What do you call cars like this?

... vintage modified speedsters?

 

That works for me.HRP

 

... and is there a picture thread already?

 

Cool
Classic
Only for the Brave
Cornerstone of the Hot Rodding movement

 

That's a '25 Miller... I'd call it a race car. It was designed to be a land speed car... board tracks, Indy, etc. It's a $500K car.

 

Love that grill/nose. FWD too.
Cool as hell.

 

Vintage tracksters, vintage racing speedsters. Not sure you need to include the word modified, the words vintage and modified just don't work together, do they? One means old, one means new or can. Cool car though, I like the detail to the suspension. That Miller really is a piece of art, not an unnecessary thing.

 

1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car:

In 2007 it sold for $450K. A year later a few bucks shy of $500, thousand that is...

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I'd call it awesome.

 

......I'd call it vintage racing machine or vintage racing speedster.....whatever ....sure is cool...

 

I wanna start a picture thread- what should I call it so most popes know what I'm talking about?

 

I would guess it's already been covered


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362482&highlight=boardtrack


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380814&highlight=auto



but you can never get enough pictures of Millers.........



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If you want pictures, take a look at this thread, it will BLOW YER MIND!

Also, search "board track," "Miller," "Indy," etc.

 

I wish I could afford to call it "mine". That's a race car in it's purest form along with being a rolling piece of art work. And all it ever needs to be called Is a Miller 122 unless you know which major race it won then it would be "the 19-- ----- race winning Miller 122 that was known as the ----- ---- ---- driven by---- ---------.
The history of every one of those cars is documented right down to the oil changes.

Check here, as there is plenty of info and more http://www.milleroffy.com/index.htm

And it isn't hard to tell that several of us including the leader of the pack are huge Miller Indy car fans.

 

Haha... beat me to the punch.

 

Thanks.

 

x2!

 

Racing car, "Modified" is totally inappropriate. Nothing modified there, 100% purpose built by Miller with no parts in common with any sort of production car.
Like a Indianapolis car or Formula One now.

 

Amen! And "speedster" usually connotes a modified passengercar ala Model T or A where the back half of the body has been removed.

 

It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Miller designed and made his own cotter pins...

 

Don't know if this page has alreadsy been posted http://www.milleroffy.com/Photo%20&%20Sound%20Gallery.htm

 

Just a pure breed one off race car. Many were built in the 20's 30's for competition purpose only.

 

Pure Sex

 

I'd certainly agree.. a modified, be it for the flats or ovals or drags or even road racing is usually based on some sort of production car. Gary

 

This one was on display at Bonneville this year. It has a Crosly engine in it. It was preaty cool.

 

Aside from being drop dead hot. It would be neat to call it the great great granddaddy of the sport compact movement.

 

way better then just pure sex .

 

Beautiful car ! Way ahead of it's time .

Retro Jim