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CTtoPA (Offline)
  #1 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 (Offline)
  #2 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 (Offline)
  #3 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.
#1SPRINTVET
  #4 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.
McDowellMotorsports22D
  #5 4/7/08 12:54 PM
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!!
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #6 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 (Offline)
  #7 4/7/08 6:15 PM
Ok What Is Your Name? Did You Win In A Offy?
Gasman fan 50 (Offline)
  #8 4/8/08 12:49 AM
I don't think $17,000 would touch that, maybe one more 0.:rolling
Joe
CTtoPA (Offline)
  #9 4/8/08 1:31 AM
Actually that engine in the picture was purchased for $16,500 very recently.
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #10 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
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