Grandpa was a Midget Racer

[Aero426]

but the notion of my grandpa having a pro built car, or anything of the sort, is tough for me to swallow.  I don't think he ever had a pro built anything, nor could he afford to do so.  Unless of course you asked him, then it was all pro built, and he was the pro.  i figured he had chiseled it together out of an oak tree.

Best bet is that he traded it for work to one of the other guys on the circuit and that is how he got it.  No telling now.

Could be that he got it second hand.     Let's just say that the metal work on that car wasn't done as a DIY job.    Someone knew what they were doing.   Compare that car to how crude the car in the early photos are.    The early car looks like a home build.     

[TUFCAT]

i figured he had chiseled it together out of an oak tree.

[odcics2]

And where did they find that car?

Toys -R- Us ?  

Cool stuff - thanks for posting it!!   

[troy.70R/T]

hey familymopar maybe one u get some of them made and hung up up could take some pics and let your relative see that you appreciate them. you never know you might get a couple of them

[RallyeMike]

These are really neat. Now if you could find one of his old cars! 

[rt green]

the fun that guy must have had.

[familymopar]

hey familymopar maybe one u get some of them made and hung up up could take some pics and let your relative see that you appreciate them. you never know you might get a couple of them

That is not a bad suggestion, but in my case that would never work.  My dad was the one who moved away and so I never really knew any of them.  My dad had three sisters.  I met one for the first time in 2010, one in 2013, and the other in 2014.  So I was well in to my 30's before I ever met any of his sisters.  There are lots of cousins too.  So far I have met 2, both in 2014.  There are many, many more that I have not met.  And most of them have kids too.  I always thought we just weren't a close family, but I think it was actually just us.  So anyway, al that stuff will trickle down to them.  And that's ok.

These are really neat. Now if you could find one of his old cars! 

That is the dream.  I don't know how I would ID any of them, but if I were to find one, I would own it.  I don't even know how or where to look for one of those midgets, but I've got some feelers out.  The pic in my avatar is my dad's 68.  Have been looking for it too.  It is the only car I never found a vin for so I am counting on finding someone who knows the title history and seeing my dad's name.  Not likely, but always looking.

I did look up Offenhausers once to see if I could maybe find that s/n 277.  But people must REALLY like those.  The ones I saw were going for nearly as much as my house. Would I still buy it?  Yes.  But I'd have some pretty unhappy people around here.

Anyone ever sees a midget that looks like my grandad's let me know.  I won't hold my breath though.

[djfasdkjf]

Recently I went to visit my grandmother in Florida, my dad's mom.  While I was there she showed me a scrapbook from my grandpa's racing days and I snapped some photos of the photos.  I think they are awesome enough to share.  So here they are, my grandpa and my namesake, Chuck Greenlee.

I know this an old thread, but I wanted to say thank you for posting.  I haven't seen any of these in at least 35 years and it was nice to stumble across them.