Msg ID:
2769249 |
112 |
Author:Lenny Swider
3/24/2023 4:12:28 PM
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I've been collecting images for years and I've got quite a collection. From really nice ones to the blurry, folded, creased, torn, you name it. I like to find the ones that you guys might not have seen before. I think I've suceeded here. Since we've been discussing the 112 lately with the for sale rumors, I thought I'd focus on that one. Here you go. Comments welcomed.
THE IMPOSTER, LOL.
Pumpkin Run
ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE 112
REALLY COOL MURAL.
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Msg ID:
2769256 |
112 |
Author:Rick Shive
3/24/2023 5:07:33 PM
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Great pictures! The picture without the rear wheel shows that the chassis was pretty standard stufff. |
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Msg ID:
2769292 |
112 |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/24/2023 10:40:06 PM
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I believe it had 2 short bars butted in center and locked with adj ends or possibly welds std coilover rocker deals like his earlier chassis all had..Im curious if it had a W link on RR?? also torque tube or lift bar?? always wanted to know.. |
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Msg ID:
2769311 |
112 |
Author:John Mc
3/25/2023 9:00:35 AM
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I talked to Balough about it at Motorsports. It had a fixed spline in the center that the bars slid into with the adjusters out on the end. It had a torque tube. |
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Msg ID:
2769349 |
112 |
Author:jsc1410
3/25/2023 8:42:11 PM
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this car did sit on the pole for eastern states 200 with AFV |
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Msg ID:
2769489 |
112 |
Author:AF IV
3/27/2023 6:11:32 PM
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As Weld cars go this one was very different then most. I don't know much about the offset car that Breeding drove but I believe the rest were Mig welded as where the 112 was Tigged. The bars were short and butted together into a splined coupling and held in with set screws. Kenny liked the shorter bars rather then the longer cross torsion that most of us had. The short bars had "more spring frequencies" (his words). Jacobs latter on rightside, long torque tube, closed tube rear, Ford 3 speed side loader trans, 52" drop front axle. Kenny Welds best effort for sure. Enter Don Brown to put the aero advantage body on and caught us all sleeping. |
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Msg ID:
2769589 |
112 |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/28/2023 8:51:15 PM
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Thanks AFIV.. You have made my life complete now..When I was at Syracuse that year with The Rios car we watched early practice and Gary went buy where we were parked and you could visibly see a differance compared to other cars..Everybody was heard saying what the h#$% was that thing??? The rest is history...A very beautiful work in metal..Thanks for the info from underneath it...It was roped off all weekend..HtH |
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Msg ID:
2769597 |
Howie |
Author:AF IV
3/28/2023 9:45:49 PM
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Good to hear it Howie. We've never met but I always wanted to. I don't want to highjack this thread but at some point I need to ask you about a Trans that my father got for John Burnett. |
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Msg ID:
2769652 |
AFIV - Follow Up |
Author:3-Wide
3/29/2023 11:18:48 AM
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Anthony - go ahead and hijack the thread.... or start a new one... Sounds like the transmission is something a lot of the guys would be interested in hearing about. |
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Msg ID:
2769692 |
AFIV - Follow Up |
Author:JHLong
3/29/2023 5:39:43 PM
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I was at Syracuse that year as a fan...and when Gary came on track with the 112 my buddy and i looked at each other and said WTF??? after watching hot laps we thought...might as well go home...LOL |
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Msg ID:
2769701 |
Gary, Kenny and the Batmobile |
Author:Pee Wee Fan
3/29/2023 8:10:26 PM
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Being a guy that helped on a limited sportsman with a transverse front spring and rear leaf springs, I really enjoyed these posts regarding the Batmobile. It got to me to thinking about Troyer and Teo (the "David brothers") competing against Bicknell ("Goliath"). I wonder if Kenny Weld were around today, and with Gary Balough's drving imput, would Kenny be able to build a "better mouse trap" that would compete with Bicknell in the dirt chassis market, or at least fair better than Troyer and Teo are. Even though technology has changed big time since Kenny's involvement, I would not be surprised if Kenny did build that better mouse trap. Scott Ely
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Msg ID:
2769716 |
Gary, Kenny and the Batmobile |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/30/2023 12:36:34 AM
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Weld would come in and beat everyone again further uping the ante...So much talent he had from his racing family plus he knew the right people... |
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2769717 |
Howie |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/30/2023 12:38:54 AM
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Maybe this weekend we will talk tranny....oops I will refrase that to Transmission... |
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Msg ID:
2769730 |
Howie |
Author:John Mc
3/30/2023 7:56:52 AM
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Gotta be politikally correct! |
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Msg ID:
2769718 |
Howie |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/30/2023 12:40:54 AM
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He got it For Burnett or From burnett?? |
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Msg ID:
2769734 |
Learn something new every day |
Author:kjeyres
3/30/2023 8:26:34 AM
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That's what makes this site so great! The Batmobile had mirrors, never saw that before. Pretty big ones too. When was the last year they ran mirrors? |
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Msg ID:
2769767 |
Learn something new every day |
Author:RuCu
3/30/2023 3:39:09 PM
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Fried banned mirrors at Nazareth just after Jackie McLaughlin's fatal accident in 1964. |
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Msg ID:
2770626 |
Learn something new every day |
Author:John Mc
3/31/2023 6:38:30 AM
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Frankie Schneider ran a mirror into the '70's at Nazareth. Hager knocked it out of the car with a hammer one night. |
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Msg ID:
2770683 |
Learn something new every day |
Author:Howie Cronce
3/31/2023 9:55:56 PM
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Mike Grbac broke one of Frankie's mirrors also...About 1970-72...At Naz 1/2 mile I think?? |
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