Does anyone know what became of this car? It seems he raced it nationwide in the late 50s. Thanks in advance for any input.
He had two, I saw the later (uglier) one at the NHRA museum in Pomona. Haven’t seen the early one in many years.
Thanks Bob , I have searched this a few times and nothing seems to come up. I can't even find him as Mayor of City of Industry CA.
I'm in a couple of online Kurtis groups ... I'll ask around for you. The guy who runs the Kurtis/Muntz registry is a pal of mine, so I'll check with him as well ...
I think that’s it, an early version. This is the version I remember. The later one is right next to it. How’d you like to have that pair sitting in your garage?
Never seen it before... After seeing pic above, searched it, Came up with this in "hot rod sport's car's". . Beautiful car.
Just as with almost every car that Kurtis built the batch of Agillas he built are pretty well documented through ownership and accomplishments That one seems to have faded off the face of the earth though.
Both of Sam's Kurtis' are alive and well. The same guy owns both of them. Sadly, I don't remember his name. CRS is a bitch.
Anybody knows what happened to Sam’s motorcycles he was a fixture at the dry lakes motorcycle time trials in the 30s and early 40s and had a bunch of different bikes
Denny, The first car, the Black supercharged one with the automatic, is in a collection in Ma. I purchased it from the family for a friend.
Yeh, pretty hard to say anything negative about a Kurtis, I will say that those curved grill bars have never thrilled me much.
Hot Rod Magazine had mentioned that Sam was the Mayor but I read somewhere else that he was only a city councilman. I know your original post was about Sam’s 500-S but I’d like to comment on his 1963 car. It was one of three that Kurtis built in that style and Sam’s was 427 FE powered. Ford’s Autolite Division sponsored that car for Sam. I’m scratching my head for an answer but was there any significance for these three dots on the car and push truck?
A bit more searching brought this link to a Vintage American roadracing book. Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969 - Harold Pace Mark R. Brinker - Google Books It gives the chassis number of Sam Parriot's Kurtis Aguila as S-D-6-63. Some interesting reading and I think I either have the book or read it years ago from the Library.
Hello, Much has been written about Sam Parriot and his fast Kurtis Sportscar. The HAMB is concerned with the history of the modified sports car. The story behind the car is varied and for anyone's curiosity, some research always gives a different outlook. 1959 This is about the sports car and that he usually took home the trophies at the end of the day. We saw and filmed his Kurtis Sportscar at Lion’s Dragstrip in 1959-60. @Dean Lowe and his trusty camera took this classic photo in 1959. Great shot... Everyone can copy a photo, but give credit to a kid who actually took the photo in those early days. photo by Dean Lowe The Kurtis-Kraft roadster was quite a build, all top notch stuff, including that bright Tahitian Red Color. It also went fast. In the film, he is behind at the start, but comes from behind to win against the modified Corvette, easily. We recorded it on film as he was a regular at the local dragstrips, including Lion's Dragstrip and Pomona, to name a few. Sam Parriot Cad powered, Kurtis Sports Car, 1958 U.S. Nationals, as posted earlier by @HEMI32 Jnaki As far as most people are concerned, the Kurtis sports car was one of a kind and won a lot of trophies. It became his iconic sports car and remained so, despite the newer fancier swoopy sporty car build in the later years. This era of 1957-61 was the time period for the Tahitian Red Kurtis sporty car. 1958 U.S. Nationals
I happen to have a FB page dedicated to all things Kurtis https://www.facebook.com/groups/788669467822168/
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