Export to Refworks Export to EndNote Email
Report an Issue

The last great Miller [electronic resource] : the four wheel drive Indy car / Griffith Borgeson

Author:
Borgeson, Griffith
Published:
Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, [2000]
Copyright Date:
©2000
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Additional Creators:
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic Publications
Access Online

Availability

I Want It

Finding items...

Series:
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
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.
Subject(s):
Genre(s):
ISBN:
9780768038361 (PDF)
9780768005004 (print)
0768005000 (print)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Forms:
Also available in print.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
View MARC record | catkey: 33839348