Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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Preform Resources Dave Craddock Redford,Michigan (359 posts) Registered: 12/20/2008 05:46PM Main British Car: 72 MGB V6 3.4 |
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Pretty neat Curtis,lotsa Mllers sitting on the grid ! board tracks were quite popular, there was a big one in Los Angeles
the movie stars used to attend regularly, difficult to maintain tho. Dave Craddock |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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I wonder how many cars Miller built.
Here are some more cool photos... That website has many but they're not real well indexed. 1908/9. Vanderbilt Cup [www.shorpy.com] [www.shorpy.com] [www.shorpy.com] [www.shorpy.com] 1910, Simplex at Brighton Beach [www.shorpy.com] 1918, on a different board track. [www.shorpy.com] Louis Chevrolet: [www.shorpy.com] Packard! [www.shorpy.com] 1923 races on dirt: [www.shorpy.com] [www.shorpy.com] Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2011 06:25PM by Moderator. |
Preform Resources Dave Craddock Redford,Michigan (359 posts) Registered: 12/20/2008 05:46PM Main British Car: 72 MGB V6 3.4 |
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Curtis, how many Millers were built? from what I can determine from Mark Dee's Miller dynasty and Griff Borgesons
Golden age of the American racing car, there were 11 front drive Millers( 91s and 122s) the rear drives from the late teens to 1932/33 seem to be in the 6 to 10 car run(annually),however there are few hard core numbers as they were rebuilt ,reengined , many times as the displacement kept changing. Most were straight 8s some were made into V-16s, some were cut down to 4 cyls for midget racing, but the Miller marine engines were the most interesting variety of configurations. After the fall of Harry Miller Inc(1933) he went on to doing aircraft and other specialty engines including the 35 Ford Indy effort and the Gulf Miller 6 cylinders, of the few Gulf Miller cars built several were destroyed in a fire at the Brickyard. pics Leon Duray, Miller 91 front drive (#4) one of the most beautiful Millers , imho. and a rear drive Miller 122. Dave Craddock Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2011 10:21AM by Preform Resources. |
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Bill Young Bill Young Kansas City, MO (1337 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 09:23AM Main British Car: '73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep |
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Preform Resources Dave Craddock Redford,Michigan (359 posts) Registered: 12/20/2008 05:46PM Main British Car: 72 MGB V6 3.4 |
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Bill, yes speedy Bill has a tremendous collection of early race cars, engines and memorabilia,looking forward to seeing them also.
Dave Craddock |