UPDATE II ; Yeah it's a Ford, but why Mc Dowell

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Bob Swanson from the US is into the subject:'This sprint car is typical of an early 1930's car. I don't know why it is called a McDowell if it has a Riley Head. McDowell was a manufactured of overhead valve heads for Model A & B Fords, they made rocker arm heads that look a bit like a Crager head. McDowell made Single and Double Over Head cam heads as well. Prices were $125.00 for the rocker arm. $350.00 for the single cam, and $575.00 for the D.O. George Riley made two different heads for the Model A&B Ford block. The Four Port was the better one. Don Vesco ran one in a drop tank at Bonneville and turned over 200MPH with 4 Port Riley. Riley made an overhead conversion for the flathead V8 as well. His racing carbureters were popular on Indy 500 cars in the '30's & '40's. This car looks like it has front brakes added for VSCC road race events.' Thank you Bob! Earlier James Holland knows the car and wrote us: 'It's definitely vintage - 1930 ,I think. It's the MacDowell Special; an American dirt track racer based on Ford Model A mechanicals with a Riley(no relation to the English manufacturer) overhead valve conversion.It has been in the U.K. for quite some time now and was raced for many years by Past President of the VSCC Tom Threlfall.' Thank you James! To give you some more food on the subject, have a go at MillerOffy.com. Great site with tons of pics and sounds... (photo editor / ClicPic to enlarge).

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