Further updates on the Indy Car;
I went to Indianapolis wednesday to meet with the head of the photo shop, David Hillberry and Donald Davidson, the historian of the Indy Car museum at the track.
I wanted to get some photos of the car and what information I could about it.
David spent a considerable amount of time researching photos from that era and had a selection picked out when we arrived.
Donald Davidson was with USAC for many years and remembered the car and several of the drivers. He also is going to research USAC records for me as to other races the car paticipated in.
These guys were great! They both love what they do and were very enthusiastic about the project.
The other cool thing we did was go to Race Car Restorations, owned and operated by Walter Goodwin and his engine builder, Eddie, who has been around this type of racing since 1954.
They were very familiar with the car , it turned out that it had been a fixture in their shop for the last 10 years! and just the week before the previous owner had turned up with several large boxes of spares, including some cooling and fuel fixtures that I needed and lots of springs and suspension parts, it was a very good day!
Walter and Eddie were very helpful and let me stay there and pester them with questions for 3 hours. There were several 4 cam's laying about and it was obvious that Eddie knows his way around these motors.
I learned a lot, met some great guys and had a great time!
Here is a picture of one of their motors and how mine will look soon.
Dave
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