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Red Rat-now driveable

aeronca65t

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My 948 cc RWA Midget is now running and driveable.

I built it from a parts car that I bought cheap just for the 1275 engine (which is going in my A35 racer).
It seemed a shame to cut it up, but it's really just a pile of unwanted bits and pieces. Such as a stock 948 saloon engine (35 HP), a crappy ribcage trans (weak 2nd gear syncro), some moth-eaten seats, a <span style="text-decoration: underline">very</span> unwanted DGV carb, a muffler that didn't fit the racecar (for Lime Rock), a top I've been storing for 20 years, a steering wheel I found on junk day, some skinny spare wheels and so forth.

Tractor Supply paint was applied using several methods.........none of them the <span style="font-style: italic">correct</span> way. :laugh:

It's a 20-footer, but runs quite nice (I've driven it around the neighborhood).

Still working on front bumper, some wiring, carpets, trunk hinge, etc.

I have a fair amount of sweat-equity in it....but very little cash outlay.

More photos HERE

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That's my kind of car! Is there much body filler in it, or is it pretty much all metal?
 

Billm

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Boy! a RWA 948! It MUST be a Bugeye :smile:
That really does look good (from 20 feet), keep up the good work.
BillM
 
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Trevor Jessie said:
That's my kind of car! Is there much body filler in it, or is it pretty much all metal?

It's solid. I put a little filler in one of the front fenders, plus some to fill in the <span style="font-style: italic">MIDGET</span> letter holes in the rockers, but that's about it. It's really more solid than my race car.

There's still lots of details I need to get to (<span style="text-decoration: underline">really</span> needs shock oil) but nothing real difficult or expensive.

By the way, this 948 engine has a fair amount of track time at Watkins Glen in my race car.
I used it as an emergency spare engine.
You can read about it HERE (scroll down a bit on the page)
 

DWeeB

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Looks awesome, I like red.
 

Boink

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Pretty. Very nice.
 

nomad

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Looks a lot more valuable than the "scrap" it was built from!! Nice work.

Kurt.
 

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Well done -- the ultimate minimalist sports car. Well, at least the ultimate (slow) sports car.
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kellysguy said:
What's the plan for it?

Not sure. It's really just an accidental car in terms of ownership.
I drove my MGB roughly 1000 miles last year.
Maybe I'll park this next to it and drive them each 500 miles in '12.
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Both of my daughter's have expressed some interest in borrowing the MGB, so I may drive this more if that happens.

And one of my brothers has ~This~ Midget that has carb/wiring/ignition issues. I may lend him this one for the Summer and get his sorted out.
 
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