1962 Sarkes Tarzian Special

Rounds Rocket among vintage Indy cars highlighting Milhous auction

This car has been restored and turned into a sinister racket! Fast, good aerodynamics, superior

This is Sarkes Tarzian Special Edition

One of the highlights of the Milhous brothers’ collection in Boca Raton, Florida, the Rounds Rocket was initially conceived of by Nathan Rounds, a mysterious Los Angeles resident who claimed to have ties to Howard Hughes. In the late 1940s, he approached Lujie Lesovsky to build the mid-engine roadster, the first mid-engine rear-drive Indy roadster ever constructed, but his plans consisted of a sketch that ended just behind the cockpit; he left Lesovsky and master metalcrafter Emil Diedt to finish off the car, using a 270-cu.in. Meyer-Drake dual overhead-camshaft Offenhauser four-cylinder and two-speed manual transmission. They completed it in time for rookie Bill Taylor to attempt to qualify for the race in 1949. Sam Hanks and Bill Vukovich tried again in 1950, but none of the three succeeded, due to low speeds and a half-shaft failure. With the money being poured into the car, rumors swirled that Hughes was financing the car through Rounds, though the rumors were never confirmed. Put into storage in Beverly Hills after its second attempt, it didn’t re-emerge until Bill Harrah bought it nearly 20 years later. Following a restoration in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it appeared at the 1993 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance; the Milhous brothers added it to their collection five years later. RM, which will be conducting the auction of the Milhous brothers’ collection, estimates that it will sell for $250,000 to $350,000.Via: hemmings.com

Illustrating the radicalness of a mid-engine Indy roadster is another offering from the Milhous brothers collection, the Russell Snowberger-built Automobile Shippers Special. Unlike the Rounds Rocket, the Automobile Shippers Special placed the 270-cu.in. Meyer-Drake Offenhauser in the conventional position ahead of the driver to actually qualify at Indy in 1946 (21st), 1947 (5th), 1949 (8th), and 1950 (22nd). For those successes, however, the car never finished the race: A broken pinion shaft sidelined it in 1946, it crashed out in 1947 and 1949, and a failed universal joint took it out of the race in 1950. Like the Rounds Rocket, it was treated to a restoration by Bob Smith Coachworks of Gainesville, Texas, and joined the Milhous collection in the late 1990s. RM has estimated that it will sell for $175,000 to $250,000.Via: hemmings.com

Had the Rounds Rocket succeeded, it may have ultimately influenced Indy roadsters to go mid-engine much sooner than they did, yet the pattern for a successful Indy competitor evolved along a different path, resulting in cars like the Sarkes Tarzian Special, another front-engine, Meyer-Drake Offenhauser-powered, Lesovsky-built car. Commissioned in 1962 by Elmer and Mari George, Lesovsky built it in the predominant style of the day with an offset driveline. Elmer George then used it to qualify 17th for the 1962 Indy 500 (dropping out with a seized engine) and 28th for the 1963 Indy 500 (retiring after just 12 laps). Treated to a John Hajduk restoration in the early 1990s, it too joined the Milhous collection in 1998. RM has estimated that it will sell for $150,000 to $250,000.

Along with these three will be one more Indy car, a 1984 March Cosworth 84C driven by Teo Fabi, estimated to sell for $90,000 to $130,000. Via: hemmings.com

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Dream Cars : Classic Jaguar E type

Classic Jaguar E type

The Classic Jaguar E type (UK) or XK-E (US) is a British automobile manufactured by Jaguar car made between 1961 to 1975. In combination of good aussieht High Performance in a Competitive Pricing DETERMINED Brand as one of the years 1960 ICON driving. A large Erfolg for Jaguar, geben seventy thousand more E-Type in the life Were SOLD.

In March 2008 Jaguar E-Type in the first place in the Daily Telegraph list of “100 most beautiful cars” of All Time. Im Jahr 2004 Sports Car International Magazine of the E-Type Posted at number one on their list of Top Sports Cars of the Year 1960.

Jaguar E type was initially designed to be shown in public as a grand tourer in two form-Pickel Coupe (FHC von Fixed Head Coupe) as Cabrio (OTS Open Zweisitzer). The wheelbase version 1 February 2 WAS released only extender Years später.

Release Date Enzo Ferrari called the “Most Beautiful Car VFAV von created.”

WS-Modell in three different versions made sterben now in the General as designated “Series 1″, “Series 2″ auf “Series 3″. Zwischen Transitional Series A Series 1 Series 2 is known unofficially as “Series 1 ½”.

