Piloting an Indy Roadster at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Before the 500! HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 36
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2013
- HOT ROD's Thom Taylor takes a vintage Indy Roadster around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the 2013 Indy 500. Driving the Bill Akin-restored Bowes Seal Fast roadster, built by Quinn Epperly, and raced to 6th place by Johnny Boyd at the '59 500, Thom runs with other historic Indy roadsters racing around the track on Carburetor Day before the Indy 500 race.
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I'm a former sprint car racer. I'd give up a kidney to drive one of those old roadsters. Thanks for the video.
My hat's off to you Thom. I've never felt so nervous just watching one of these videos, but the history in that car, its value, and that it wanted to run, had me at the edge of my seat. What an awesome experience for you. And that you could share it with all of us is pretty cool. Wow.
It's great to see these run again as these were the cars I remember from my youth when Indy was it.
Just a word of thanks to Bill Akin. Many collectors gather unto themselves.. Bill has shared his cars,. allowed Thom to drive 2 generously. What a great example Bill has been to share so freely so we all could enjoy them. Thanks also to Thom for his thoughtful presentations... really enjoyed this Episode and the Roadster episode.
Thom seems to be the type of guy who gets the historical aspect of Automotive racing. The feeling of awe you can get sometimes... I like that. I'll be watching more of his videos. Thanks for being an awesome group of people.
Agreed these older cars are some of the most esthetically and tecincally beautiful racecars ever produced in the history of motorsport, they definitley don't make emlike this anymore.... And I know that the saftey organized side of society wouldn't allow it, but god it would be amazing to see.
A once in a life time experience well done!
MotorTrend/Hotrod you guys are the best automotive show in the World next to Top Gear UK. If you guys where just longer! You give something for everyone and especially with HotRod you give us people who have a passion for cars from the 20's-70's which you just cant get anymore unless you want to watch a show about restoring one.
That's great to hear-- thanks for making our day!
What an awesome car, love the old Indy Roadsters
Just the fact that Thom Taylor is a legend himself makes this that much cooler
Great job Thom and crew!!!!! Thanks for the shots of you and I on the track at the same time....I have driven Bill's cars extensively at Milwaukee, but it just ain't the same as the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway.....Joe
Glad to hear it! Thanks for letting us know!
The tachometer is fluctuating due a bad cable and was fixed after we got home...the car only has low and high gear...no third....as far as history...the car was built by famed builder Quin Epperly and totally restored by Bill Akin in his HOME garage...it is very unusual in the vintage Indy car circuit for the owner to do all the restoration himself and our buddy Jim McPherson did all the paint work in Bill's garage..the car placed 6th in the 1959 Indy 500 driven by Johnny Boyd...255 Offy..Joe
YOU are a very LUCKY man to be able to take one of the greatest Race cars of ALL TIMES out for a good run around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Powered by the Unmatched Offy, in a car built by regular Race Car Guys-- An amazing part of history. A roadster is at the top of my bucket list of cars. My Dad and Grandfather were parts of the Arizona Gang. Roger McKluskey, Wild Bill Cheseburg, Wayne Wyler, and a few others drove for Dad and my Grandfather in the track roadster and sprint car days. I grew up with these guys in Dads garage. I did get to race 1/4 midgets, then into Kurtis Midget, and more. But never had the chance to get into any Offy powered cars. This is the dream!
I got to drive an older car, around the track a few years ago, I stalled it and it's very easy to do! This car was a 2015 with a smaller engine. Bucket List!!
Great, very proud to see Mr. Akin get the respect he's earned and happy to see Hot Rod at Indy and thanks Thom for getting this type of stuff back in Hot Rod magazine, it the kind of stuff that got us to buy and keep issues in the past, great job!!!!
I always did think that these are so cool. Would love to drive one. Thanks for a great video.
Thank you for making me feel young again.
Awesome video, keep them coming!
love Indy, what a cool experience to share Thom!
what an awesome dude! love his work
Very cool. I love these older cars more than the new ones.
For me, those Indy roadsters are REAL race cars, especially with an Offy motor!! And thats a Brit saying that!
Do you know it was based on a Peugeot 4 cyl dohc design of pre WWI by 3 young French Engineers?
@@stevefowler2112 The Miller/Offenhauser was inspired by the Peugeot DOHC 16V, but not "based" on the Peugeot design. The Offy's unique design had a barrel crankcase and a head setup that had no head gasket, so the Offy was not only powerful, it was anvil-tough and about as unbreakable as possible to make an engine.
