Meanwhile back in the USA ,Harry Miller was building the rear engined Indy
500 cars for Gulf Oil. Just noticed in the Miller Dynasty that they all had
disk brakes in 1939. The book has a great overhead shot of one of these
supercharged sixes on a dyno. Bob in connecticut
> Pork- Pie can probably add to this but I seem to remember that the old 1928
> Auto- Union Grand Prix car was a big mid- engine (V-12?) car with the
> driver
> sitting up front. Reportedly it was not easy to drive, as the usual
> driver's
> visual cues were missing. One thing about that up- front driver
> configuration, though-- you're the first to arrive at the scene of an
> accident!
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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