Wes, Bill
Go to the scta-bni.org web site. Click on bonneville and go to 1999. There
is a picture of the Pumpkin Seed on the 8-19-99 picture post.It had a GMC 6
in it then.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
To: "William McIntyre" <acromac@worldnet.att.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Ford OHV 6's
> The Wee Wee Eel was in dry, spider infested, storage in Torrance with the
> other Eelco car ( now at the Speedway Museum in Lincoln, NE.) for many
> years. Eels Lohn raced it with a British Ford engine. They had problems
> with the engine getting enough gas until they took the jets out of the
> carb's. It went over 200 with that set up. It was almost a tricycle
set-up
> with the rear tires very close together ... just room for the sprocket for
> the chain drive. Nothing to stop the chain from doing serious damage to
the
> driver's head if it broke. I picked the car up from Eels in early June of
> '94, brought it to Salt Lake and USFRA people restored the exterior of the
> car cosmetically, re-painted it the correct color and put the same type
> lettering on the car. It was on display at Saltair until the shop where
it
> was on display changed hands and we couldn't guarantee it's safety. It
was
> then at the Salt Flats Garage except for an Autorama show where we had it
on
> display. Eighteen months ago it was moved to the Stateline Hotel in
> Wendover through an arrangement with Larry Volk, the Stateline manager at
> the time and Eels Lohn. Last I saw the car some non-green-card janitor
had
> his stinking feet propped on it while he took a nap.
>
> The Pumpkin Seed was a smaller car that really resembled just that. If
I'm
> thinking of the right car it was tiny, short wheelbase, the driver looked
> between his feet to see the course and there was just the clear plastic
> nose, not much of a bubble for head space. The car I'm thinking of was
> destroyed in a fire on the salt in the '80's.
>
> Wes
>
> on 5/25/01 7:44 PM, William McIntyre at acromac@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> > When I was drag racing in the late 50's / early 60's I think I
> > remember reading about a Ford OHV 6 powered Bonneville car called the
> > "punkin seed" possibly owned and/or sponsered by Ells Lohn of ELCO
> > fame.Perhaps Ardun Doug could enlighten us on this.
> > Bill in Mesa,Arizona where 110 degrees came early this year.
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