In addition, miscellaneous limitiert Produced Variations:

Von “‘Lightweight’ E-Type” WAS sterben apparently intended as a Kind of Follow-up von D-Type. Jaguar units scheduled Sie But ultimately produce only 18 Werdener reportedly built at a verführen mission. Of Henne, ist known at two others destroyed in a converted its forms Sie Coupe. These are extremely rare in popular Tür collectors.

“Low Drag Coupé” War Technically a one-time exercise WAS SOLD sterben finally a Jaguar driver. Welcome to the ist probably a part of the private collection of the current Viscount Cowdray Seien.

Jaguar E type Series 1 (1961-1968)

WS-first in a series shall carry out only for export, in March 1961. In domestic meat market launch in July 1961 Series im four months. The cars at this moment the Triple SU Carburetor Used 3.8L 6-cylinder engine XK6 XK150S Jaguar. The first 500 cars built hatten auf Platte Flooring external KAP (bonnet) Steckplatz. These cars are so rare in more valuable. Then von floors were dished cover more leg room Twin im Moved to hang inside car. 3.8-liter 4.2-liter engine increases WS im struck in October 1964.

Classic Jaguar E type Red

All E-Types featured independent TRAF Torsion spring rear suspension-Front-Ends in Four-disc in-Were All Board endorsed on the back. Jaguar war one of the first cars to take you from standard disc Rest der im Jahr 1958 XK150 car manufacturers. Series 1 can be recognized Tür Glass covered headlights (up to 1967), small “mouth” on the front Öffnung tail lights Stoßstange Upper Spitz outlet plate in the rear.

3.8-Liter-Auto ‘s leather bucket seats TRAF, aluminum-trimmed an instrument panel center stack (in vinyl leather amended 1963), in a 4-Gang-Synchrongetriebe Lacks speed Moss that the first gear (“Moss-Box ). 4.2-Liter-Cars More Comfortable Chair improved version Brakes in Electric Systems in an all-4-Synchrongetriebe gearbox. 4.2-Liter-Auto Abzeichen Hebb also on the back proclaiming “Jaguar E-Type 4.2-Liter-” (3.8 cars a simple Hebb’s “Jaguar” Plakette). Optional Extras include chrome wire wheels in a removable Hardtop OTS.

 

Classic Jaguar E type Black

 

An original E-Type Hardtop ist very rare to find a TRAF all chrome intact, not in good condition original paint noema Sie ist difficult Eerden. Which no one want Degeneration Hardtop not fussy about whether one of ist original Jaguar Various third parties have to re Hardtop Bijnen specificati exact. The cost ranges anywhere Sie double cost of a canvas between Triple-Vinyl-Verdeck.

A 2 +2 coupe version of the Were-im Jahr 1966 added. 2 von 2 Listed in possibility of an AUTOMATIC Transmission. The body ist 9 in (229 mm) long in the roof a different angle more vertical windshield. (This is an incorrect assumption, in OTS S1 Coupe 2 +2 Wind hatte identical Rake). Remained a strict two-seater roadster.

Less known, End of the series prior to production in a transitional government to the “Series 1 ½” below, a very small number of the Series 1 cars were produced TRAF headlights öffnen. Production of these on Maschinen Dating vary, but right in the form control so let Produktivität in March 1968 verified. The low number of these cars make them yourself by von Ihnen rarest production have produced All E-Types.

Following the Jaguar E type 1 Series has a Übergangsregelungen wurden Series cars built in 1967-68, unofficially Called “Series 1 ½” sterben externally similar erfüllt Series 1 cars.

Classic Jaguar E type Engine

Ich due to American pressure Offener Were Funktionalität new headlights, different switches in a number of de-tuning (with a downgrade of the two Zenith-Stromberg carbs from originel von Triple SU carbs) for U.S. Modell. Some also Series 1 ½ Car Partner City fans in adjustable backrests. Series 2 in der Funktionalität Gradually Series 1, Series 1 ½ Car von introduced to unofficial, but always the Series 1 body style erfüllt.

Jaguar E type Offer a 3.8-Liter Engine, Actually produktiver selbst Be the first such completed, tested the British magazine Der Tür Motor hatte 1961 in a top speed of 149.1 Stundenmeilen (240.0 km / h) bei 0-60 km from could accelerate / h (97 Stundenkilometer) in 7.1 seconds. 21.3 Thousand consumption of an Imperial pro Gallone (13.3 L/100 km in 17.7 mpg U.S.) was recorded. The test car cost 2097 including taxes Teich.

