"Phil Remington's Super Neat 'B' Class Modified," from "Hot Rod," January 1948
THF192283 / "Phil Remington's Super Neat 'B' Class Modified," from "Hot Rod," January 1948
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Artifact Overview
Phil Remington was one of racing's greatest fabricators and metalworkers. Over his 70-year career, he worked alongside innovators like Lance Reventlow, Carroll Shelby, and Dan Gurney. This photo, published in the January 1948 issue of Hot Rod magazine, shows Remington as a young man racing cars on California's dry lakes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1948
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2021.61.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Gurney Family.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 in
Width: 11.938 in
Length: 0.5 in
Inscriptions
written on back:
ALBERT
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ArtifactWorkbench, 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.