Showing posts with label baby racers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby racers. Show all posts
Thursday, January 01, 2026

new to me photos of Art Smith and his Harley powered Baby Racers that he toured the world with

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The #15  above was also in  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/balloon-tires-so-big-they-look.html https://forums.aaca.org/topic/34121...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

what a publicity seeker, Art Smith and his Harley powered "Comet" were at the launch of the Dole Air Race in California - because all the news press people were there, and he wanted to horn in on the free publicity with his Baby Cup racer

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Aviator/daredevil/publicity whore Art Smith in his Harley-Davidson powered Baby Cup race car built for board racing by Maggini & Perkins...
Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Gus Petzel of Alameda, California made this 4-cylinder air cooled, 3 speed, electric lights and starter, 60-inch wheelbase, 21x4 airplane tires, and weighed 560 pounds.

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It makes 52 miles per gallon and has a speed of 65 miles on the road and 80 miles on the track. https://ronhenggeler.com/Newsletters/2016/3....
Friday, May 18, 2018

Wall of death baby racers, probably motorcycle engine powered, 1925 or 26, on a bit of a world tour from Tokyo to Mexico City with Miss Lillian LaFrance's silo motordrome show

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http://fastisfast.blogspot.com/2013/03/wall-of-death-images.html
Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Art Smith, famous for being a young stunt pilot in the early 19 teens, and then touring state and county fairs with his Baby Racers

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What a great way to make a living, take some mini race cars on the road, race in city by city, and have a lot of fun These miniature...
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Friday, July 01, 2011

Balloon tires so big they look cartoonish, 1915 Harley Davidson Baby Cup race car (at the 2007 Half Moon Bay Ritz-Carlton Hotel Concours)

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photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226791&showall=1 Similar, or the same car, 100 years later? Photo...