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Post by administrator on Aug 16, 2009 15:40:34 GMT 1
![]() Charlie 'Ginger' Pashley in a UK copy of the USA Elto midget at Belle Vue, Manchester, 1947. |
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Post by dirtpilot on Dec 15, 2009 12:57:00 GMT 1
This is actually an American -Jap,that is one of the pre war Elto's with a Jap 8/80 motor.
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Post by rodpashley on Dec 21, 2009 10:00:18 GMT 1
Correct, Dirtpilot, the picture is an edited photo, the original also shows Acorn Dobson. This was the last time these cars raced. Dad fitted the JAP motor in the car he used (They were all (as for as I can ascertain) owned by B.V. (Or possibly by E.O.Spence himself?) Dads JAP was such an improvement that E.O. gave hm the car, on condition that Dad fitted the rest on the B.V. Midgets with them and any other improvements that Dad made were also done to the rest. The car rested at the back of a garage until 1969 when it was taken for scrap.
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Post by midget98 on Jun 13, 2014 13:06:02 GMT 1
Elto was a vertical outboard motor, not a car so that is a midget with a JAP 8/80 motor.
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Post by rodpashley on Jun 30, 2014 2:26:48 GMT 1
Dads Midget was oridinaly fitted with an ELTO outboad, fitted with the crankshaft vertical, and drive shaft horizontal to drive therear wheels. I believe all the Belle Vue cars were of thas arrangment, hence they were collectivly known as Elto Midgets, hence, Dads car was an Elto Midget, regardless of engine. Wrong, I know, but that seems to be the way it was
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Post by tsrwright on Nov 3, 2014 8:35:42 GMT 1
This is actually an American -Jap,that is one of the pre war Elto's with a Jap 8/80 motor. But not one of the JAPs that did go to America - dont know how many. |
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