I just wished Frank would have stamped his frames like he did his midgets.Ī photo from this weekend's event, will post more photos at this link when they arrive over the next few weeks.

It’s too bad as this car along with many others are from the glory days of racing history. My conclusion to the Springfield-Hulman-Surdam story is that it will never be proven now or ever. All I know is what has been written in the past and pictures that were taken during these time periods. which with all the changes makes it almost impossible to ID these cars at this point in time. Almost all these car’s were changed over the years and became sprint cars or super Modified’s, Etc. There were 15 KK 4000 built between the years of 1951 to 1953 and the problem is that the frames did not get stamped and there was only a dash tag with the number on it. Jim received the frame and studied it and told the person that it was not the car and the one he had was the real car. He also said another person contacted him and said they had the Springfield car. Jim who is a (super nice guy), told me that he came across the frame and did and extensive study on the frame and came to the conclusion that it was the Springfield car from photographs and measurements that he made. Today, I called Jim Mann and spoke with him regarding the Springfield Welding Smith Special. Going to solder a new larger bung into the radiator also. I am not the best aluminum tig welder but the whole point of this project was to sharpen my fabricating skills and do absolutely as much as possible so it may take a couple of tries but that is the new plan. I have run out of over the counter solutions so I am going to have to make a custom filler neck/expansion tank/thermostat housing thing.

My plan for an overflow hit a big snag, hood hugs the motor to tight and I can not put it where it needs to be. If it comes to that it would probably be better to add the centrifugal advance inside the mag.

I am a little nervous about moving the whole mag and the mag coming loose out of the block. Seeing yours makes sense to only move the points plate. I was already toying with the idea of a lever to move the whole mag after start up.

Dirt 5 sprint cars impossible