External modifications for the speed runs were few Ð taped headlights, small windscreen, and a tonneau.
Kurtis took his Sports Car to Rosamond Dry Lake in California where it ran 130 mph in a test prior to going to the Salt Flats.
This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition Coupe carries serial number 2095GT.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco
Eventual class winner Ed DaviesÕ Ferrari 250 GTO (#19) chases Leslie DaviesÕ Ferrari 250 GT SWB (#12). Photo: Chuck Andersen
Ferrari 512 BBLM pilots Todd Morici (#21) and Jim Fuchs (#447) duel for the DSF5 class win that ultimately went to Fuchs. Photo: Chuck Andersen
David Roberts (Mini Cooper S) and Brian Titheradge (Ford Cortina) head down the straight at Sydney Motorsport Park. Photo: Steve Oom
Lem Ladd is presented with the spoils of victory after driving the Old Grey Mare to another win at Montauk in 1939.
The Old Grey Mare waits in the paddock at Mt. Washington prior to the 1938 hillclimb, where Ladd set a new hill record that would stand for 15 years.
The Old Grey Mare rolls out ready to race at Briarcliff Manor, New York, in 1935, after Lem Ladd figured out how to rectify a front-end shimmy problem.
Rope-wrapped steering wheel gives driver control leverage, basic gauges adorn simple aluminum dashboard and shift lever for Ford gearbox falls readily to hand. Note rear-view mirror.Photo: Sean Smith
Twenty-one-stud Ford flathead V8 provides more than enough motive force despite being fed by only a single-barrel carburetor.Photo: Sean Smith
Some 19 cars contributed parts for the Mare, including a Whippet chassis, Ford engine and running gear and a Bugatti tail.Photo: Sean Smith
Winning GT40MKII of Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon speeds along the pit straight to complete one of it’s 360 laps. Photo: Roger Dixon
