May 15
I just found this photo of a 1946 Fageol twin engine racer. I’m a big fan of blower whine, but sitting right on top of them? The noise had to be shocking.
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· May 15
I believe this is the same car.
· May 15
WHAT?
· May 15
@SteveMackCT That would be the appropriate reaction. 😀
· May 15
@Hupp31 insert laugh emogee here...
· May 15
@SteveMackCT I know. We need that emoji built in!!!!!
· May 15
Very cool. I'd always associated Fageol with trucks.
· May 15
It sounds like he built multiple cars. One had twin Offenhauser engines and one had twin 1500cc Miller engines.
· May 15
My personal favorite twin engine exercise was the Twini. I’d like to build one some day. Modern technology should help in cooling the rear engine, getting engines synced properly, and making the handling so that death was not quite so imminent.
· May 15
"In 1952, Lou Fageol bought an auto dealership in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Porsches soon caught his fancy. Looking the cars over, he saw an opportunity to replicate his 1946 Indy racer. They already had an engine in the rear, he though. His first effort made use of a 1952 356 Coupe in which he installed a complete Porsche engine and transmission in the front, ahead of the front wheels. The front transaxle’s ring gear and pinion were modified to give four forward speeds."
https://www.excellence-mag.com/issues/228/articles/fageol-s-twin-engined-porsches
· May 15
Looks like he was up to some very cool twin engine stuff.
· May 15
Crazy!
· May 15
Here is one of the Porsches at Westover AF Base in 1954.
· May 15
@Hupp31 That is INSANE. I love it.
· May 15
There’s a good write-up on Fageol here. He was successful in power boat racing as well. https://velocetoday.com/the-twin-engine-life-of-lou-fageol/
· May 15
When I think of Fageol I think of the advertisements in Hemmings for years by Robert Demar's looking for a partner to restore the Supersonic with.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/to-resurrect-the-legendary-1949-fageol-supersonic-two-different-cars-with-unique-stories-will-have-to-become-one/
· May 16
@alsancle The Supersonic is awesome. I had never heard of any of these cars until today.
· May 16
@Hupp31
I'm loving the posts from everyone on Rumbleseat, there's so much cool stuff to look at and learn about.
I really hope this platform takes off.
· May 16
@ShawnG Agreed.