Comments on: Drake Harley Davidson Water Cooled V-Twin Engine

By: william krumholz

william krumholz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:53:36 +0000

My Idol Billy Vukovich , saw him race many times in Balboa Stadium San Diego in this little red car when I was just a kid, he was the greatest ever, what a thrill to watch him .

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:14:42 +0000

My name is Darren Condy and I am a Harley Technician from Melbourne Australia. I am always interested in preformance mods and out of the ordinary configurations such as this little beauty. Please if anyone out there has anything along the lines of the Drake ….please please email the info to kingcondy@bigpond.com. Thank you

By: Ken Berg

Ken Berg — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:00:24 +0000

HI: as member of Dale Drake family, am interested in seeing any of the Drake/midgets. Does anyone know where they’re located and how to contact the owners?
Ken Berg (949) 830 6888

By: gary

gary — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:23:39 +0000

My grandfather built and raced against Bill Vuckovich with his yellow Drake midget. Jerry Piper drove my grandfathers car (Joe Petruzzi Sr.) they won the championship 3 years in a row (40′, 41, 42′) I have a great scrap book of all the newspaper articles. The car pictured above has my grandfathers carb’s, they are stamped with the petruzzi name. He also made the radiator cover. There was a machine shop in Fresno that worked with my grandfather that effectively would rebuild the Drake engines, they made the cylinders removable, new fly-wheels, push-rods, as well as my grandfather would cast his own pistons. If there are anyone still interested in this area feel free to contact me. My grandfather is 99 yrs old and still around. petruzzi2000@yahoo.com

By: willie schmitz

willie schmitz — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:57:43 +0000

Thanks for great link, Todd.