I think I remember the Pumpkin Seed having a Falcon 144 engine in it. Rich
Fox
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From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
To: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 25, 2001 08:03 PM
Subject: Re: Ford OHV 6's
>The Wee Wee Eel was in dry, spider infested, storage in Torrance with the
>other Eelco car ( now at the Speedway Museum in Lincoln, NE.) for many
>years. Eels Lohn raced it with a British Ford engine. They had problems
>with the engine getting enough gas until they took the jets out of the
>carb's. It went over 200 with that set up. It was almost a tricycle
set-up
>with the rear tires very close together ... just room for the sprocket for
>the chain drive. Nothing to stop the chain from doing serious damage to
the
>driver's head if it broke. I picked the car up from Eels in early June of
>'94, brought it to Salt Lake and USFRA people restored the exterior of the
>car cosmetically, re-painted it the correct color and put the same type
>lettering on the car. It was on display at Saltair until the shop where it
>was on display changed hands and we couldn't guarantee it's safety. It was
>then at the Salt Flats Garage except for an Autorama show where we had it
on
>display. Eighteen months ago it was moved to the Stateline Hotel in
>Wendover through an arrangement with Larry Volk, the Stateline manager at
>the time and Eels Lohn. Last I saw the car some non-green-card janitor had
>his stinking feet propped on it while he took a nap.
>
>The Pumpkin Seed was a smaller car that really resembled just that. If I'm
>thinking of the right car it was tiny, short wheelbase, the driver looked
>between his feet to see the course and there was just the clear plastic
>nose, not much of a bubble for head space. The car I'm thinking of was
>destroyed in a fire on the salt in the '80's.
>
>Wes
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