Vintage shots from days gone by!

Frank Kulick and Gus Degener in 2nd Ford 999 race car, about 1912
Gus Degener (the passenger) was one of first employees of the Ford Motor Company that started in 1903. He was a mechanic and later became the Chief Inspector at Fords.

He was sent to Chicago to study the meat processing production line, from which the first assembly line was adapted.
He was the nephew of Frederick Strauss, who was a personal friend of Henry Ford.

He and Ford met at the Flowers Brothers Machine Shop in Detroit in 1879. Henry frequently visited the Strauss family home for dinner, and according to family folklore, Fred's sister Liz chased them out of the kitchen with a broom, when she caught them working on a gasoline engine on kitchen table.

Strauss also helped Henry in the development of his mechanical ideas, by making machine parts; or helped him find locations for his earlier attempts at developing a car company. In addition, he worked for Ford as the shop manager at the Detroit Automobile Company, Ford's first car company. Fred Strauss later managed the Ford Motor plant in France and received a free car when he retired in the 1940s.




Henry Ford and Frank Kulick driving Ford race car at Elgin National Road Race, 1911




Henry Ford in the Barber-Warnock Special race car at Indianapolis 500, May 1924




A 1924 Barber-Warnock Special #26 race car at Indianapolis 500, May 1924




Henry Ford in the 1901 Ford ‘Sweepstakes’ Racer on West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, 1901




Ford Model T race car crossing the Missouri River during the New York to Seattle Transcontinental Endurance Race, June 1909


Three men pushing a Barber-Warnock Special race car off the track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, about 1924




Barber-Warnock Special race car in pit at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1924




Henry Ford and Ed ‘Spider’ Huff in Ford ‘Sweepstakes’ race car, Detroit, Michigan, 1901 Ford is driving and Huff is kneeling on the running board.




Frank Kulick in Ford race car, about 1910 The car is referred to as the ‘Kulick Racer’ or ‘999 the Second’

 

Frisco, CA

 

Pacific City, Oregon ....dory fishing boat landing

 

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This should help the car run better!!!

 

Looks like a family outing....off-roading at it's best! I like the leather leggings for driving attire!!!

 

It's all about wind resistance!

 

On the ramp to the Holland Tunnel, Jersey City side. Still there,or was a few years ago when I went thru there.

 

1924 "fly-by" in Times Square, NY

 

Not your average polo game....they could use a front roll bar!

 

Vanderbilt Cup Race....Oct. 1, 1910

 

The cars on the street look like late forties but the bike styles looks sixties with the scalloped tank, molded neck and frosted paint.

 

The car in front of the light colored car may be a 1959 or 1960 Buick.

 

I don't know too much about the bike, but if you look on the right just above the bike's front wheel, there's a vehicle with narrow whitewalls and uncovered steel wheels. That was a '60s trend and I believe narrow whitewalls were introduced in the early '60s.

 

The drive from Bend to Eugene May 1928 through the Mckenzie Pass.

 

Good catch on the narrow whites. I'm not sure about the 59 Buick theory. It looks like it has a narrow roof rather than what the 59 Buicks had.

 

I don't see the roof. Maybe a convertible? I see a narrow roof on the vehicle in front of the one I think is a Buick.

 

Alien probe.

 

Agreed, late 40s doesn't add up.
Knucklehead engine so 1947 is the earliest possible for the bike. The Heinz 57 aspect of these was part of the charm, but back then nobody would have bought a brand new bike to build this.
Not sure what year, but I like it a lot!

 

Knuckleheads were built 36-47 . 36- 40 were 61 cu in 41- 47 61 or 74 cu in . Rear fender is a front turned around backwards and chopped up .IE chopper or bobber . But I love it since I was riding something real close in 69 . Blue

 

Last of the Old Ford racing photos. These are all now at the Ford Museum.


1901 Ford ‘Sweepstakes’ Race Ca. Henry Ford’s first race car had a 2-cylinder engine. His victory in a race against a Winton helped Ford finance his second automobile company.






1935 Ford-Miller Special Race Car. In 1935, Harry A. Miller, noted designer of racing vehicles, joined with promoter Preston Tucker in persuading Edsel Ford to return to competition for the first time since before World War I by entering Ford-powered cars in the Indianapolis 500. They formed Miller-Tucker, Inc., and in a period of less than six months built 10 special race cars, all powered by basically stock flat head V-8 engines turned around in the chassis to accommodate front-wheel drive. Each car had a different color scheme.








Ford ‘999’ Race Car, 1902 Ford hired Barney Oldfield to drive the car in races. Oldfield won many races driving the ‘999’. The name ‘999’ came from a famous steam locomotive that set a speed record in 1893.




1907 Ford "666" Race Car, Driven by Frank Kulick. This is one of Henry Ford's least successful racecars. Built in 1907, it used a six-cylinder engine from the Ford Model K passenger car, and Henry called it "666." Ford built the car to break the existing record of 51-3/5 seconds for one lap of a one-mile track. However, a right rear tire failed at the Michigan State Fairgrounds and 666 took driver Frank Kulick through the wall surrounding the track. Kulick walked with a limp for the rest of his life, and 666 back never raced again.

 

THAT'S San Francisco !!!!!!!! buddy ! lolol