1937 Miller Special racing car pre war

1937 Other Makes Description

On Oct-11-16 at 02:13:18 PDT, seller added the following information:

The "Miller Special" is a dirt track & road race car built in 1937.
The circulation document, ownership document and A.S.I. (Italian
certification of identity) report as a "Miller, open, two place race car"
built in 1937.
Approved and certificated from A.S.I. by a team of expert by many hours exam.
It originally had a four cylinders FORD B with OHV Miller high speed head as now (140 hp).
The second engine was a DOHC Miller-Offenhauser; there is still a plate on
the firewall about that engine...
This car was raced in many dirt tracks in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the 30's,
40's and 50's with these powerplants.
It was usually drived from Mark Light from Lebanon Pennsylvania;
a famous dirt track and oval race driver from the '30 to '50.
I've two books that write about him.
Later in the 50's, at the end of its Sprint & Dirt Track career it was
modificated to road race widening the cockpit, adding headlights and 3 speed
transmission.
More later in the 70's the engine/transmission was changed with an Alfa
Romeo DOHC. I have a lot of colour pictures of that years...
The actual engine is the first engine on that car: a Ford B block with an
Harry Miller High Speed Head, over head valve, two Stromberg carburators and
3 speed manual transmission.
Harry Miller dominated the race track and Indy 500 for about twenty years
and his cars and engines are very desiderable...