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
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