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Racing T 1911

Post by jaxenro » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:15 am

“The driver is Rowland Winn, who was a successful garage owner from Leeds. He became Lord Mayor of that city, and he had a garage in Middlesbrough on Linthorpe Road.
The photo was taken in July 1911, and he was in luck that day as he won his class at a speed of 44.5mph.”

I like this one but there is just the one photo. The exhaust looks like just 4 straight pipes? Can anyone tell me what they can figure from the photo what mods were done t a stock T besides removing the body and adding the single seat?
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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Ruxstel24 » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:39 am

I see no coil box, distributor maybe ?
Gas tank is next to the engine.
I bet the exhaust fumes were right in the drivers face !! :shock:

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Post by Henry K. Lee » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:15 am

That intake system appears to be a dual carburetor set up?

Thank You for sharing! Pretty Awesome!

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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Sarikatime » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:03 am

The car in the background appears to be newer than 1911 and the motor does not seem to have an open valve chamber. I have been known to be wrong often. Frank


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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Drkbp » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:43 am

Those strip down chassis were an absolute rage of the day.
The Ford weight/horsepower ratio made them an instant race car!
Street plates, a horn and maybe a magneto right behind the radiator.
Seems he removed the rear body brackets and front fender supports.

Who knows what he had in the rear end?
Add of the times...
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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by jaxenro » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:58 am

I love the stripped down look you can see just about everything on the car that is usually hidden.

This picture is fairly well known and I am sure has been posted here before but it is the same general idea and time period but LHD instead of RHD - Frank Kulick seated at the wheel
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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Rich Bingham » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:13 pm

Joel, that photo of the Lord Mayor of Leeds was posted a while back with a lot of interesting detail. I'm sorry I can't find it. Rowland Winn was quite a guy ! Yes his racer ran straight pipes and was stripped for the track on delivery. Winn dealt Ford motor cars.
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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Tmodelt » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:32 pm

Soooo,

Mr. Rowland Winn took the win? Ha!

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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:07 pm

When did I do that?


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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by jaxenro » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:29 pm

Yes that's where i stole the photo from but I wasn't sure about posting links now that I know I can I will

I will look for the old thread. Seems like 90% of the time when I google anything related to Model T's I end up here anyway this is really the go to place on the web for the Ford T

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Re: Racing T 1911

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:46 pm

I saw the photo on several links. I tried to search both Leeds and Rowland on MTFCA forum with no results. It certainly is a great photo and I'm sure glad to see it.
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When did I do that?

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