08-14-2017, 12:11 PM
(08-13-2017, 08:30 PM)Brian Sheridan Wrote: Guys & Gals,
It's interesting, if Jeff had just said that Duffy died, everyone would have known who Jeff was talking about, he was famous to all karters around the world. But some of you may not know that he was one of the most famous Hot Rod people in the LA area, during the 1950's. If you get a chance, please get the book "The Hot Rod" by Brock Yates. It tells the story of the most famous Hot Rod road race car, probably ever built. Duffy built it & raced it, and it beat Ferrari's. It will very quickly make you understand why & how the Go Kart 800, became the best handling early chassis. Here is what is odd, I just re-read it last night.
God Bless Duffy
You have inspired me & my engineering for 57 years.
The kart I will never sell, my Go Kart 808
Brian Sheridan
Sorry as all of us are to hear of Duff's passing. You are right about the book and Duff's involvement with the "sporty car" set. I was Extremely Lucky to be at the Monterey Historics the year they debuted car 184 after the restoration and saw it run and had no idea what the hell this old Hot Rod with "Go Kart" written on it was doing out there with Ferraris, Jags, and other assorted sports cars of the late 50's early 60's and to my amazement it started picking them off one by one as the Driver got more comfortable with the car. A Great Memory!