Author Topic: Ubb231b Dick Lowe Special 1946 (Read 760 times)

mekubb · « **on:** June 28, 2017, 03:48:00 AM »

What's this and from when ?

Iluvatar · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2017, 05:40:44 AM »

Looks like the car has been already used for a puzzle, it's a Castagna Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, I'll look for the previous puzzle.

Iluvatar · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2017, 05:42:17 AM »

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/sac919-alfa-romeo-6c-2500-1952-(-castagna-)/msg355967/#msg355967

mekubb · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2017, 07:42:26 AM »

You seem to be right, couldn't find it as a previous puzzle. According to my source the base car isn't an Alfa Romeo, will look into it. Meanwhile I will change the photo for another one.

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2017, 08:49:52 AM »

Kurtis Kraft from about 1950?

mekubb · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2017, 10:13:43 AM »

Not acoording to my knowledge and a few years older

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2017, 11:33:02 AM »

If it isn't a Kurtis, could it be a Watson chassis?

mekubb · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2017, 12:35:53 PM »

I have to come back on Sixteescuda's reply. My puzzle pic has disappeared from the web, so I can't trace it anymore. It could well be a Kurtis Kraft, I only have a name of the car and a year. So these 2 are enough for a point

D-type · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2017, 02:03:40 PM »

A re-creation of the Sugar Ripe Prune Special that ran at Indianapolis in 1949.

mekubb · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2017, 12:26:27 PM »

No re-creation AFAIK

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2017, 07:56:17 PM »

Offy engine?

mekubb · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2017, 11:30:25 AM »

Could very well Offy powered but I don't know. Only have a name and year

tobytwirl · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2017, 08:43:53 PM »

I am sure it is a Kurtis Kraft 2000 which seemed to first appear around 1946, - the question is which one. I assume you have deleted something from the photo, so is it a 1947 Bowes Sealfast Special?

mekubb · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2017, 05:10:05 AM »

Not the name I have....

tobytwirl · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2017, 09:08:23 AM »

Agajanian special?

D-type · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2017, 09:35:47 AM »

1951 Hinkle Special?

mekubb · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2017, 10:57:02 AM »

None of those

D-type · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2017, 12:08:41 PM »

Going back a step or three. Is it an Indianapolis car?

mekubb · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2017, 12:26:33 PM »

Quote from: mekubb on June 28, 2017, 12:35:53 PM

I have to come back on Sixteescuda's reply. My puzzle pic has disappeared from the web, so I can't trace it anymore. It could well be a Kurtis Kraft, I only have a name of the car and a year. So these 2 are enough for a point

Could be an Indy car, but I only have a name and year. Can't retrieve more info from the web at the moment

tobytwirl · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2017, 06:17:44 PM »

Its the 1946 Dick Lowe Special, which had the unique distinction of being started in 1946 and finally finished in 1983. It is not a Kurtis, but was started by Joe Guida of Santa Clara, California who designed the chassis for a HAL engine - a heavily modified Ford model B engine with dohc. Dick Lowe, a race-car collector and restorer, found the car many years later and rebuilt it with a similar engine. It is currently for sale.

No wonder I could find no record of it racing.

mekubb · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2017, 06:35:40 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on July 03, 2017, 06:17:44 PM

Its the 1946 Dick Lowe Special, which had the unique distinction of being started in 1946 and finally finished in 1983. It is not a Kurtis, but was started by Joe Guida of Santa Clara, California who designed the chassis for a HAL engine - a heavily modified Ford model B engine with dohc. Dick Lowe, a race-car collector and restorer, found the car many years later and rebuilt it with a similar engine. It is currently for sale.

No wonder I could find no record of it racing.

And that's the correct answer, well found.

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Author Topic: Ubb231b Dick Lowe Special 1946 (Read 760 times)