Hi All,
Just got back from being out of town. Ran into one of my car friends who lives in the neighborhood. I've know AL over (40) years. We ran around together in our younger years (while single). AL just got his 1935 Indy (streetable) racer out of storage. This was the first time in 2-years it's been out. He took it to the local cruse in.
I got to sit in it and rev up those beautiful sounding FlatHead pipes "Sweet Music".

Hope you guys don't mind seeing about (16) pictures of history.

Hope I remember it's history.
The car ran in Indy in 1934 as the Bohnolite Car. I believe it was run as a Ford Proto-Type that year. Don't remember how it placed.

In 1935 it ran as the 1935 Ford Indy Car Special and this is how it looked back in 1935

In 1937 it ran as the Chicago Raw Hide Special.

I believe it ran Indy only (3) years.

Al bought the car in 1988 after reading the Antique Hot Rod section. It was the last line item in a garbled up bunch of junk. It read, FS one original Ford Indy racer 2-place call----

AL bought it and since restored it to it's present condition. We could spend all day with wonderful stories, but here are a few pictures.

Tom (me sitting in #24)
BTW
Did you know the Indy cars had (2) people in the cars from 1930 to 1937. One driver and one mechanic.

pic #2
AL & Suzie Attee from Plymouth, MI An old friend and car buddy.

I am going to ask AL if he will drive #24 to our Aug. 5-6 & 7th Midwest meet.

I think we can let him park it nearby.

pic #3

pic #4
Front Grill (from a 1935 Ford Car)

pic #5
Check out those dual exhaust pipes, Sweet Music.

pic #6

pic #7

pic #8
Ford V/8 Flathead modified for Indy.

pic #9
See those special hand made shocks.

Here is a story. AL found most of the Ford Parts ended the #'s with -R

He was told later by a retired Ford Rouge Machinest. All these parts were special made at the Rouge and stamped with the -R after each part. Henry Ford looked over everything at the time.

pic #10
Rear shocks, regular Ford issue Houdillia (spelling??) made in Monroe, MI

pic #11

Interior

pic #12
Pedal Assembly

pic #13
Gas Cap.

Long story behind this gas cap. It was missing when AL purchased the car. He was showing it at a special event. A former retired Ford guy came up to him and said "Hey" I have the gas cap at home. What a wonderful find for AL

It's special and beautiful

You can park next to me anytime....

pic #14
Gas Cap again

pic #15

We came a long way for Tech. Inspection

Here is the 1935 tech sheet

pic #16

Tech sheet in 1937

That's all for now, Hope you liked the pictures.

Tom
BTW
Mike, I like her hub caps better.

Very cool

WoW! cool post.


john

That is one sweet ass car! Love the pics of the old stuff.

thanks for sharing the pics!

too bad he cant drive out to wcc next year

Somewhere in the basement I have a picture that was taken at about that time of Indy cars racing at a track in Minneapolis at what is now the Mpls/St. Paul Airport. The picture was taken before the race and shows the drivers and mechanics lined up for a photo in front of the cars. This was the first and only Minneapolis 500. I wrote a story for a magazine about the track but it is lost somewhere. I believe the magazine was called Midwest Motorsports. As I recall, the track had green dyed concrete to cut the glare. The venue opened the year after the first Indy which I don't recall now what year that was and it only ran one race. The winner was the same guy who won Indy that year. Ray something if I recall correctly. If your friend would like I can have the photo copied for him so he has a little more memorabilia from the era...

Rob

Very cool, thanks!

QUOTE (Thomas J Bliznik @ Jul 27 2005, 05:23 PM)

Did you know the Indy cars had (2) people in the cars from 1930 to 1937. One driver and one mechanic.

Yup, until some smart SOB did away with the ride-along mechanic by sticking a mirror on his race car, so he could tell when people were coming up behind him. Lightened up the car by one person-weight, probably made the aero a little better too. He won, due in part to the first ever automotive rear-view mirror.


BTW, that's one heckuva nice car!! Those 30s racers all have a real grace to their lines.

--DD

Cool thread. Thanks for posting.

Pedal cluster is interesting... Throttle *between* clutch and brake?

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Rand   Posted on Jul 27 2005, 09:55 PM Cool thread. Thanks for posting. Pedal cluster is interesting... Throttle *between* clutch and brake?

Yah, I noticed that too, interesting.

Great pictures and story.

Nice pics. Cool car.

I noticed that you took your shoes off before you got in the car. I love it when guys respect great looking cars.

Thanks for the pics.

thank you for the nice trip in to history.

some times i wish i had been born 50 years earlier.

Awesome pictures... Al has a very nice ride.

The first official Indy 500 was in 1911

Indianapolis Motor Speedway history

Thanks!

way too cool...that is a car you could park in your living room for nice display