Very interesting. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Zora Arkus Duntov escaped Hitler and advancing Nazi troops in 1940 by > hiding in a Paris bordello. He somehow obtained Spanish visas and escaped > to the U.S. on a Portuguese ship. He formed the Ardun company in the U.S. > and built overhead-valve hemi-head conversions for Ford flatheads that > elevated the Ford engine to a world-class contender. After seeing the > Corvette, which was powered by GM’s anemic I-6 engine at the NY auto show, > he wrote to GM and told them he could fix it. He did, using one of the many > unsold ’54 Vettes to refine a powertrain. In this car, which was > originally available only with the I6, he clocked 163 mph at GM’s Arizona > proving grounds. Under the hood was a modified version of Chevy’s new V8. > Much of the tuning technology that made the car so potent would be adapted > for production within a year or two. Duntov’s work saved Corvette. > > Today, this car is part of the Lingenfelter Collection in Michigan. > Lingenfelter owns 65 Corvettes, many of them milestones for the brand. I > shot the Duntov Mule just after dawn in the parking lot outside > Lingenfelter’s museum-like garage. Note the minimal windscreen, the tonneau > cover over much of the cockpit, and Jaguaresque tail fin, which was meant > to improve high speed stability. The shoot was for Hagerty publications, > and hasn’t appeared yet, so please don’t pass them along. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18313232&size=lg > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18313231&size=lg > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
