Recent content by Bart Stevens

Re: Jelly Wilhelm – Performance Engineering Estate Auction The auctions starts tomorrow and will continue on Saturday. Many more photos are now posted at www.RadiusNation.net. Bart

Re: Jelly Wilhelm – Performance Engineering Estate Auction More photos have been posted at http://www.radiusnation.net/. Bart

Jelly Wilhelm – Performance Engineering Estate Auction The entire estate of race car builder Jelly Wilhelm, owner of Performance Engineering, will be auctioned Aug 4-5 in Wichita, Kansas. Jelly also manufactured parts for Speedway Motors in addition to being a specialist with quick change rear...

Heading to Hershey with a trailer full of parts. Red Field Section C RSI 30 & 31. Partial list: Roof head for Model T Offy 110 midget parts magnesium wheels steel wheels Chevy II race engines gauges Ford V8 60 powered midget race car McDowell head for Model A Setting up Tuesday afternoon...

Yes, I found this out. Good lead, I have this book I'll get it out and take a look. That is true that SOME midgets used Model T running gear but not all of them. Thanks guys! Bart

This morning I spoke with Jim Etter, a well know expert in vintage race cars & race car parts, and he agrees. He thinks it is a 1927 T hub that would have been used with the wire wheel option. I'll now follow that lead. Thanks guys! Bart

Thanks. I'll look into that. I've seen many midgets with T front axles. Bart

The hubs show no signs of being 5 lug that were welded up and redrilled. Also inside the smaller (outer) bearing casting a S inside a circle just past where the race stops. I have plenty of wheels. There are lots of steel and magnesium 12" midget wheels available that fit the bolt pattern...

Can anyone point me to drawings or illustrations showing Ford 6 lug bolt patterns? I'm trying to identify hubs used on my V8 60 powered rail frame midget. It uses mainly Ford parts for the front suspension. It has a narrowed Model A front axle, '32-24 Ford spindles and Ford 6 lug hubs. I'd like...