King midget hill climb

Residents of Hermitage, Pa. The buzzing of tiny engines certainly would have been persuasive. Rain showers on Saturday did not deter the participants, even though there was certainly no outrunning the clouds in cars that topped out at 55 miles per hour. Fuel economy approached 60 miles per gallon, a chief selling point for the cars, which were frequently shipped to buyers in kit form.

Athens, Ohio — The last King Midget was built in , just before the first energy crisis. The little car, had it survived, might have gone on to bigger success than in its heyday — the s. Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt developed clever designs as well as production and marketing systems that no one has been able to replicate, including the automotive and financial experts who bought Midget Motors. None have succeeded. About one-fourth of the 5, King Midgets ever built have been preserved, restored or modified. Every year members of the International King Midget Car Club rescue a few more from moldering away in sheds and barns.

A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Mostly clear. Low 62F.

Next weekend, Aug. The vehicles were famously constructed using some recycled World War II surplus, and early models have been described as achieving astounding gas mileage, as high as 80 to miles per gallon. For the past ten years Lee Seats has served as the president of the International King Midget Car Club, a passion that he says dates back to a few magazines that he got his mitts on as a child several decades ago.