Doug, Sounds like it takes a " king' s ransom " to buy that book !!!
It' s not in my automotive library yet ...... and at that lofty price .......
NEVER will be !!! Those early Millers were truly fabulous
race cars !
I am sure many of the old time drag racing guys here on the list will
remember
the beautiful chromed Miller grille shell on the famous Art Chrisman - LeRoy
Neumayer flathead dragster, which Hot Rod mag titled " The West's Most
Fabulous Dragster " in the early 50s, and once was an early lakes modified .
Fortunately, this historic masterpiece still exists, is beautifully
restored,
and can be seen in the NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona ( last I knew ),
or at big nostalgia events such as the Hot Rod Reunions held at Famosa
Raceway . I was lucky enough to see this great race car, which ran not only
flatheads, but
also with an early hemi, at that reunion in 1997 . The word MASTERPIECE truly
applies to this early terror of the dragstrips ! I wonder if any of the
really
early dry lakes guys that are still around remember seeing it run back in
those pre - drag racing years ? That is going waaaay back ........
Bruce
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