Wilmington September Picture Post

[gkabbt]

I was heading to the timing trailer when the steam car ran and after he came off the push truck there were actual "puffs" of steam coming out of the "exhaust". This continued all the way to short shutdown and over to the return road. My assumption is that he was under his own power but I ain't no steam expert!!!!!

Gregg

[Peter Jack]

The said they used a whole bottle of oxygen and it only put like 70psi in the tires. They couldn't figure out how to get more in those huge tires.

I hope they were using nitrogen, not oxygen. If anything wrong happened with oxygen in the tires there could be a really ugly and possibly fatal fire. Nitrogen is really stable and safe. It's what's used in most race car tires.They just need more cylinders of nitrogen to fill the tires to the pressure they want.

Pete

[gkabbt]

Ronnieroadster has a good looking Pushwagon and it's ALLmost a Flathead.   Wayno

Wayno, Maybe not a flathead but it does say "Ron's Hobby Shop Racing Wallingford, CT" on the front fenders........major COOL in my book.  That was going to be his push car at Bonneville this year. Man, what a sight to see with that pushing/towing his roadster!

Gregg

[jacksoni]

The said they used a whole bottle of oxygen and it only put like 70psi in the tires. They couldn't figure out how to get more in those huge tires.

I hope they were using nitrogen, not oxygen. If anything wrong happened with oxygen in the tires there could be a really ugly and possibly fatal fire. Nitrogen is really stable and safe. It's what's used in most race car tires.They just need more cylinders of nitrogen to fill the tires to the pressure they want.

Pete

If you don't have a compressor and are using bottles, like filling a scuba tank to high pressure, you need a cascade of bottles to get the pressure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_storage_system

[Speed Limit 1000]

We use a high pressure nitrogen cylinder to fill our shocks to 350 psi and our tires. One small cylinder with 2000-3000 psi in it will last a long time. You find them at a gas or welding supply store.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Hope this link works: https://goo.gl/photos/WQJwo2o9P62fSdP27
This was a pretty good meet - a little rain but I met lots of new racers and spectators! 
Looking forward to the three day meets to get my speed fix next year! 

[ronnieroadster]

Ronnieroadster has a good looking Pushwagon and it's ALLmost a Flathead.  Wayno

Hi Wayno
  My buddys 54 Ford station wagon we use as the team car is powered by a nice 312 Y Block with three deuces along with the standard aluminum goodies under the hood. The Hill Boys name comes from a section of the city New Haven CT where we grew up. so long ago. Some would say we still havent grown up! 

[WOODY@DDLLC]

The Y-blocks were well represented at this meet. And the answer to "Y" is Y-not! 

[o1marc]

Ronnieroadster has a good looking Pushwagon and it's ALLmost a Flathead.  Wayno

Hi Wayno
  My buddys 54 Ford station wagon we use as the team car is powered by a nice 312 Y Block with three deuces along with the standard aluminum goodies under the hood. The Hill Boys name comes from a section of the city New Haven CT where we grew up. so long ago. Some would say we still havent grown up! 

I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up. I recently learned that if you haven't grown up by the time you're 50, you don't have to.  I'm safe.

[Elmo Rodge]

Yeah Ronnie. '54 just missed by a year.  I really like that car though.  Wayno

[4-barrel Mike]

Yeah Ronnie. '54 just missed by a year.   Wayno

It could have been Canadian.   

Mike

[Jack Gifford]

Woody- very nice photos. Thanks.

[Elmo Rodge]

Yeah Ronnie. '54 just missed by a year.   Wayno

It could have been Canadian.   

Mike

Except for the fact that the trim apears to be American and 1953.  Nice try, though.  Wayno

[Stan Back]

"It could have been Canadian." -- Not enuf rust.

[Stan Back]

". . .  and 1953."  -- Wayno, I'm surprised at you!  You've been passing for an old guy, haven't you?  That's a 54 grille.