The L&M Pictres added 12/29

[Rich Sipos]

To begin Merry Christmas to all, and to all here is the L&M I have been working on, its been a chore I had 1 picture and found some on line but all were different in some way. As a kid I watched it race and had some memories of the car. I started with a Revell 41 Willys using the body and the chassis with a few mods done. The front end is from scratch the kit one was not wide enough to move the springs to the side of the frame. The body rear was rolled under to shorten it. The car had a short wheel base. The cage is out of 1/16" rod, floor and rear fire wall is .020" plastic. Thanks for looking. Enjoy
 Rich
P4140100 - Copy by Richard Sipos, on FlickrP4140101 by Richard Sipos, on FlickrP4140103 by Richard Sipos, on Flickr

[Dirtman]

Looks like a fine start!

Rett

[Bob P.]

Nice start Rich, I'm sure this will be another masterpiece.

Bob

[TarheelRick]

Going to watch this one closely.  But, I am stumped by the "L&M".  Several years ago L&M was a brand of cigarettes.

[john2]

   I am wondering about that too.  Surely not " Late and Model. "

[Rich Sipos]

Back in the early years in New England not sure of other areas racers would use letters in stead of numbers, hence the L&M it was a modified that ran at the New London Waterford Speed bowl. This car and driver Billy Harman branched out to many other tracks with many feature wins. Enjoy
 Rich
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[john2]

   Thanks, Rich.  Very good looking modified.  We had one once  that went by VX.

[Bob P.]

I'll be watching this one closely Rich, I love your replica builds. Keep us posted.

What engine is in this car? It looks like a 348 or 409 Chevy, maybe a Mopar.

Bob

[Rich Sipos]

Sorry Bob wrong ! You will have to stay tuned more coming soon !! Thanks for the views and comments. Enjoy
 Rich

[Rich Sipos]

Here are pictures of the engine and a trial fit of the cage and body. The engine is a GMC 292 ci  6 cylinder with 3 Buick carbs. What is different is the way it sits in the car. It was mounted 180 degrees , or layed down and the rotation was counter clock wise. Thanks fore looking Enjoy  Rich P4140105 by Richard Sipos, on Flickr P4140106 by [P5280120 by Richard Sipos, on Flickrurl=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156774118@N08/]Richard Sipos[/url], on FlickrP5280118 by Richard Sipos, on Flickr

[Dirtman]

This is really cool. And leave it to Rich to come up with something REALLY different! Anxious to see the finished product!

Rett

[Olderndirt]

That counterclockwise rotation trick saw some interest out here on the left coast for a short time. GMC 292’s had their following as well. Much of that changed here when the dirt went away, and the blacktoped high banks arrived. If it wasn’t for the cost of changing the rotation of the engines, some of the racers might still be doing it. It sure makes it easier to stick down low in the corners. Our local track is only 1/4 mile, high banked, with almost no straights. So, having the engine rotation pull you into the corners, instead of out of them, could make the difference.

  Olderndirt

[Bob P.]

Very interesting Rich, I'll keep an eye on the progress on this one.

Bob

[TarheelRick]

How are you going to model the counter rotation in that engine?   Of course with your skills I can see it will not be a problem.  Interesting history.  I seem to remember some talk about that process back in the mid to late 60's, possibly an article is the old Stock Car Racing magazine.

[john843]

Cool project! Seems I remember Smokey Yunick was an early proponent of reverse-rotation or revived interest in it somewhat. As TarheelRick said, I too, remember an article in SCR (or something similar) that was a few pages long and is what explained the advantages of the concept to me so I fully understood what it accomplished. I had heard of reverse rotation before that article but actually thought it somehow facilitated increasing engine power as opposed to enhancing handling. You're off to a super start on this and I'll definitely be following it.

John