Dan, Thank you for the info on the Jim Lattin built car. The original was
featured in the August 1948 CT News and was "Hot Rod' of the year. The short
feature article stated that Eddie Miller ground the cam in this car by hand
using a grinding wheel and hand file, it took several months to do this. Bob in
connecticut
> That is the recreated Warth-Hilborn car as done by Jim Lattin and his
> group.
> The official unveiling was held at Jim's museum a couple of weeks ago. Many
> racers 'from the day' were on hand. Stu Hilborn at a spry 80 something was
> able to jump right into the car for photos.
>
> Although the prototype Hilborn injection was on hand for display(a closely
> held icon carried by the Hilborn family in a special display case) the car
> sports a 4 carb intake done by Jim Miller's dad. A photo of the intake can
> be
> seen in the Dean Batchelor 'American Hot Rod" book. Jim built the manifold
> in
> the manner his dad did, using the same tools, i.e. brazing instead of tig
> welding.
>
> As we all know the original car has disappeared, so Jim Lattin decided that
> he
> had to build(recreate) this piece of hot rod history. Look for a story in an
> upcoming Hop Up annual.
>
> Dan
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