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The second is a generic Bugatti, but the first one is quite interesting: the Sievers Junior Special was a "homebuilt" straight 8 racing engine in...
This is the original Kurtis chassis the team bought in '48. They then built two "copies" the next year. Quotation marks, because they weren't...
Yep.
I think we kicked this around a while ago, and came up with basically: nil. :(
"Beau" (John) Clerke was from Bloomsbury/NJ, between Flemington and Allentown. I have him racing from 1956 to '61, mostly URC but occasionally...
I'm sorry to hear that. Alton appears on many old photographs, and from his looks he must've been a pleasant chap.
Sorry, no. It was reported in 1946, haven't seen anything earlier but that doesn't mean much.
That's right, the car was a regular at Indy and many other events since 1935. It first ran as #63 Miller Special in '35, presumably with a Miller...
My thoughts, too.
I have the Dixon car as # 97 in 1963, #36 in '64, #32 in '65, #18 in '66/'67 and #66 in '68. #36 in '65 was a "Magnuson Special", that later ran...
Yes, great collection. I hesitate to mention it, but we have a seperate Midget thread where the pictures might be better placed:...
I deliberately held back discussing this car, because I clearly remembered seeing a photograph of the Mercedes-Benz/Sparks-Thorne and it looking...
A few years ago, a very nice booklet appeared "A Pictorial View from the Bear Shops at Indianapolis" by Richard J. Iverson. Lots of photographs...
No, the Morgan Engineering car was chassis '1604', while the Mantaray was probably a conglomeration of parts involving chassis '1598' and '1601',...
Lookit that, they're seating the driver backwards, those fools!!
Most likely an oil radiator.
Yes, it is the same car - you can read an almost full history of it at http://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/miller/1923-2/ (see entry for...
Hi 23Tck, Both post and avatar show a Henry Kohlert car - that can't be no accident, can it?
He was not mentioned in reports of the Winchester May 10 races, qualified 35th (too slow) for the Little 500 May 23, and was again not mentioned...
Hm, that's actually the car that replaced the one from the McGurk wreck. I don't think they had much in common, 'cept for the engine which was...
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