Bob Tatro standing beside the track roadster he built with Edd Sneary at Alva, Oklahoma around 1955 - Lyle Sneary collection

 

 

DRIVER – “Pee Wee” Long (although Edd Sneary did drive it on occasion)

 

FRAME 1930 Model-A Ford 4-door sedan

 

ENGINE59 AB Flathead Ford V8 with Denver heads and a 1949 Mercury HCM cam

 

BODYFabricated from sheet metal of salvage yard cars.  The rounded air deflector on top of the firewall was made from half of a headlight from a 1936 Plymouth

 

RADIATORc1938 Chrysler Imperial

 

STEERING BOX1941 Mercury

 

REAR END GEAR1942 Ford with Getz 5:56-1 ratchet gear

 

CARBORATIONDual carburetors with fabricated air cleaner

 

FUEL TANKPressurized by reversing fuel pump and leaving fuel pump intake open

 

GENERATIORNone

 

STARTERNone

 

FLYWHEELNone

 

CLUTCH - None

 

TRANSMISSION GEARSNone

 

BATTERY – 6-volt “Hotshot” dry cell battery - the type that was normally used to power an electric fence

 

BRAKESRear wheel only.  No drums or backing plates on the front

 

CAR COLORYellow with black lettering

 

TOTAL WEIGHT DRY – 1450 pounds

 

 

 

Aubrey H. “Pee Wee” Long 

 

Edward Leslie “Edd” Sneary

1924 – 1980

 

Robert Leslie “Bob” Tatro

1924 - 2003

 

 

Robert Leslie Tatro

 

Thank You to Lyle Sneary