HMM: What an incredible video. You have outdone yourself this time! You are correct, these stories belong on public television. The cars are fantastic, and the stories even better! Amazing stuff!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Edward...one of the nicest compliments I've ever received...so grateful. HMM
@bencrowe882 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview! What a collection, but more importantly, what a diamond of a man Steve comes across as! Looking forward to future videos of your visit!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ben; I appreciate your support...HMM
@pernikins19432 жыл бұрын
Great- thanks!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Jerry! HMM
@stevenbuis44902 жыл бұрын
I am speechless. HMM hits a grand slam
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steven...HMM
@rickycampbell82762 жыл бұрын
One question and I hope I am not too late. Who does all the beautiful paint work on the cars? It is about the best I have seen and I have been a sign/ custom painter for 35 years. And the metalwork is inspirational too.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
That's a good question; I'll see if I can find out. As a painter as you are, it's interesting that that stood out to you. Thanks for watching...HMM
@adrianfernandonoya51962 жыл бұрын
In the year of 1999 i was on Disneyland Orlando now with you i am on AUTOMOBIL LAND by Steve Truchan for free and all THANKS to you my friend HMM.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're always welcome Adrian; I appreciate you. HMM
@marlarogers-colbert12542 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!! Thanks Don! 😊
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Marla...HMM
@rbb194911 ай бұрын
I'm a friend of John nimetz and he took me and my wife to this place and that whole place is incredible and I'm so glad you did this story because it needed to be told, john has a gokart track at his house called savage speedway and it's the yard kart national racing series, it started around Indy and this year they started a north series and there is KZbin videos of it on Monday moto is the channel or it's moto Monday lol
@HistoryMysteryMan11 ай бұрын
Thanks...so appreciated. Steve's is an incredible man. HMM
@onehot572 жыл бұрын
Great video ! Hope to see Steve soon.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks George...HMM
@gregj8312 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff here. That Vollstedt Offy was a very good chassis. In 1978 Dick Simon was mixing it with the best until a wheel bearing failure. He qualified it way up towards the front at over 194 and would have went quicker had he not brushed wall in morning practice session. The chassis has some very elegant, beautiful lines. She's a real peach!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Yeah...Dick Simon was an interesting story. He'd make for a great video story. Thanks again, greg j...HMM
@Biokemist-o3k Жыл бұрын
Don, where is this guy from? I am in Pennsylvania. Where is he from. I would really like to get in touch with him if that would be possible. I am building a GN Tigermoth powered race car as well as Morgan 3 wheeler with GN rear making it 4 wheels. I am figuring out how to stretch the fabric and paint it with plastic doping compound. I hope to have the Morgan done in a few weeks.
@HistoryMysteryMan Жыл бұрын
He's near the Gary, Indiana area...amazing man...brilliant. Thanks John...HMM
@Biokemist-o3k10 ай бұрын
@@HistoryMysteryMan I decided that I needed to put together a decent machine shop to be able to make parts if I were to specialize in pre war racers and sports cars. I really need to meet this man.
@HistoryMysteryMan10 ай бұрын
Yeah...Steve is an incredible man, and preserving so much history....thanks again, John. HMM@@Biokemist-o3k
@michaelbryant73772 жыл бұрын
Drooling right now! If I could only win the lottery! Thanks, Don! Great video!!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're always welcome Michael...good to hear from you again. HMM
@chadhall59212 жыл бұрын
Wow so so cool I love it
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Chad! HMM
@Heckofadeal2 жыл бұрын
Great video !!!!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, C Porter...HMM
@chrisdher652 жыл бұрын
John Nimetz once raced a pole on 41st. Avenue. The pole won by a hair!
@cjwickie Жыл бұрын
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@HistoryMysteryMan Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to watch! HMM
@paulwick2722 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos been into the Indianapolis 500 as a kid in the 60's and finally got involved with Sprint Car racing in the 80's and 90's this was a great era interesting and educational I would love to see videos of Sharon Speedway in Hartford Ohio the half mile dirt track since 1929 spent many nights in the pits there also Ted Wise ,Buddy Cochran ,Lou Blaney, and Floyd Trevis
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
I sure wish I could have seen the front-engine roadsters run. Thanks for watching, Paul...HMM
@gregsimon90612 жыл бұрын
Fabulous interview, old race cars had souls, they were around for so many years, reinvented to each owners desires, they built history year after year. Cars were tough and durable, they would be raced wrecked and rebuilt and ran for years. I was watching a KZbin video from Perris Auto Speedway, a World of Outlaws show, David Gravel went head on into the wall and it bent the frame so bad they built a new one in the parking lot the next day and he went out and pulled off a win. We have learned so much with technology in trying to keep drivers safe that the car’s are made to absorb the impact to help keep them safer. Awesome Don, looking forward to seeing more of this awesome shop.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Greg...you comments are so appreciated. Give my best to Tony...HMM
@The352112 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Video its great. And thanks for doing all it takes to have this collection
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome; thanks for watching...HMM
@tomlusty83762 жыл бұрын
Don, you've got a great way with words and video to bring these stories to us. It's your personality that gets you in to these places and gets these great people to go on camera. We really appreciate your efforts.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom...one of the nicest compliments I've ever received...so grateful! HMM
@trh552 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video- can't wait for the next one!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
So many thanks! HMM
@joeshmoe15852 жыл бұрын
Ernie McCoy, the great open wheel driver and Indianapolis 500 veteran from Reading Pa. named his dog Offy...
