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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Amazing Photo
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 16, 2011 11:31PM

Tell us what you think of this!
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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10/12/2007 02:16AM

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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 16, 2011 11:43PM

Zoomed in:
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Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
(359 posts)

Registered:
12/20/2008 05:46PM

Main British Car:
72 MGB V6 3.4

Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: November 17, 2011 09:35AM

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


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dave plumley
unionville TN
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10/24/2010 08:21PM

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1953 MG TD Chevy 350

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Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: deltadave
Date: November 17, 2011 10:39AM

pretty cool, I think fire would be a big concern


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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10/12/2007 02:16AM

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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 17, 2011 12:54PM

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
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1910, Simplex at Brighton Beach
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1918, on a different board track.
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Louis Chevrolet:
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Packard!
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1923 races on dirt:
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Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
(359 posts)

Registered:
12/20/2008 05:46PM

Main British Car:
72 MGB V6 3.4

Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: November 27, 2011 05:54PM

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
miller small 1.jpg
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 27, 2011 09:34PM

So cool!



Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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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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Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: November 28, 2011 08:17AM

Hold those thoughts of Millers and other old race cars, we'll be visiting the Smith Collection during the 2013 meet and they have a great musuem with a lot of early race cars and engines for us to drool over.
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Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
(359 posts)

Registered:
12/20/2008 05:46PM

Main British Car:
72 MGB V6 3.4

Re: Amazing Photo
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: November 28, 2011 10:23AM

Bill, yes speedy Bill has a tremendous collection of early race cars, engines and memorabilia,looking forward to seeing them also.
Dave Craddock


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