"The Phil Remington Award"

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Artifact Overview

Phil Remington was one of racing's greatest fabricators and metalworkers. He worked alongside innovators like Lance Reventlow, Carroll Shelby, and Dan Gurney throughout his 70-year career. "Rem" often made his own tools suited to the job at hand. This "Phil Remington Award" paid tribute to his ability and his ingenuity.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2021.61.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Gurney Family.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Metal

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
Length: 1 in

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    Workbench, Used by Phil Remington

    Phil Remington was one of racing's greatest fabricators and metalworkers. He was Carroll Shelby's chief engineer during Ford's Le Mans program in the 1960s. Remington joined Dan Gurney's All American Racers, where he used this workbench, in 1969. "Rem" spent the next 44 years with Gurney, developing race cars and motorcycles -- and putting in a full day's work into his 90s.
"The Phil Remington Award"