Kategorie: Unzugeordnet
Hans Stuck – Rennfahrer-Star der 30er Jahre – am Nürburgring Nürburgring neben einem Silberpfeil der Auto Union.
Indy, 1934. Johnny Seymour in the #33 Streamline Miller Special
1935 Duesenberg SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster
Most Duesenbergs were built with prestigious graceful bodies.
In 1935, Utah’s Ab Jenkins took the seminal Model J chassis and 320 bhp engine to build this bright yellow endurance speed record breaking beast to compete against the likes of Eyston’s, Cobb’s and Campbell’s British-built specials.
Built with August Duesenberg in a garage next to the factory, his design had a narrow body with minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator, a long sloping tail to reduce drag and a lowered nose. Detachable fenders were made to make the car road-worthy, but never used during the record runs (the doors were added in later years). The 7 litre 400 bhp Duesenberg Mormon Meteor was raced at Bonneville Salt Flats for 24 hours – only stopping every 400 miles for fuel and tires- to prove it was one of the fastest cars in the world by covering 3523 miles in 24 hours at an average speed of 135.47 mph.
Poster by Guy Allen commemorating Achille Varzi’s 1930 Targa Florio victory in an Alfa Romeo P2
