Motorhead's Ultimate Wet Dream

[Dusty1]

Took our annual Spring trip to central Pennsylvania.

Discovered Pennsylvania apple country is far more extensive than I imagined.

Landed in Biglerville. Biglerville's varsity teams are "The Canners". Apple juice and apple sauce made that town. We saw names such as Musselman's, Motts, Keurig and Dr. Pepper although not exactly plastered all over town. They're there if you're looking.

Best Meatball on Earth, an award formerly held by Cardona's of Albany NY has been usurped by a little Italian joint called Momma's in the middle of Biglerville. Their meatball parmesan is a little heavy on the cheese but it will feed two or three people for under ten bucks. Did I mention Best Meatballs Ever?

There was a traffic jam of Amish buggies in Lancaster and a young lady who really shouldn't wear those shorts in public in Gettysburg.

I scratched "Lincoln Speedway" through the red clay coating the Corolla after a few laps following the water truck at Lincoln. I could still read it after seven bucks worth of pressure washing.

Bet the suspense is killing you.

https://emmr.org/

EMMR, the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing is about 20 minutes down the road from Williams Grove (speedway) and worth the drive if you're going to Super Jam or June Bug or whatever they call it these days at Maple Grove. Like I said, the place is a motorhead's ultimate wet dream / ultimate man cave. There is more racing history packed in there than The Henry Ford in Dearborn or the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Iowa. Unlike your typical "car" museum EMMR goes a hundred steps further with many of not most genres of motor racing represented. There is always more stuff and a few different cars compared to last time. They have over a hundred race cars on display with more to be seen if you ask Lynn politely. They have race programs, trophies, helmets and race suits on all the walls. They have a relatively complete history of racing engines presented in their (relatively) small drag racing section. It may be "small" but they have Don Garlits' "original" Swamp Rat on display right where you'll trip over it. It's perpendicular to a weirdball Austin gasser with an Aston Martin DOHC straight six sporting three 48DCOE Webers. They have so much stuff I can't list it all so pay them a visit.

Most of EMMR's exhibits are ready to run. Pour in 5 gallons of VP's oxygenated alky, push off and rip up a few laps way faster than your angels can fly. That's a ballsy move in a priceless vintage race car. That's exactly what Lynn Paxton, the guy who runs the place, does.

If there's any downside they're a little light on Volkswagens. They have am Autocraft powered midget with its supposedly spare motor next to it. The "spare" is built on an "H" case. It's dry sump so it doesn't matter. It's also lacking its crank, rods, of course flywheel, probably cam, lifters... in other words it's hollow.


If you feel left out after a few laps through EMMR just send -ME- your old VW race parts. A big machine shop just cleared out of our local industrial park. I'll display your vintage Empi, Autocraft and Pauter parts if there's any space left over from our Dave Folts exhibit.

I'll bet Gary Berg has a few goodies.

Thinkin' of havin' a Living History display where we demonstrate line boring VW cases and fabricating welded counterweighted cranks.

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[oprn]

Thanks for all that!
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Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old!

[Dusty1]

No problem!

EMMR is the one good time guaranteed to have me grinnin' my fool head off every time.

Speaking of cosmic alignment, EMMR is on Baltimore Road right off PA-15 in York Springs, Pennsylvania. Our Air BnB rental was on Maryland Avenue uphill from Possum Creek in Biglerville. Baltimore road. Maryland Avenue.
Coincidence?

We Could hear banjo music faintly playin' as we drove up outta the holler. Oh, wait. Girlfriend was playin' a bluegrass CD on the Corolla's stereo.


I just tracked down an old midget car frame, NOS. Maybe I'll whack it together as a VW powered vintage racer.

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[NJ John]

There’s a VW powered midget for sale on the samba right now.
The museum is 2 hours from me. I’ll probably never make it there. All the closest ovals are in PA and all dirt. I’m born and raised an pavement guy. Wall Stadium, the old New Egypt and the final paved version of Flemington.
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11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[mark tucker]

[NJ John]

The New Egypt Speedway I grew up on was a 1/4 asphalt. In the 90’s it was change to a 1/3 dirt and now it’s a 1/2(?) mile dirt. My Father won a lot of races on the 1/4 mile.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[Dusty1]

[NJ John]

Never been to Oswego. I remember my grandparents went once. They had a camper and liked to travel. The Supers are coming to Wall this year. I seen them run Flemington, once.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[markswagen]

Link

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619 201 0310

[NJ John]

I’m sure Lemmy’s wet dream was something military oriented. RIP
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[markswagen]

it most likely was, it took me a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG while to realize this thread was not about motorhead.
but was for motor head's or gear head's or what ever we need be called

[Manfred58sc]

Lemmy did not drive. ( cars anyway, drove a German tank once)
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[Dusty1]

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[NJ John]

RIP The Rapid Roman
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[Dusty1]

[NJ John]

Ray Evernham has a 61 pinto. Not sure if it’s a car Richie actually raced at or just an Evan’s built car. Richie sold chassis.
No replica modified would have a factory front clip, and 99% have quick change rears.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage

[Dusty1]

Ray Evernham likely has -the- 61 Pinto.

Ray brought out all his toys last time I was at Wall. It was a few weeks after Superstorm Sandy. It was snowing.

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[NJ John]

Ray sold a bunch of stuff. I know he still has his own cars from the past. My Father built that blue Probe body from scratch for Ray. He still has a bunch of significant northeast cars. I told him I want to go down there just to sit in the X3 Vega.
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1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
https://www.youtube.com/@AirSpooledGarage