Pre 1950s rally car?

Relevant to the thread, I have some friends whose father/(in-law) went on a cross-Asia endurance rally a few years ago, I think it was something like Paris to Peking, but the kicker was that they could not use any vehicle or technology newer than about 1935.

Sounds like a real adventure!


For giggles and shits, they brought the car (a 1930 Chevy) to a rallycross to show it off. So of course they did a run with it.





Drive halfway around the world in one of those!

So there's your pre-1950 rally car, in a pre-1950 style rally, no timed stages, just "will it make it?"

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Pete Remner
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1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2016 06:24PM by Pete.

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tdrrally
how about a 51 Henry J?

Getting hp out of that flathead four would be a trick. I can only get about 72 hp with a Supersonic head, headers and a weber.

http://mightymo.org/public_html/images/AdobeFiles/L_Hd_Perf.pd

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I was expecting you to say, "build a Chevette!"
This would be something with a modern powerplant, driveline, and such but the fun and classic look of 1940s models.

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Grant Hughes

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NoCoast
I was expecting you to say, "build a Chevette!"
This would be something with a modern powerplant, driveline, and such but the fun and classic look of 1940s models.

Maybe he should have said re-skin a Chevette.

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NoCoast
I was expecting you to say, "build a Chevette!"
This would be something with a modern powerplant, driveline, and such but the fun and classic look of 1940s models.

Maybe he should have said re-skin a Chevette.

Like a Chevette with a Saturn Sky driveline.

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"Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne

"Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain