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RACING FLATHEAD by Mark Dees
*&) 8 Sgg* CAR l^Xttituwna 5»«iMa 726031/ JBfe '•>*3_s Deuces up. Two new Fords served as official cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1932. Eddie Rickenbacker and Ibng-time IMS Vice-President, "Pop" Myers, are in the Cabriolet; speedboat champion Gar Wood is at the wheel of the Roadster. Credit IMS. fl TECHNICAL HISTORY of the RACING FLATHEAby Mark Dees D APOLOGY-We printed a short article entitled "Racing History of the Flathead Ford" in the Sept/Oct V-8 Times that had appeared in "Deuce News" as written by Randy Leech of Mission Trail R.G. Unhappily,the piece had been taken from a series authored by long-time Early Ford V-8 Club member Mark L. Dees for Petersen Publishing Com pany's ROD &• CUSTOM magazine in 1973. I am the one atfault —for not checking with Mr. Leech before borrow ing the item, and I apologize to Mark Dees and to Peter sen Publishing for my carelessness. In return, they have been so gracious as to permit us to reprint the entire four- part series in The V-8 Times, commencing here. My thanks to Mr. Dees and to Bob Gottlieb of Petersen Pub lishing for their broad-minded attitude. — Roger Neiss, editor. _^<!>>3- Dual-downdraft Winfield SR as used on the 1935 Welch Indy cars and a number of other early V-8 hot rods. Credit: Dees -10- This aerodynamic Ford-based special managed 104 mph to become 2nd alternate starter in 1934. Engine modifications, if any, are unknown. Note the 16-inch Firestone Air Balloon street" tires and wheels. -
Karl E. Ludvigsen Papers, 1905-2011. Archival Collection 26
Karl E. Ludvigsen papers, 1905-2011. Archival Collection 26 Karl E. Ludvigsen papers, 1905-2011. Archival Collection 26 Miles Collier Collections Page 1 of 203 Karl E. Ludvigsen papers, 1905-2011. Archival Collection 26 Title: Karl E. Ludvigsen papers, 1905-2011. Creator: Ludvigsen, Karl E. Call Number: Archival Collection 26 Quantity: 931 cubic feet (514 flat archival boxes, 98 clamshell boxes, 29 filing cabinets, 18 record center cartons, 15 glass plate boxes, 8 oversize boxes). Abstract: The Karl E. Ludvigsen papers 1905-2011 contain his extensive research files, photographs, and prints on a wide variety of automotive topics. The papers reflect the complexity and breadth of Ludvigsen’s work as an author, researcher, and consultant. Approximately 70,000 of his photographic negatives have been digitized and are available on the Revs Digital Library. Thousands of undigitized prints in several series are also available but the copyright of the prints is unclear for many of the images. Ludvigsen’s research files are divided into two series: Subjects and Marques, each focusing on technical aspects, and were clipped or copied from newspapers, trade publications, and manufacturer’s literature, but there are occasional blueprints and photographs. Some of the files include Ludvigsen’s consulting research and the records of his Ludvigsen Library. Scope and Content Note: The Karl E. Ludvigsen papers are organized into eight series. The series largely reflects Ludvigsen’s original filing structure for paper and photographic materials. Series 1. Subject Files [11 filing cabinets and 18 record center cartons] The Subject Files contain documents compiled by Ludvigsen on a wide variety of automotive topics, and are in general alphabetical order. -
June 2020 Issue No
