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Title: #1667 - Nehl Brothers Wayne-GMC-powered Dirt Track Car
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 10, 2010, 04:18:26 AM
Know what it is?

Please, respond below and identify what this is, and who built it.
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Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 17, 2010, 04:20:40 AM
Experts
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 24, 2010, 05:19:46 AM
...and now, the Pros
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: pnegyesi on June 28, 2010, 12:46:44 AM
Built in USA?
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 28, 2010, 02:44:31 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: pnegyesi on June 28, 2010, 02:59:28 AM
There were a lot of midget racers. Hmm. We'll need a clue here. Was the guy/shop who built it famous for something?
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 28, 2010, 03:25:21 AM
No more so than the thousands of other midget racer builders or drivers.

This one doesn't have a Ford or Offy engine.
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Allan L on June 28, 2010, 08:14:01 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on June 28, 2010, 03:25:21 AM
No more so than the thousands of other midget racer builders or drivers.

This one doesn't have a Ford or Offy engine.
Can't be the one with the Lea-Francis engine as the exhaust's the wrong side.
Photo could be reversed, I thought, but there's a clear no. 53 in the background. . .
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 28, 2010, 09:11:27 AM
Not a Lea-Francis engine
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Allemano on July 28, 2010, 07:06:53 AM
It's a Nehl Brothers Wayne-GMC
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 28, 2010, 05:07:37 PM
Probably!

Locked for you until I'm back home.
Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 31, 2010, 07:42:29 AM
And another point to Al - who has sneaked into the 500+ club!

Title: Re: Racing for Points Puzzle#1667
Post by: Ray B. on August 01, 2010, 09:00:59 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 31, 2010, 07:42:29 AM
And another point to Al - who has sneaked into the 500+ club!


.. and could be its only member, if you consider that Paul Jaray is (alone too) in the 1000+ club, and the rest of us way behind.