Louis Meyer Working on Offy Engine, 1950-1960
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In the 1930s and 1940s, auto mechanic Fred Offenhauser refined a racing car engine designed by influential car builder Harry Miller. In 1946, engine-builder Dale Drake and driver Louis Meyer bought Offenhauser's company. Scores of mechanics and drivers made constant improvements to the powerful "Offy" engines, which dominated American open-wheel racing for 40 years.
In the 1930s and 1940s, auto mechanic Fred Offenhauser refined a racing car engine designed by influential car builder Harry Miller. In 1946, engine-builder Dale Drake and driver Louis Meyer bought Offenhauser's company. Scores of mechanics and drivers made constant improvements to the powerful "Offy" engines, which dominated American open-wheel racing for 40 years.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
1950-1960
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.N.2157.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Safety film
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 1.375 in
Width: 1.5 in
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