i did catch that at the Knotts Ford show back on the 21st.

Fabulous Fords Forever Knotts 2013.249 by PrimerPodcast, on Flickr

Fabulous Fords Forever Knotts 2013.449 by PrimerPodcast, on Flickr

Fabulous Fords Forever Knotts 2013.450 by PrimerPodcast, on Flickr

for that money, i'd want a hardtop.
just my opinion of course.

This ain't no L-Kamino!

I went to the Unser Muselum in Albuquerque last weekend. That was a real treat. The only disappointment was that there were none of the Unser stock cars in the museum and certainly no mention of y-blocks. It appears to be Bobby's museum as there are a lot of his dirt track and other race cars. Good Indy exhibits. Bobby has a good collection of Model A's that he has restored. Well worth the couple of hours that it will take to visit. Also hit the Nucleur Energy Museum for a couple of hours. Another great exhibit.

I wanted to add this photo to the message above.



This is a photo of some of the first generation of American Unsers. These are early Pikes Peak race cars -- mid '30's. The road up Pike's Peak was just a rough graded road. One of these guys, Joe Unser was killed practicing on the road between Littleton and Colorado Springs. The car went off the road, was not damaged but Joe was found dead. I guess these were either front wheel or 4 wheel drive. I can't make out any steering mechanism. Can you imagine what it was like to be driving a load of vegetables in you little Model T or A and have one of these beasts bearing down on you on a narrow road?

Millers?

Frank/Rebop

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Frank: Millar front drive cars is likely a good guess.. Millar was I believe also involved in the evolution of the Offenhauser engines. Some of the engineering of those engines or cars was likely done by Leo Goosen.

Paul

I can't tell from those small pictures but is it possible those are "rear-steer" cars? Just wondering. School me. I have never studied any of those hill-climbers before.

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There was some connection there. Not sure what it was. My Dad knew Millar (?) or so he said, but I was too dumb to press him on that issue. When they tore down the waterfront warehouses in Detroit around 1935-1940 he told me they found several old Indy Millers in there. The front wheel drive versions. Goosen was the designer of the The Offies, there were several versions including a Midget version (140 CI) and the larger Sprint car/ Indy car versions. Alan, those cars were Indy or Sprint cars, Front wheel drive, front wheel steering.

Frank/Rebop

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I found quite a bit of info on Harry Miller by simply googling "Miller Race Cars" Turns out the original Offy was actually derived from a Miller engine. Check it out. There's also a connection to Ford, which may explain why some of the cars were found in Detroit. Must have happened after WWII though.

Frank/Rebop

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