June 2020 Issue No. 343 The Journal of The Vintage Sports Car Club of Western Australia (Inc.) Vintage Metal www.vsccwa.com.au Make a Joyful Noise Part 2 Plus: From the President - Northam and Next Year Book Review - Mount Panorama - Bathurst Letters to the Editor June General Meeting – Cancelled Vintage Sports Car Club of WA (Inc.) ABN 49 845 981 838 Telephone: 0400 813 141 PO Box 1127, GWELUP WA 6018 Email: [email protected] Office Bearers and Officials 2018/19 President: Glenn Swarbrick Mobile: 0411 597 948 Email: [email protected] Vice-President: Paul Wilkins Mobile: 0428 922 823 Email: [email protected] Treasurer: David Ward Phone: (08) 9321 2738 Email: [email protected] Secretary: David Moir Mobile: 0400 813 141 Email: [email protected] Administrative Officer: Sheryl Swarbrick Mobile: 0416 025 667 Email: [email protected] Membership/entries correspondence to Sheryl at: PO Box 7277, SPEARWOOD WA 6063 Club Management Committee: Mike Barnes Mobile: 0437 260 433 Email: [email protected] Michael Broughton Mobile: 0418 921 544 Email: [email protected] Stephen Gilmour Mobile: 0438 437 247 Email: [email protected] Mark Jones Mobile: 0432 910 742 Email: [email protected] Ivan Okey Mobile: 0447 267 938 Email: yekornavi@y ahoo.com.au Competition Committee Chair: Paul Bartlett Mobile: 0419 907 378 Email: [email protected] Dads Army: Mark Jones Mobile: 0432 910 742 Email: [email protected] Regalia Officer: Ivan Okey Mobile: 0447 267 938 Email: [email protected] Bar Manager: Graeme -
The Mad Genius of Harry Armenius Miller
AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH LIBRARY OF THE HCFI Major support by the Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation Fall 2015 “The Information Place” Volume 17 #3 The Mad Genius of Harry Armenius Miller If history is any indication, it often ard Hughes). Miller was no seems that the gifted person’s seemingly exception. The story of the unfathomable talents are in direct contrast man behind the machines is to the disheveled personality behind it. fascinating and heartbreak- Some people are oblivious to their contri- ing; triumphant and tragic. butions to the world until their legacy be- He embodied the clas- comes so massive, even they cannot ignore sic eccentric – all art, no it. Some just obliviously depart from this business. The eccentricities plane of existence and let time do the rest. began with his clairvoyance. Perhaps it’s the people that continue to His ability to predict his move forward with no regard to the past wife’s sentences before she (other than to eclipse it by leaps and uttered them (as well as the bounds) that have the most impact on the time of death of complete world. Harry A. Miller was one of those strangers) was downright men. spooky. He was painfully Call to mind if you will Leonardo da subconscious of his lack of Vinci. Some believe he was so gifted that he formal education, but pos- was simply an instrument that God himself sessed an arrogance that he used to impart wisdom to mankind. Re- rarely veiled, especially in nowned painter, architect, and author Gior- the face of what he per- gio Vasari, who literally wrote the book on ceived to be incompetence. -
Better Than Anybody Else, Russ Catlin Wrote up the Great Indy 500S of Half a Century Ago
ZOOM Better than anybody else, Russ Catlin wrote up the great Indy 500s of half a century ago. And on 1955’s cold, cloudy, Memorial Day, sitting in the open press gallery five stories above the Speedway, Catlin was bracing himself, and getting ready to listen to all the Kurtis-Kraft, Kuzma, Lesovsky, and Watson roadsters, when the Brickyard’s only engine was the mighty Meyer-Drake Offenhauser: “Closing our eyes we waited for the indescribable sound we’ve heard for so many years. A frightening sound not unlike a thousand freight trains rushing through a tunnel and ending with a crescendo like the tearing of thousand bed sheets. It was the full field of 33 pouring it on down the back straight, and then came the muted half murmur as the leaders hit the short straight. Time to open our eyes and watch them turn into the stretch. And then they came, McGrath, Bettenhausen, Vukovich - Zoom, zoom, zoom!” Zoom! for the Meyer-Drake Offenhauser, yes, except that that wasn’t the 500-pound, barrel-type crankcase, four-cylinder. 