Benson Ford, Jim Clark, and Lee Iacocca with Ford Dual Overhead Cam Engine at Indianapolis 500 Race, 1964

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Artifact Overview

Ford executives Benson Ford (left) and Lee Iacocca (right) stood with driver Jim Clark in front of the company's Indianapolis 500 racing engine. Starting with Ford's production Fairlane V-8, engineers substituted lighter materials, increased compression, and replaced the pushrod valvetrain with double overhead camshafts. Horsepower was tripled, and Clark won Indy with the engine in 1965.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

08 May 1964

Subject Date

08 May 1964

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.75

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection [address] Driver: BENSON FORD / JIM CLARK / LEE IACOCCA Machine: FORD DOHC ENGINE Date and event: INDIANAPOLIS 5-64 This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Number at bottom edge of back of image: 138766-787