Dan Gurney Looking at Chassis, Lotus Kingman Test, February, 1963
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In 1962, Dan Gurney brought Team Lotus founder Colin Chapman together with Ford Motor Company to create a light Indianapolis 500 racer with a rear-mounted V-8 engine. Testing at Ford's Kingman, Arizona, proving ground in early 1963 saw an experimental Lotus-Ford car hit 165 mph. Two years later, Jim Clark won the Indy 500 with a Lotus-Ford Type 38.
In 1962, Dan Gurney brought Team Lotus founder Colin Chapman together with Ford Motor Company to create a light Indianapolis 500 racer with a rear-mounted V-8 engine. Testing at Ford's Kingman, Arizona, proving ground in early 1963 saw an experimental Lotus-Ford car hit 165 mph. Two years later, Jim Clark won the Indy 500 with a Lotus-Ford Type 38.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
February 1963
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.71
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection / [address] / Driver: / Machine: / Date and event: FORD TEST INDY (?) / Remarks: KINGMAN 2-63 / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. handwritten on upper right corner: 132555-790
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