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"After Mr Swensen was de-mobbed from military service in late 1918 he set to work with his son building No 31. After a couple of years the car was ready and it was raced all over the mid-western United States.
The bodywork was panel beaten from road signs, as sheet was scarce at this time. This ‘T’ was built as an open wheel dirt track racer ‘Big Car'. She is powered by a Ford Model "T" engine. The flywheel is balanced as all of the moving parts in the engine and transmission. The magnets and field coil were removed by the builder to lighten the engine assy. The fly wheel has paddles to splash oil to the many moving parts since there is no oil pump. The main increase in this model T’s engines performance is due to a very early Robert Roof over-head valve (OHV) head. (check also Ron Ceridono's story at Street Rodder >>> click).
This head sports, l6 valves, four per cylinder and is a push rod type. There are 2 valve covers which must be removed to manually oil the valve train assembly. It also features the original l9 inch Dayton Dental Spline type Knock-Off split rim wheels. It survived the scrap metal drives during the 2nd World War by being in a personal Museum in Alcester, South Dakota. It spent over forty years in the museum. The museum was closed in the mid-90's, when 31 was purchased by John Lee. John, a very accomplished mechanical engineer, spent 7 years restoring her to her original condition. (photos & text Pete Docker, click for 31's nose) and --->

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