Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953

THF712716 / Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1953 and was invited to provide the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Six weeks before the race, William Clay Ford and Ken Schuntz posed on the company's Dearborn test track with the pace car, a 1953 Ford Sunliner, and the "999," a race car built by Henry Ford in 1902.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

April 1953

Subject Date

April 1953

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.2826

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Automobile racing Ford automobile Racing cars Pace cars Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 Schwartz, Ken (Kenneth C.), 1929-2017 999 (Racing car) Dearborn Proving Ground (Dearborn, Mich.) Ford Motor Company Indianapolis 500 (Automobile race)