searching for a vintage midget race car (Canastota, NY)
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I am searching for a vintage midget race car that was built from a kit and homed in Chittenango, New York, when I was a youngster at the age of 8-10 years old(1950's). The car, a red or cream colored, trimmed in red with red upholstered cockpit, with a Ford 60 HP V8 Flathead Engine, with "Offenhauser"aluminum cylinder heads, red spoked wheels with black walled "Firestone" tires, then, belonged to an elderly gentleman by the name of Mr. Argersinger, who lived on Falls Blvd.(RT.#13) just south of the village about a mile on Rt.#13. I would watch his sons, push it down Falls Blvd., to try and get it running, but to no avail. It was sold sometime in the 80's or 90's, according to one of his sons, to a Mr. Stone (Stoney) owner of Stone's Marina, in Bridgeport, NY. Mr. Stone would take the car, along with his son, down to the "Marion Manor" on the East end of Oneida lake, and run it around the asphalt Go-Kart track that was there at the time. I never got to talk to Mr. Stone, as he passed away before I could. Apparently, according to his son, Byron, Mr. Stone was the only one who knew who he had sold the race car to. I was so sad and frustrated with the passing of Mr. Stone and the fact that he had died with the information , that
I gave up my search, until about a couple of years ago when I posted this same search story on Facebook. If there is anyone out there that has any idea or knowledge of the whereabouts of this race car, I will reward them generously, especially, if I end up with it. Please contact me via Craig's List Messaging System.
Truly Your's,
Ron Centner Sr.