Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1952 — Page 27

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Carving Car Was Big Project

SCALED DOWN—Duke Nalon's 1950 car and pit oauipment have & twin in the above 13. inch model made by Bill Cale. Since that time the race car has become the Pure Oil Special.

By JOAN SCHOEMAKER--

CARBON COPIES can come easy. For Billi Cale, 6381 Broadway, making a copy of Duke

- Nalon’s 1950 car wasn't im-

possible, but was a long project. Entered in the Athenaem Turners’ annual hobby shows in both 1951 and 1952, the race car took first place both times.

Since 1946 Bill has seen each 500 Mile Race and chose Duke Nalon as his favorite. Besides visiting the track frequently, Bill collected newspaper shots of the car taken at various angles and took his own pictures to supplement the collection.

When school was out in 1950, Bill sorted his picture collection and co-ordinated his information on the racer before beginning his model. He started with a block of balsam wood with the profile of the racer drawn on the side. After an operation with a jig saw, the final touches were put on with a knife and emery paper. Auto _duplicolor, used to re-

Official Records of the 500-Mile Spéedway Race

touch cars, was used to paint the Novi, since it fills in the wood pores and gives the best gloss.

= » » BILL USED ingenuity and ordinary household objects for the detail work on his model. Louvres are really staples. A coathanger strip became a bumper. Exhausts are made from dowel rods. The tires are standard gasoline model airplane tires with the tread ground off and white ink used to give the official “Firestone” look of authenticity. Axels were made from two metal rods with threads on the ends. Wing caps are ordinary machine nuts with plastic strips gued on to give the appearance of the real part. Bill cut the top lip off a 35 millometer film can to / make brake drums. A wire bent into a circle, secured with scotch tape and wrapped with thread size fine wire became a steering wheel.

TO GIVE the appearance of

* leather upholstery Bill “applied

coat after coat of black dope,

a lacquer used on model air-

Bill Cale’

planes. Black-headed pins were | used to simulate brake and |

gear shift levers. This project, just one of many, took approximately a

month and a half to complete. Bill is currently a freshman at Butler University studying business _administration.

Laps | Miles Time I 1 3. oolaLIl 2 5 0:02:22.54 4 10 0:04:44.11 10 25 0:11:41.76 20 50 0:23:09.63 30 75 0:34:29.47 40 100 0:45:55.95 50 125 0:57:28.82 60 150 1:10:03.88 70 175 1:22:06.40 80 200 1:34:06.95 90 225 1:46:09.21 100 250 1:57:54.42 110 275 2:09:38.85 120 300 2 21:30.09 130 325 2:33:23.85 140 350 2:45:21.53 150 1 | 3715 2:57:17.66 160 400 3:09:16.63 170 425 3:21:21.20 180 450 3:33:25.80 190 475 3:45:30.17 500 3:57:58.05

MPH Driver "126564 | Duke Nalon ‘126.280 Duke Nalon 126.711 Duke Nalon 128.249 Jack McGrath 129.529 Lee Wallard” 130.468 Lee Wallard 130.626 Lee Wallard 130479 Lee Wallard 128.453 Jimmy Davies 128.882 Jimmy Davies 127.502 Cecil Green 127.174 Lee Wallard 127.219 Lee Wailard 127.268 Lee Wallard 127.207 Lee Wallard “127.121 Lee Wallard 126.997 Lee Wallard 126.908 Lee Wallard 126.798 Lee Wallard 126.643 Lee Wallard 126.505 Lee Wallard 126.384 Lee Wallard 126.244

Lee Wallard

Car Year “Novi Gov. Mobil Sp Spl. T1049 Novi Gov. Mobil Spl. 1049 Novi Gov. Mobil Spl. 1949 Hinkle Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1851 Parks Spl. 1951 Parks Spl. 1951 John Zink Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951 Belanger Spl. 1951

CPL. JIMMY REECE-—No. 37, John Zink Special; 4-cylinder Meyer-Drake; bore, 4.3125; stroke, 4.625; piston displacement,

270 cu, in, Qualified 133.993.

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when he was 15 in jalopies.

of the windshield.

And you have no idea what comfort all this adds to hot-weather driving.

Its name is “Easy-Eye Glass”t — which tells only half the story. While it filters out 18% of the glare (and tones down the dazzle of oncoming headlights at night). — it also cuts - down sun-heat as much as 50%.

So it’s the best cure we know for hot laps in

Troy Ruttman started racing

ou may have to look twice to see it—but Y: lot of the new Buicks have a soft bluegreen tone in all glass areas — plus a slightly darker band which shades down from the top

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- THE 1 IANAPOLIS TIMES

Thera are always 2 WINNERS at Speedway

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No matter what happens on Race Day—and plenty will —there are bound to be two winners at Speedway. One will be out on the track — the rugged man-and-car team that barrels in ahead of the field, symbolized in the whish of a time-honored checkered flag. | The othef winner at Speedway can be found just across the road — the acetylene research laboratory at the

ever before.

Prest-O)-Lfive ANGTOR

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS COMPANY

A Division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation

Speedway, Indiana

The terms “Linde” and “Prest0-LRe"™ are registered trade-marks of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.

Maybe you'd like to try this out before you buy your next car.

And while you're trying it out—you can also discover how it feels to boss around a Fireball 8 Engine, that puts its own exclusive added wallop into a high-compression valve;in-head power plant, j .

settles into a curve—the way the front wheels seem to seek their course automat. ically—the smooth surge and falterless ease with which Dynaflow Drive* feeds the power—the level confidence of Buick’s million dollar ride.

summer driving, when the sun beats down on :

the windshield.

You can get an idea also of the room, the

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1040 N. Meridian Street—PJ. aza 3341

Prest-O-Lite Factory. No checkered flag, no grand prize for the engineers at this laboratory —but they are constantly ahead in the race to make Prest-O-Lite products better than

On the Motor Speedway, drivers test the performance of frames, tires, lubricants, spark plugs. In the research laboratory, engineers work to improve acetylene cylinders and filler

You gan sample the sure-footed way a Buick

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materials, to develop better cylinder testing methods, to ‘design practical safety devices — all of importance in the welding industry. The Motor Speedway and Prest-0-Lite — which have a common origin, historically —have set their sights on the same goal. Their aims are to provide things that mean better living for you and all your family,

You find this "eyes shade” band of darker color only on the genuine “Easy-Eye Glas" pioneered by Buick, and all ‘glass used in Buicks is ripples frew, ground and pelished plate safety glass,

2.door, 6-passenger Super Riviera;

comfort, the smartness, the thrill that your dollars buy in this brilliant performer.

So why not arrange for a demonstration soon?

Equipment, accessories, trim and models are subject to changes without notice. Wheel Crests st | Roadmaster, optional LE at extra cost on other Series. {Optional ab extra cost—apailable “on most models, * Standard on Roadmaster, optional at extghcos ow on other Series.

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