I liked the part where they "drove" the flat-head powered old fwd Miller
from their shop to Indy for Andy's first invasion of the 500--that was a
classic, hasn't been much innovation or interesting engines since Penske's
1994 pushrod V8.
Lance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
To: "Land Speed Digest" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: More Granatelli...
> List -
>
> I have read "They Call Me Mr. 500", Andy's bio - an absolutely
> hilarious
> book. He tells of The Rocket Car, and the pix of the red racer remind me
> that
> I have a stamped steel toy replica of the Hulbert Special. It is painted
> gray
> with litho'ed graphics and was made by J.Chein Toys. The wind-up mechanism
> no
> longer works, but someday I hope to repaint it as the "Rocket Car" in
> Andy's
> bright red colors!
>
> - Chris Pile aka aircap
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