170 mph engine’s real name at all; Miller was. Also that Harry Arminius Miller, Indy’s fabulous genius-loser, viewed the engine with indifference. Even though it was the most famous and successful of all Millers – perhaps of any racing engine, ever – the Meyer-Drake Offy, was, to Miller’s recklessly innovative mind, his most banal invention. Surely this was the reason why Miller, in the 1920s, didn’t object publicly when Fred Offenhauser, his overworked and underpaid shop foreman, purchased it and put his own name on it. -
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Facility
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION NFS Form 10-900 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG Page 1 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service_________________________________________National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1. NAME OF PROPERTY Historic Name: Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Facility Other Name/Site Number: 2. LOCATION Street & Number: 1600 South Wayne Street Not for publication: N/A City/Town: Auburn Vicinity: N/A State: Indiana County: DeKalb Code: 033 Zip Code: 46706 3. CLASSIFICATION Ownership of Property Category of Property Private: X_ Building(s): __ Public-Local: _ District: _X_ Public-State: _ Site: __ Public-Federal: Structure: __ Object: __ Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 3 _ buildings _ sites _ structures _ objects 0 Total Number of Contributing Resources Previously Listed in the National Register: J, Name of Related Multiple Property Listing: NFS Form 10-900 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG Page 2 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 4. STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this __ nomination __ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property __ meets __ does not meet the National Register Criteria. Signature of Certifying Official Date State or Federal Agency and Bureau In my opinion, the property __ meets __ does not meet the National Register criteria. -
Index of Articles
INDEX OF ARTICLES Volume 1 through Volume 26, Number 2, October, 2016] Compiled by Dave Ziegler Secrets Of Speed Society 3860 Cain Run Rd Batavia OH 45103 513-724-0700 www.secretsofspeed.com SUBJECT DESCRIPTION VOL/# PAGE ACCELERATING Improved Tip 3 - 4 6 ACME Acme High Speed Head ( Letter ) 10 - 1 40 ADVERTISEMENT Auto Dealer Magazine – Ad for Model T Ford 22 4 18 - 19 Champion Spark Plugs 8 - 3 35 Champion Spark Plugs 1 - 3 48 Bub Body Corporation 21 - 3 25 Dunn Accessories for Model “A” Ford 17 - 1 45 Eaton Products 25 - 4 25 1944 Ford Motor Company 8 - 3 34 1928 Ford Motor Company 22 - 4 10 Ford Specialties 9 - 1 22 - 23 General Tire 26 - 1 Bach Keyes Motor Products Co. -1929 13 - 3 44 Keyes Motor Products Co. 25 - 4 24 L2aPierre - 1929 Ad 13 - 3 33 Lathan Auto Supply - Paint 22 - 4 42 Lathan Auto Supply – Zenith Carburetor 22 - 4 43 Mod-A-Oil - 1930 17 - 2 17 Motor Wheel Company - 1928 25 - 2 12 PACO - Speedster Bodies 8 - 3 Back Peters & Russell - Starter & Choke 17 - 2 13 1949 Ads from Popular Mechanics Magazine 13 - 4 50 Rajah Auto Supply 22 - 4 8 Sears still stocks them - 1964 Ad 13 - 2 26 - 27 Speed Ads From FD & SF Sept.-Nov. 1931 12 - 2 37 Texaco 24 - 2 32 - 33 Texaco 12 - 4 Back Tire Changer – Weaver Mfg. Co. 23 - 1 22 Old Paper on Old Fords Sept. 1931 12 - 2 49 Picture & Ads from Rose Tire Collection 12 - 4 4 - 9 1913 Roof 16 Valve OHV - Ad 17 - 4 25 Ad 1926 Zenith Carburetor 22 - 4 9 AERO Airplane Parts-Air Cooled Oil Pan & More (Let) 26 - 1 42 - 43 Pinfeather Reminiscences 22 - 1 12 Dayton Aero Four-In-Line 22 - 1 13 -