan 50 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 461	I don't think $17,000 would touch that, maybe one more 0.:rolling Joe

4/8/08, 1:31 AM	#9 Re: Who likes Offys!?
CTtoPA Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 4 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 489	Actually that engine in the picture was purchased for $16,500 very recently.

4/8/08, 6:20 AM	#10 Re: Who likes Offys!?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	When They Where New A Midget Engine Was Under $5000 And Not Much More For A 220ci Or 270ci