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Dan Gurney Looking at Chassis, Lotus Kingman Test, February, 1963

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

February 1963

Collection Title

Location

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