Two limited production E-Type Variations beds were made as a Test or Low Drag Lightweight E-Type Coupe, both sterben Racedo:

Low Drag Coupé (1962)

Shortly after introduction of the E-Type, Jaguar Verwaltung ability of the wild Build a car more in the spirit of the D-Racer Styling Elemente sind Which of the E-Type Design Research Sie derived. Built a car to Design Konzept, just like an STD Coupe Monocoque Design for Racing rigid enough could be made using the TRAF “Stress entfliehen, ‘der Fürst-Tester. Jaguar Previous Rennfahrer Were as built open-top car ist, dass Were they based on the Leader in Independent Design TRAF teddy Chassis. The Production Of Steel unlikable E-Types, LDC uses lightweight aluminum. Sayer retained schlechter original lighter outer glued riveted in Platte erfüllt ist. Supporters of the samples remained intact Hilfsrahmen im WAS windscreen given a more pronounced slope tailgate welded shut im WAS. Linking pipes Versch Rear Rear Window von addition, it was discarded in Interior TRAF around Gearbox Tunnel Insulation alone. With the exception gehen windshield, all war-Plexiglas Cockpit. Tuned version of a Jaguar 3.8-liter engine at an angle sind TRAF-D Rennfahrer tested cylinder head design was used. Air Management was a problem and, although WAS Production of a better-performing vehicles counterpart ITS selbst sterben never even competitive.

Jaguar E Type

Any Car Prüfstand completed in the Summer of 1962 was Year Später But a Jaguar racing driver Dick Protheroe was SOLD. Because the Später hander Tür oder Sammler multiple runs of both the Atlantic Ocean side gehen ist now likely to stay in the benachteiligten collection of the current Viscount Cowdray.

Lightweight E-Type (1963-1964)

12 plus Booking two Jaguar cars of some bodies in ways that WAS one of the Low Drag Coupe evolutionären Werden. It uses an aluminum alloy in the body Other Components Advanced Tafeln. However, vor Zehn least one exception, offene remained a car in the Spirit of the D-Wagen ist that a more direct successor of the E-Type Produktivität geben, ist that a more geben a GT sports car. The cars tuned version of a Used Aluminum Production-block 3.8-liter Jaguar engine erfüllt 300 hp (224 kW) Leistung instead of 265 hp (198 kW) produced Tür the “normal” version. All factory-built lightweight fuel are equipped TRAF-injection.

Cars were included in several racing unlikable But C-Type D racing cars, Hebb not they win at Le Mans Rennen von Sebring But Were quite successful in private in small Contests übergeben.

Where some lightweights in Low-Schlaf in powerful editing features TRAF Coupes sind 340 + hp motors.

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Street Parked: 1962 Chevrolet BelAir

Matte finished cars normally don’t catch my eye. Even when I do notice them, they hardly ever look good to me. This big sinister Chevrolet is different, the matte paint job really works. The car looks both elegant and frighteningly ⋆.

This car has been in the neighborhood for a while now, I shot it at a couple of different locations and times of day.

The color of this car really makes the design details jump out, and also the excellent Torque Thrust style wheels.

The BelAir was the middle of the line full size Chevrolet for 1962. The Impala was the top of the line and the Biscayne was the stripped out entry model. The Impala far outsold its lesser trimmed platform-mates: 704,900 Impalas, compared to 365,000 BelAirs and 160,000 Biscaynes (1).

These cars came with a wide range of engine choices. You could have a thrifty 235.5 cubic inch (3.9 liters) inlne six with 135 horsepower or you could opt for v8s in sizes up to the monstrous 409 cubic inch (6.7 liter) range topper that made 409 horsepower when equipped with dual four barrel carburetors. Although I’ve seen this car parked in a number of different places in the neighborhood, I’ve never heard it run or met its owner. I wonder what sort of engine is in there. Probably not a 409.

Big older American sedans like this get lost in the sea of muscle cars and other drive in favorites. Personally, I like something that you don’t see every day. I love seeing a car like this getting driven and creatively modified. I’ll post an update if I notice any significant changes to it. I think enormous flames painted on the hood and flowing down the sides and onto the roof would be interesting. It would need a healthy engine to back up this look, which would be fun.

Thanks to Autos.Howstuffworks for the sales stats: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/chevrolet-impala5.htm

 

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