Nostalgic Chrysler Flathead Racing Blog
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I was asked if I could start a Nostalgic Chrysler Flathead Racing thread.
Of course, Plymouth, Dodge, Desoto, Fargo and Chryslers are all clearly included as are things like a friend
of the families who have a Flathead Chrysler in a Model T Ford.. If it has a Mopar Flathead in it, well it likely
belongs here.
Of course from Stock Car to Drag Racing, Walter Chrysler's engineers have had their fingers in the racing pie pretty much since
the birth of the Chrysler Corporation.
Along the way the "up and coming" Flathead Chrysler earned its reputation for taking on and blowing away the competition with
V8's and more.
Along the way, I hope this becomes a spot those who once had closely guarded secrets on how they got a "little more" out
of their Flathead Mopar might finally tell all..
I know from the AoK racing family the 50s were the start and the golden age for George Asche and Eddy Kingsbury. George who
in the 50's would campaign his 1929 Desoto, powered with a highly modified 265 Chrysler in the famed "Flying Mile" on Daytona beach
where he would go undefeated. George raced V8's and even a v12, in a competition that say a big Chrysler Hemi. In the end George
whose top speed was 142 mph.. Yes 142 mph would become the gold standard at the Flying Mile that season. While there is no longer
Drag Racing on the beach, George still owns the 1929 Desoto, and it still has no problem meeting all the speed limits in North America.
On the north of the 49th Parallel flathead racing say the building engines driven by some legendary stock car racers, among those the Legendary Jimmie Howard who was one of the 1st Canadians whose full time job was racing stock cars. That also saw the very 1st multi-carb car in stock car racing history, when Wellington Motors in Guelph Ontario received their 1st "nudge nudge wink wink" dual carb, dual exhaust manifold set
that went onto a stock car in the spring of 1952. Armed with the Chrysler Engineering parts Manual supplied by my Grandfather, my Dad
waited for inspect to defend the usage of the dual car and dual exhaust combination as it technically met the rules of the day.
So as promised.. here is the start of the blog entry..
If you wish, post away.. if you want to email me stuff that you want me to post on your behalf or as part of the blog, feel free
to send them to me at - fargopickupking@yahoo.com
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