Indholdsfortegnelse for September 1948 i Hot Rod

Dear HRM: I bought my first copy of your magazine … in January of this year. Right then and there I knew that this new magazine had in it everything that I wanted in a magazine of this kind. … Since then I have met with a slight accident and have been confined to the U.S. Naval Hospital … I have been eagerly awaiting every issue of your magazine. Everyone in the ward wants to read it and now they sell it in the Ship’s Store here at the hospital. I … talked my doctor into letting me go to a lakes meet last month. It was really great up there, getting to see all my buddies again. Nothing can keep me from a lakes meet. Don HammerU.S. Naval HospitalLong…

Mr. Gieseke is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers of the American Chemical Society, with seven years as Automotive and Lubrication Engineer for a major oil company. Introduction The phrase “Break in Oil” has been with us in the automotive and mechanical field a lot longer than the average mechanic can remember. It no doubt originated back in the early days of the internal combustion engine. It was then decided that lubricants made from mineral oil were more readily available and to a large degree were more generally suitable, especially insofar as their physical and chemical stability was concerned. However, when engines were first started they would freeze or tighten up. It was soon discovered that vegetable or animal oil when added to regular oil would help to…

These twin ’39 Ford coupes were built by Arthur Lellis and Jerry Moffatt. Art’s car, painted metallic green, is completed except for planned engine modifications. The engine is a ’41 Mercury 3/8 stroker. The topless coupe, Jerry’s, has a 1 8 stroke ’42 Mercury engine. Body is painted a metallic gold. The builders, who have their own body shop, constructed the cars in their spare time at a cost of over 2,000 dollars each.…

Dick Frazier, featured in HRM’s HOT ROD OF THE MONTH, is one of the nation’s leading hot rod record holders. The story of Dick and his car, which appears on pages 6 & 7 of this issue, illustrates the fact that Indiana plays a big role in the world of hot rod racing. INSIDE THE DAVIS gives readers a chance to see and understand the functions of the new tri-wheel Davis automobile. The car, manufactured in Southern California, reportedly will appear on western markets within the next 90 days. Photographer Rick Mann outdid himself with the exceptional action sequence shown on pages 8 & 9. The pictures ware taken with a motion picture-type camera. The accident took place at Oakland Stadium during a Racing Roadsters, Inc., race. Five cars were…

VIRGINIA BATES When it comes to piston rings, pretty Virginia Bates has found them decorative as well as useful. Here she demonstrates how piston rings can fill the bill in the way of costume jewelry. The rings are, of course, built specifically for racing service. Hot rod enthusiasts will be interested to note that the manufacturer boasts, “They Never Dry Your Cylinder Walls.” Our readers will find further interest in some facts about trim Miss Bates. Virginia, blue eyed brunette, was born in Phoenix, Arizona, some twenty years ago. It was in that city that she received her early schooling. Later she enrolled at the University of Southern California. While appearing in a school dance recital, Miss Bates was spotted by a Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer talent scout. Within twenty-four hours she was…

Recently the Albuquerque Road Pilots held their first acceleration tests. The tests were held on the mesa west of the city of Albuquerque where a paved stretch was acquired for the event. The course was semi-hazard, with two 90° turns, one to the left and the other to the right. Each test was run according to the following procedure: 1) Inspection of car. 2) Standing start. 3) Acceleration at the starter’s signal, finishing the stretch at the highest possible speed. 4) Time averaged from start to finish. (Official time for each car taken from average of three runs.) Most Road Pilot members completed their tests. Several stock cars were allowed to run for comparative data. Official places were as follows: First—Leo Pilon — Mercury engine; custom roadster. Second—Vernon Leweke —…

LAKES TRACK CHR GILMORE STADIUM—Aug. 2—1/4-mile, dirt. Fastest qualifying time: 15.12, set by Yam Oka. Trophy Dash ((3 laps) — I, Colby Scroggins; 2, Yam Oka. 47.52. First Heat (8 laps) — I, Grant Casper; 2, Chuck Burness; 3, Bob Lindsey. 2: 07.60. Second Heat (8 laps) — I, Vern Slankard; 2, Grant Lambert; 3, Bob Chaplin. 2: 10.31. Third Heat (8 laps) — I, Bud Gregory; 2, Mickey Davis; 3, Dan Tracey. 2: 09.67. Fourth Heat (8 laps) — I. Dick McClung; 1. Dick Vineyard; 3, Colby Scroggins. 2: 08.63. Semi-Main (25 laps) — I, Grant Casper; 2. Bud Van Maanen; 3, Chuck Burness. 7: 43.23. Main (25 laps) — I, Dick McClung; 2, Yam Oka; 1. Vern Slankard. 6: 43.50. Lap Runoff ((10 laps) — I, Grant Casper;…

TWENTY-ONE STUD HEADS Twenty-one stud heads are now in production by Evans. Designed for V-8’s from 1932 to 1937, the heads have the waterpump mount in the front. Compression ratios, finish and chamber design are the same as in the later model V-8 heads. FORD “60” RACE PARTS Ford V-8 “60” racing heads and manifolds may now be obtained in the Weiand design. Manifold differs from the “8 5” in that the fuel pump mount is part of the casting. Heads have an external water manifold connecting with each of the four cylinders. BALL-BEARING REAR END Ball-bearing rear ends for roadsters are being turned out by the Drake Brothers Machine Shop with the bearings being used in the wheel hub, ring and pinion gears. Special axles have 1 1/8” spline.…

Q. Is Winfield still putting out equipment for Ford 6 engines? If so, I would like his address. JERRY MARTINClaremont, Calif. A. There has been quite a bit of misunderstanding on this point. Winfield never did commercially manufacture Ford 6 equipment. He did design a manifold and head for Wilbur Houghton, who later manufactured the parts under the designers name. Further information may be obtained by writing Wilbur Houghton, 1245 W. Glen Oaks, Glendale, Calif. Q. I would like to know who makes, if anyone, a dual spark plug high compresión head for a ’47 Mercury engine. Also, I have ’32 spindles on my rod, and I am very desirous of putting Milan disc type brakes on. I have the brakes, but 1 find they will not fit ’32 spindles…

The T.R.R.A. has been adding a few cars in the last few weeks now that racing fans have really found out that the Association is here to stay. The crowds have increased at every meet and the Association boasts a record of only one serious spill: Wade Bedell flipping a car upside-down and receiving a skinned nose which healed without medical care. There is better than $1200 in the hospital fund at present. The C.C. Speedway at Corpus Christi, Texas, is a new $30,000 racing plant which opened May 9 of this year for Sunday afternoon racing. With the Texas sun beating down so hard, the Promoters J. R. Lungstrum and C. F. Roscher, got together and added a few more dollars to the stadium and installed a lighting system…

We understand that Jim Rathman, Ed Ball, and Pat Flaherty will be with us for some time. They are welcome, as they have good cars and are hard, clean drivers. Flaherty has done the best here, but Ball seems to have captured the fancy of the fans. Funny thing about Flaherty. In a recent race here, he placed second to Dick Frazier. He didn’t ask or seem to care how much money he had won. All he wanted to know how much more Frazier had made than he did. Mutual’s racing schedule is relatively slow now. MRA races at Sun Valley Speedway Friday nights; Dayton, Ohio, Saturday nights and at Mount Lawn on Sunday nights. Hurricane of Chicago is also running a three-way schedule: Monday nights at Milwaukee, Wednesdays at…