Ford-Miller Special Race Car at the 1935 Indianapolis 500 Race

THF122953 / Ford-Miller Special Race Car at the 1935 Indianapolis 500 Race
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Artifact Overview

Race car builder Harry Miller and entrepreneur Preston Tucker convinced Ford Motor Company to sponsor ten Miller-designed cars at the 1935 Indianapolis 500. The front-wheel-drive racers used Ford V-8 engines under their streamlined bodies. Unfortunately, Miller did not have enough time to thoroughly test the cars and mechanical problems prevented all of them from finishing the race.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

30 May 1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.B.28179

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the image: 1935 Miller-Ford V-8 Front / Drive "Indianapolis 500" Racer / 80% Ford components- 10 buillt- none finished / 1935 race-- all suffered steering shaft seizure / in hot bushing where attached to engine block /
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