What is going on with the Smith Speed Shop Cars. I was given a tour in 1996 and everything was un touched.....I think I saw 2 engines 2 sprint cars and 1 Big Car just asking .

[mac miller]

There is a guy, up in the northeast, named Fiore, who claims to have one of the old Smith "oilers", a spring front Stapp.

[Dwight Clock]

Originally Posted by mac miller There is a guy, up in the northeast, named Fiore, who claims to have one of the old Smith "oilers", a spring front Stapp.

If Joe Fiore says he has one then he does. Joe knows as much about the history of sprint cars as anyone I've ever met. And a more honest guy you won't find.

I am talking in the shop right now...this must be a locked down double down securert ....but I bet some body knows.....

[mac miller]

Originally Posted by FOR4 I am talking in the shop right now...this must be a locked down double down securert ....but I bet some body knows.....

As far as I know, Smith had three sprint cars, two four bar cars(origin unknown to me) and one spring front Stapp car.........

Originally Posted by mac miller As far as I know, Smith had three sprint cars, two four bar cars(origin unknown to me) and one spring front Stapp car.........

And I will bet it's all still there, in Eaton , May be I should just keep my mouth shut out of respect.... but I would like to see those cars again.

If Joe Fiore says he has one then he does. Joe knows as much about the history of sprint cars as anyone I've ever met. And a more honest guy you won't find.

I will second this statement.

The Fiore Family had a long history with the United Racing Club and today Joe is kept busy with his restoration business.

One of the cars that I KNOW that he does own is the Agajanian Dirt Car

[mac miller]

Originally Posted by taz70739 One of the cars that I KNOW that he does own is the Agajanian Dirt Car

Probably the last spring front dirt champ car ever built. Built by Luigi Lesovsky.

I'm just finishing a new Agajanian Watson roadster for a customer:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/Albu...&a=32355963&f= Agajanian
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/Albu...&a=31517032&f= Fike

[Speedwrench]

I'm not sure how many cars the Smith's had over the years, but I'm sure that there were more the four mentioned in the one reply.

When I was at Winchester in 98 or 99 for the oldtimers, there was some sporty-car lookin kid with a car that was supposedly a Smith car. The overall restoration wasn't bad but the color was far from correct.

FWIW, I think the last spring front champ dirt cars were probably built by Steve Stapp in the mid-seventies. The car Opp was hurt in was one of those cars.

Allan Wilkinson