GOLDENROD PRESERVED; Wheel-driven speed record car joins Henry Ford Museum.(News)

From: AutoWeek | Date: October 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON

Freshly restored with help from an $87,000 "Save America's Treasures'' grant, the Goldenrod land speed record car has joined the Henry Ford Museum collection that also includes the Foyt/Gurney Le Mans-winning Ford GT Mk IV, the 1908 Locomobile "Old 16'' that won the Vanderbilt Cup, and the Lotus-Ford that Jimmy Clark drove to victory in the 1965 Indy 500.

Propelled by four 426-cid Chrysler Hemi V8s linked in such a way that they function as a 32-cylinder engine driving all four wheels through a pair of Spicer truck transmissions, the 32-foot-long ...

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