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The Blaze:
Hey Keith,
I have a Kellison Slip-Tube Dragster.
Virgin Car !  Never raced.
Chute Packer Body never cut or drilled.
I know it would need updates to race.
Is it more valued as a Vintage Collectable ?
Car is FOR SALE and looking for Offers.
Thanks
The Blaze /  Cudahy, WI   8)

dreracecar:
Certain things about your chassie does not scream that its a Kellison. Kellison's had curved front torsion arms for one, But no matter It will have more value as a Cackle then it would as a racer with all the updaters it would require. What kind of numbers were you looking at?

The Blaze:
$6500.00  ???

dreracecar:
Crickets chirpping

rooman:
For anyone here following this thread here is what I posted on the HAMB earlier today before Blaze showed up here:

"It has some value to anyone wanting to build a period correct cackle car (especially as it is new and unmolested) but the lack of history as an actual car with racing history hurts it a little in the marketplace. It is a little hard to see in your photos but it looks as if the torsion arm is slotted at the front (as per a Don Long car) and that is not correct for a Kellison as they used the torsion bar for the lower axle location with radius rods for the upper. Long slotted his arms as he used four radius rods and the axle needed to be able to move in the arc of the radius rods without binding at the torsion arm location. The motor plate also looks to be a little tall for the vintage of the car--does the body match it?
Photos of the body would also help as suggested by dmc3113. Was the car in Wisconsin when you found it? If so it may be an R & B".

With it now being confirmed that it is not an R & B I dug around a bit and found some photos of the Don's Speed Shop Kellison and it appears to match your car, especially it those are the rear mounts for the radius rods on the top frame rail two thirds of the way back towards the motor. That said, $6500 is a big ask for a bare bones chassis and body with no history. I did not pay a lot more than that for my Don Long/Hanna full bodied car and it was a roller (with the original front wheels and documented history).

Roo

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