The Harry A. Miller Club Vintage Indy Car Exhibition was held July 8-9 at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in West Allis, Wisc.Most cars spent time on the track under beautiful blue skies and comfortable weather. The Club continues its great job of preserving a wonderfully cordial and open atmosphere for all attendees.  At what other event can you stand in pit row and watch and listen to the best historical race cars from around the world and then go and chat with the owners, drivers, and restorers at leisure?

A first this year was an auction by Dana Mecum of nearly 250 items from the collection of David Uihlein Sr. Top sales were the various historically rare racing engines: Cragar, Rutherford, Frontenac, Hall, Speedway, Miller - prices ranged from $4500 to $250,000.  A full listing of all the items auctioned is available on the Mecum website.

Cars in attendance included:

 

1932 Chrysler Riverside Special	Anderson
1927 Miller-Lockhart 91	Barbour
1938 Barringer Special	Barringer
1932 Hudson Martz Special	Bauman
1960 Indy roadster	Burmeister
1921 Miller-Durant	Castle
1924 Miller 122/91	Collier
1927 Delage	Collier
1913 Peugeot	Collier
1913 Mercer	T. Davis
1963 Watson Roadster	Dicks
1952 Kurtis 4000	Dittman
1949 Watson Roadster	Edwards
1952 Kurtis-Chrysler 500A	Freeman
1960 Joe Hunt Magneto Special	Freeman
1940 270 Offy	Hahn
1926 Ford Model T Sprint Car	Heathman
1924 Bentley TT	Hoff
1965 Indy Champ Car	Hollansworth
1926 Bugatii 37A	Holloway
1956 Kurtis Novi	Hurtubise
1935 Ford Indy	Lawrence
1946 Jewell Special	Lederer
1934 Gilmore Special Sparks-Wierick Miller	Mecum
1933 Ford - Fred Frame car	Mecum
1937 Sparks-Thorne Big Six	Mecum
1931 Miller V16	Mecum
1961 Watson Roadster	Morrison
1933 Ford Detroit Gasket Special	Natenshon
1957 KK 500 G-2 Bardahl Special	Phinny
1928 Miller 91 FWD	Rasansky
1927 Miller 91 Boyle Valve Special	Rasansky
1960 Kurtis/Epperly - Bowes Seal Fast Special	Reilly
1935 Miller	Schroeder
1927 Miller 91 Tribute	Schulz
1958 Kurtis 500 HD	Sirna
1964 Watson Roadster	Taylor
1969 Speedway Motors	Truchan
1914 Mercer Raceabout	Uihlein
1931 Miller-Bowes	Uihlein
1954 Uihlein Special	Uihlein
1923 Miller 122	Zakira's Garage

 

Mecum Auction at Pebble Beach 2011
Featuring cars from the David Uihlein Sr. estate

As part of his 2011 Pebble Beach auction, Dana Mecum sold a number of cars from the collection of David Uihlein Sr. Lot S147.1 was the 1931 Miller Bowes Seal Fast Special Indy 500 winner. Well supported with documentation, it sold for $2,000,000.
 
 

Dana Mecum photo

Mecum Auction at Pebble Beach 2011
Miller 1931 Indy winner  Dana Mecum photo	Miller 1931 Indy winner at auction	Miller 1931 Indy winner at auction	Miller 1931 Indy winner	Miller 1931 Indy winner
Miller 1931 Indy winner	Miller 1931 Indy winner

 

Photos
(click on any photo to enlarge to full-size)

Miller 91 engine & transmission Sold for $250,000 Dana Mecum photo	Mecum auction at Miller Meet	Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)	Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)	Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)
Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)	Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)	Miller 183 engine (Durant Baby Chevrolet)	Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner	Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner
Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner	Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner	Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner	Miller 122 Milton 1923 Indy winner
The following photos were taken at the Indianapolis Speedway Museum
Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122
Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122	Ralph de Palma Miller 122
Miller 122 1st FD	Miller 122 1st FD	Miller 122 1st FD	Miller 122 1st FD	Miller 122 1st FD
Miller 122 1st FD
The following photos were taken by John Webster at the 2011 Glenmore Gathering
Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray
Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray
Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray
Miller 91 FD Leon Duray	Miller 91 FD Leon Duray

 
 
 

Videos

These videos were recorded on a Casio EXP-505 in MPEG-4 AVI format. The source file is DVD quality: 640x480, 30fps, with digital stereo audio. In order to accomodate various Internet speeds, the source files were compressed into Windows Media Video files, using Microsoft Movie Maker. The finished videos are available in two sizes: Small - 320x240, variable bit rate; Large - 640x480, variable bit rate.

The recording location was directly across from the grandstands, facing the track, with the pits behind. The cars accelerate out of the turn off to the right, come down the grandstand straight from right to left, and then decelerate for the next turn. You can occasionally hear voices and other cars in the pit row that was right behind the recording location. Recordings made on track were at speeds in the 60 mph range.

To really hear how the cars sound, connect a pair of full-range high quality speakers or headphones rather than using tiny computer speakers.
 

The 1920 Miller 183 (Durant Baby Chevrolet)

A personal July 2011 video of Bill discussing the history of his car - (320x240, 40MB)

Click here for a 1-lap ride around the Milwuakee Mile in Bill's Miller

Automobile magazine featured Bill's Miller in their June 2011 issue: read, see, hear it
 
 
 

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