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Author Borgeson, Griffith

Title The last great Miller : the four wheel drive Indy car / Griffith Borgeson
Published Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2000

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Description 1 electronic text (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Series Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
Contents 1. Wisconsin Uber Alles -- 2. The Historical Setting -- 3. Currents of Technical Change -- 4. Born in the Crucible of Speed -- 5. A 4WD Supercar for the Road -- 6. Miller 4WD-- An Official Description by the Builder -- 7. 1932 Post-Indy Repercussions -- 8. 1932-- The Brisko Campaign -- 9. Perhaps the Fastest Car in the Indy Field -- 10. Wheels Within Wheels -- 11. Back to the Four-Banger Future -- 12. Indy '34-- A Fine Technician and His Finest Ride -- 13. Tripoli and Berlin: The Swan Song of the 4WD Mule -- 14. Mauri Rose in the Driver's Seat -- 15. Pete De Paolo, Racing Impresario -- 16. The Rebirth of the Miller 45-Degree V-8 -- 17. Historic Coincidence: Bugatti 4WD -- 18. Bill Milliken: Science and Adventure with Vintage Iron -- 19. Changing Caretakers -- 20. Dean Butler: Back to Racing
Summary Utilizing an extraordinary historical archive, this book contains more than one hundred photos, as well as the text of over one hundred original letters (many written by Miller himself) about the car's development. The Last Great Miller brings to life the history of this unique model of race car
Notes Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 08/15/2012)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available in print
Subject Miller, Harry A. (Harry Armenius), 1875-1943 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Miller, Harry A. (Harry Armenius), 1875-1943 fast
Subject Automobile mechanics -- United States -- Correspondence
Indy cars -- History -- Sources
Antique and classic cars -- History -- Sources
Four-wheel drive vehicles -- Design and construction -- History -- Sources
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive.
TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Motor Sports / Automobile Racing.
Antique and classic cars
Automobile mechanics
Indy cars
United States
Genre/Form History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780768038361
0768038367