Seeing Ken's photo of Ken Miles in Flying Shingle, made me do a bit of looking up in my American books.

I like the car and interested in its construction and competition history.

Ken's photo

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Photo from" Road Racing Specials " a book published by Vintage Motorsport - an American magazine publisher, I got my copy by Airmail in 2003 [ RRS ]
Front view showing the engine through the bonnet bulge.
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Specifications of the car from the book " vintage american road racing cars " by Motorbooks in 2004- the title is in lower case [ VARRC ]
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The car had its first meeting at Willow Springs in February 1955 - I am sure Ken will have details on this track too !!
This photo from Santa Barbara Airport meeting 29th May 1955 RRS book - photo title refers to the previous page in the book.
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Ken won at Torrey Pines in October 1955 and again in 1956
A photo from that track in 1956 from the VARRC book.
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A montage of photos of the car including more recent racing at Monterey -driver not known.
Ken Miles was sadly, killed at Riverside in August 1966 testing a Ford GT40.

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