History Auto racing 1894-1942

Keith, what's the deal with the dual steering wheel?

 

Doug, you read my mind!

 

Doug

It's for your granson to hang on to sitting on your lap.

Or

A safety feature to protect you from the hub crushing your ribs

 

No it is the throttle.........

Sissssssss Booooooom BAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Steam powered sheep

 

yep...trying to figure out this one...go fast, turn left, more thottle turn counter clockwise...more throttle less steering as it goes nuetral then towards opposite lock...

 

' There is no clutch – the torque is enough when the engine is simpled. The middle “steering wheel” is the throttle (or rear wheel steering). The car was controlled on dirt balancing the two wheels one with each hand. Apparently no other cars could keep up with it accelerating out of the bends as the steam pressure had built going into them. '

 

So you are saying your head and ass had to be wired together?? Steering with one hand and throttleing with the other, both by a steering wheel?? Sounds like fun!!

 

Poor old Webb Jay, I never realized he had to contend with those interesting controls. No wonder he gave up racing after putting Billy into Buffalo Lake and took to touring in more conventional vehicles.

 

What is the special behind the Lenox in post #7137 on p 357, based on? Maybe late 1920s REO??

 

The car/s you may be refering to were in fact the '183' {3 litre} fitted with the '122' {2 litre} engine as per Grand Prix regulations.

More info here... www.oldracingcars.info/marques/indy/miller/1921/

 

AERO Anyone..............

 

Bugs....................

 

I presume this is the Curtiss/Monarch that Mark Walker used to run. I have seen videos of him running the V8 Darracq so I guess the Monarch has changed hands?

 

Unsure if it's changed hands, thats Duncan Pittaway driving.



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Keith, there is a NZ guy in UK,whose name escapes me at the moment - used to drive the Wolseley Viper-powered early Vauxhall. Last I heard he was putting together a car with a very large Hispano-Suiza V12 aero engine - with maybe an H-S 6 chassis? Do you have any photos of it?

 

Kurtis, thank you very much, friend of mine has just sent this Indy 1923 picture to follow up on the subject.

 

Saacha, the photo your friend sent you appears on page 257 in Gary Doyle's "King of the Boards - The Life and Times of Jimmy Murphy"

There are some snippets of info here and there in the book concerning the cars you mention.

carl schulz
indio, ca

"Some kind Miller 122 historian please tell me. 1923, De Alzaga and Jimmy Murphy, both in Spain and Italy with these cars, what is the conection? Friend of mine says De Alzaga bought the cars, he had the best car, is this so?"

 

Thanks for the great shots.