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On p.58 and 60 of the new (Spring '06) issue of the club mag there is a picture of a special motor stuck in what looks like an early frame. Says it belongs to Dave Kafton and is described as: "a homemade special he found called the PDQ Special which featured an engine with aircraft engine cylinders modified to fit a Harley bottom end. It sported Amal carbs 2, a hand-hacked frame, and a little gas tank made from a '39 Hudson head-light housing."
Anyone know the background on this motor and does Dave Kafton ever post here?
Reason I ask is because back when I was doing some research on 1920-30s OHV hillclimbers I ran across some very obscure references to 80" OHV home-brews (specials) in California that I could never figure what heads and cylinders they were using. Then they dropped out of sight (outlawed?) also PDQ.
This baby may provide a clue, altho it looks like a 45 bottom on it.
What is this thing? Is it authentic? That is, an actual old hillclimb motor or somebody's later garage project?
PDC
Anyone know the background on this motor and does Dave Kafton ever post here?
Reason I ask is because back when I was doing some research on 1920-30s OHV hillclimbers I ran across some very obscure references to 80" OHV home-brews (specials) in California that I could never figure what heads and cylinders they were using. Then they dropped out of sight (outlawed?) also PDQ.
This baby may provide a clue, altho it looks like a 45 bottom on it.
What is this thing? Is it authentic? That is, an actual old hillclimb motor or somebody's later garage project?
PDC