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Love that name! Thanks again Joe...HMM
@wesrobbins1112 жыл бұрын
Thank you for digging up all of this great history!! Me and my dad enjoy watching your videos. I have introduced my son to watching as well. We are all sprint car fans, past and present, as well as Indy racing!!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're always welcome Wes; thanks for your support...to you dad and son too! HMM
@johnfry90102 жыл бұрын
OMG we hit pay dirt here !
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John! HMM
@christyler31282 жыл бұрын
Steve is one of the real guys left. He grew up eating and breathing racing the Offy. He dove in on an effort on my silver crown car trackside at the Hoosier Hundred. His hands have been on some of the best Miller - Offy projects in the world. It s kind of like heart surgery, you don t want it to blow up ,so you go to the best with the most experience. Thanx Chris Tyler
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris...what nice things said about Steve...and all so true. HMM
@jillhamilton542 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this story. It certainly needed to be told. He is an amazing fellow!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jill...greatly appreciated. HMM
@donolbers94462 жыл бұрын
Awesome Don, the rumors I heard abouy this place 10 or so years ago are true!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Don. It's all true!
@donolbers94462 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryMysteryMan I thought earlier that you might have been to Zakira's, another cool place.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
@@donolbers9446 Never heard of Zakira's...what is that?
@donolbers94462 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryMysteryMan Don, Zakira's is a shop that also plays with old, cageless open wheel race cars. There was a gent on the H.A.M.B. that worked there for a time, whose name escapes me. Anyhoo, they have put together some Offy powered stuff in the past, Dr. Bowles sprinter being one.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
@@donolbers9446 Where is his shop?
@markwitkowski64182 жыл бұрын
It just gets better every time you have a show.what absolutely beautiful racecars,man made,pieces of art that to me is much more art than Picasso,or even Michaelangelo,thank you and Steve Truchan is another example of THE AMERICAN DREAM.What a nice man,and a savior of history,
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Mark; your support is always appreciated! HMM
@janenebondie83712 жыл бұрын
More please! Can’t wait until the next installation of this story.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Janene...always appreciate your support! HMM
@alanpeters92412 жыл бұрын
Great video Don!that fellow has a lot of knowledge
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ole friend...HMM
@dannyscobee65302 жыл бұрын
Great video, can’t wait for the continuation!!! 🏁🏁
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Danny...so appreciated. HMM
@MarkHansen19902 жыл бұрын
I love all your historical input into the stories it makes these amazing cars history that more increatable. I'd call them Gladiators too.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark...so appreciated...HMM
@gregroyer41702 жыл бұрын
Well don youve done it again so interesting cant wait to watch the next and here that miller run. And i hope you got the history on how he got that huge speedway sign hanging up thanks don great job. Greg
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
That speedway sign came to him just recently; I'll make sure to get the story on it. Thanks Greg...HMM
@garypope57952 жыл бұрын
Do you remember John pope
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
That name sounds very familiar. Where would I have known that name?
@garypope57952 жыл бұрын
Sandusky speedway one of his driver's joy fair
@garypope57952 жыл бұрын
Super mod # 292
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
@@garypope5795 Super Mod 292? Don't recall that car...
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
@@garypope5795 I certainly remember Joy Fair...Michigan racing icon.
@joeshmoe15852 жыл бұрын
AWESOME JOB HMM. I cant wait for the rest of the series. This is a lost art and its doubtful no one can or will continue to do it. I met AJ Watson in a Barber Shop on Georgetown Road while getting a haircut one day.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Now that's a cool story...meeting Watson in a barber shop! I love that...thanks. HMM
@joeshmoe15852 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryMysteryMan He must of been getting a touch up job that day on his legendary crew cut...
@karltonmickjr.37632 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video, really cool stuff ! I saw those 3 A.J. Watson upright dirt cars in about 1978, still bare chassis. They were in a shop in Indy owned by Dick Cessel, a friend /partner of Watson. Dick had a hand in building them, he said they will be a hit. I was a pit crew member With Joe Saldana,s # 70 a year or 2 after that and saw the Plastic Express car with Chuck Gurney driving, dominate on the mile. i knew where that car came from when i saw it in the pits.
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Karlton. Thanks for all this added info...super cool. HMM
@sonliving2 жыл бұрын
"there is a lot of hours in a week" haha how about the energy. Makes me want to keep trudgeon on!
@HistoryMysteryMan2 жыл бұрын
Gives me inspiration to keep going too. Thanks again, Mike! HMM