@@63DW89A Agreed but you are mincing words...it was largely based on the Peugeot design. Having said that it has winning record unlike any other engine family and I am a great admirer of the Offy.
@@stevefowler2112 I too am a great admirer of the Offy, for the same reason: the astounding winning record. I am a "Technical Type" who probably does try to be too precise in word description, so your observation is accurate. My point is that although the Miller-Offy, derived the DOHC 16V head arrangement directly from the Peugeot, the Miller-Offy expanded considerably upon the Peugeot design with a gasket-less unit head arrangement and a barrel crankcase to make an incredibly strong engine.
Now, using the Rolls-Royce Merlin 1650 as an example, the U.S. Packard built Merlin 1650 was directly based on the RR design so that the two were essentially the same engines, even though the Packard was not a clone of the RR, due to subtle changes made to enhance mass production of the U.S. built Merlin engines. The Merlin engine concept rightfully belongs to RR, and although Packard made excellent changes in order to enhance mass production, I've always argued that to be fair and accurate, the Packard Merlin 1650 should be called the Rolls-Royce Packard Merlin 1650, simply because the base design concept that made a great V12 aircraft engine was purely RR and not Packard.
Maybe I am being too picky here, but to my technical sense, it does make a big difference. Peugeot rightfully deserves the credit and respect for the DOHC 16V concept, but Miller-Offenhauser also deserve the credit and respect for having the technical-engineering-conceptual ability to expand the Puegeot idea into an even more advanced and stronger engine design.
@@63DW89A No problem, I fully understand, I am an Aerospace Engineer and yes words matter. Nice chattin with another informed gearhead.
RESPECT . I can't imagine the thrill of driving a mobile sculpture on a World Famous track . But I'd love to !
Glad you were able to crank it up.
Some of those older Indianapolis Roadsters looked really cool now my question is, how is the turning on those things?
Wow Thom, the thrill of a lifetime I'll bet. You lucky dog.
Very well said Marty!! You are exactly right...in fact, I had dropped my subscription to Hot Rod Mag for several years...now under Frieburger's leadership and bringing on good people like Thom Taylor...the mag has vastly improved and I once again look forward to receiving it every month...In a couple months there will be a full feature on the Indy vintage roadster event...can't wait! Much better than reading all about NEW Mustangs, Camaros, Vettes and Vipers!.............Joe
Oh my, what a fun day out!
Very, VERY awesome!
Damn those old cars are cool
absolutely drop dead cool...
Super cool, my dad cotton passed his rookie test there in 1963.🤠
Wow. What a thrill for sure.
Very cool, read the article so had to come see the video. :-)
Keep them coming
As beautiful as these cars are, never forget just how dangerous they really were. They were harsh mistresses indeed!
Richard Darlington “Seat belt optional.”
Cool video
My favorite race cars the Indy roadster, what I thought would be mentioned was the Epperly is a laydown roadster like 1957 Sam Hanks winning car. This was groound braking in '57 and set the stage for several winners of the 500 after that.
Nao ha palavras nem dinheiro que consiga pagar estas belezas,acho bem que se continue a peeservar a historia.
It's an external starter. The motor part is attached to the orange frame and the shaft has a big socket on the end that turns the engine
Just another thing to add to my bucket list
I am subscribed to their channel and I enjoy the quality of the shows, but wish they would do them more frequently, but all around a fun show to watch that gives that British flair on reviews and comparisons with cars.
Very cool video.
I like this guy.
This is something else, very interesting car, take us through the instruments, and some specs, avg speed in the day
Damn! You are one lucky dude.
Way cool man, what an experience. Love the Indy roadsters, would love to have a two seat version for street. :)
+Reverend D Look for a Kurtis roadster, I believe you can have them make You one! Bring money..
That Bill guy makes me smile
my grandfather used to store a piece cloth to clean the dipstick in the engine compartment , maybe it's the same thing :)
Excellent
So cool,I'd give a arm to have a turn at the wheel and experience the feeling of that old school indy
nice video always :D
Thanks!!!
Indy Roadsters are so brilliant that, as a Brit, I'm often sad that Colin Chapman ever set foot on Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Weather outta da southwest always lol
thats because there is more light one his left eyes than his right. notice the shadow on his the right eye. the dark part is called the pupil and the ring around it is called the iris. the iris becomes larger or smaller to control the amount of light that goes into pupil. so his left pupil is smaller because there is a lot of light on it. the right one is large because there isn't lots of light on it.
