Evil... Carsonophied... And maybe the most interesting hot rod of the last 30-40 years. Unless it never sees any road time.
HOMINUH, Hominuh, hominuh, hominuh....... That, absolutely, looks like some form of evil, death implementation with a lot of sex thrown in. Am I over thinking this? Maybe, but dang....... Cool that it's going to stay in it's natural finishes, BUT the rootbeer gold in Thom's rendering is pretty swank too.
Thanks Mike for posting this. I to am anxious to see it in final stage. When it was at Detroit (the chassis) you could hardly get close enough to see it. With Dan's affection for the Miller cars and Craigs master metal working skills it will be a long time before this one is topped. Frank
I was over Dan's yesterday. All I can say is wow. He keeps saying this is the best he can do. He said that on Ashley's car....and his Duece coupe....and probably his Ridler car 18 yrs. ago. The more ya look at it, the more fine details jump out at ya. Really cool. Whole lotta room in it, too!
It looks awesome and the workmanship is obviously outstanding. It's beautiful. Will it steer? The front wheels look too close to the body for any functional steering.
Metal craftsmanship to a high level. Beautiful. 400 HP and 1000#. My calculations show just over 170 mph in the quarter and about an 8 second flat ET . . . if he can get the power to the ground. Any idea what the original weighed or the mph it turned?
The original was actually quite large.....don't know any specs but early picas of it, (it was built in 1917) with people near it show it shoulder high on an average guy. The body was stripped off it in I think 1919 because of a clausterphobic driver that crashed it on it's side and couldn't get out. It ran a few different engines until it was destroyed. Pretty cool to know Dan and learn all this stuff. Now, if I could only 'borrow' his Miller Dynasty book for a few years....
This is an awsome display of talent. I'll bet 91 years from now,it will be real hard to top this with another interpretation. Hats off to everyone involved...
Pretty sure the driver was Barney Oldfield. I think he commissioned the car from Miller in the first place.
That's really slick! In the 2007 Great American Race, a guy had a replica he had built.It was nice but boy was it hot inside of it.I can't wait to see this one when it is finished.
found some old pic that I thought might add to it all...somehow words can't wrap around the feelings that this car had and now has for me too. and yes this was commissioned and campaigned by Barney Oldfield and brought Miller his first fame as a car builder.
I just want to thank everyone for the kind words.. This has been such an awesome project to watch grow daily.. Keep the kind words coming, I keep reading all the kind posts to the guys to keep them motivated while working these long hours.. The car will be in the Ford stand at SEMA, so stop by Ashley Webb (Dan's daughter)
I have seen this car in Detroit this past year and was amazed at the craftsmanship. Now I am speechless at how this car has evolved into probably one of the greatest hand built cars of the 21st century...PERIOD! Keep up the great work Dan, its beautiful!
Wonder if Dan would consider trading for a Deuce Fordor project? I may have a new, all-time, favorite automobile. It's like Jesus held Steve Grimes' hand & together they built a car. I love it.
That louver job is a work of art in itself. I would love to have that many size dies for my press. It must have taken 20 hours to keep changing out the dies and getting everything lined up.Holy shit
With the proper louver cutting attachment in a Pullmax, you can do louvers of any length in one set up. Not nearly as difficult as it appears, with the right tools.
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