Wouldn't that be fun!
Interesting how the motor is offset to the left in an Indy Roadster... obviously so the prop shaft can go past the driver on the left so the seating position can be lower.
Also, since the car also has to just turn left, you want the heavy thing on the left hand side of the car for better cornering in left hand only cars.
Best show yet I almost skipped it.
Keep ya foot in it, its loading up lol
Very cooooool car!!
What me? Yeah I'm just sitting in a 50s Indy roadster, gas tanks hanging out either side puffin a cigarette. Not a badass at all. lmao
Idk if that or actually driving the car should be higher on a bucket list hahaha
the safety culture of our society would not allow it. I think they are far sharper than what we have today, and even more for the ones a few years after this one, like they had in the 1960s.
What was that rod they took out of the front grille.
Yes, These were the real race cars built by real Car Guys. A small garage with no computers, no fancy hi-tech equipment they chalked out the chassis on the garage floor and went to work. There is NO BETTER SOUND THAN A FIELD OF OFFY'S TAKING THE GREEN FLAG AT INDY! I have heard that sound and cherish it as the best in racing history.
As a kid in Arizona, Dad built track roadsters and sprint cars. Guys that drove the cars Dad built, were Jay Abney, Wayne Wyler, Roger McCluskey, Bill Cheesberg.
the pupil of the eye (the dark part) changes size constantly, bigger if taking in less light, smaller if taking in more light.
what an opportunity
@3:33 what is that mechanism they're using and what is it for? Someone please explain...
great
Was that filmed in the Speedway's Basement under the Museum?
does that tach just not work at lower revs? It looks like it needs some sort of damping device.
Cool
Great story, I envy you.
love the smoking in the cockpit. before the race
Very interesting. I'd probably want to try a little pedal to the metal. But what's that big button in the middle of the steering wheel? It's probably not a horn button.
+Jim Ervin It is a pad to keep you from splitting your head open in a crash
Oh wow! Neat-o. Hey thanks ;)
Those Offenhauser roadsters had to be pushed to get going by the whole crew, no wonder he struggled getting it going with only two guys pushing.
The rod they had stuck through the grill is a starter motor. These cars have no starter,& run on a magneto. So you either push start it like a auper modified,or rig it to use an external starter,like diggers & funny cars. & that pad on the steering wheel is there because of open faced helmets in our day. NASCAR still does'em.
Would love to own one
oh what a lucky dawg
Those engines must be CAM'd up the wazoo lol.
Era of real race cars and men were men and women loved them for it
Guess you'll have to pick up the October issue for that info
Personally, I like pretty much all of the Drive personalities. Harris is obviously the "name" and has the longest resume, but I'd watch Mike Musto or Mike Spinelli or the Ride Apart guys on their own channels, and did so with Matt Farah.
I'd also argue that Drive has Matt Farah in addition to Harris. But if Harris did leave, then I'd agree that the show would be on some crutches as opposed to if Farah left.
No they also have Matt Farah and some other great guys.
Hey Big Muscle is pretty good.
Looks like that tachometer is really helpful...
Only one complaint; can the background music when the engines are running. We (real gearheads) want to hear the "music" made by the engines!
Torneranno front-engine moderni in 500 miglia Indianapolis nel 2020-21, subito !!
How on Earth do you know what your RPM is?
Why is the rev counter fluctuating so much? It seems pretty important to me to have a good working when you have a driver not used to the sound of the engine.
Probably mechanicaly driven with a cable like a speeo.
that's pretty epic. mad respect. glad it didn't burn up. burn rubber not ya soul.
These are experienced professionals, not modern day rookies. :)
Where can I buy a street legal version of one of these?
They should produce replica's of these cars and run a annual "vintage" class race so we can see these cars at full bore and not just pettering along. anyone else agree? :D
NickelPlateRoad779 + I would agree except for the danger. Do a study of how many 60s famous drivers died in crashes worldwide. Very similar to being in a on-line unit in a war.
Well at least motor trend has hit rod because without it, DRIVE would have zero competition on you tube and be king. I am still looking for other amazing shows that can give Chris Harris a run for his money. You got the money motor trend, so use it up.
HaHa....the back straight was like a back alley...anything goes and let her loose!
What's a hit rod?