Museum of Historic Vehicles
 
  
 
A couple of Stanleys
 
Stanley Steamer
1903 Single Seat Factory Racer
     How fast would these cars go?
Well... in 1906 the "Stanley Streamliner" 
(not pictured) averaged 127 MPH to set the world land speed record. 
 

 
1906 Vandebilt Cup Model
On the road to Tim Pond, Maine in June of 1996.

The Vandebilt Cup Model Stanley Steamer averaged 104 MPH in 1906 at Ormond Beach, Florida.  Ormond  Beach later became known as Daytona, Beach... 
The "Hooker 99"
 
                            The "Hooker 99"                                                                          A look under the hood.
Moving up to something a little more recent (about 1930) the "Hooker 99" was the fastest Model "T" ever built. 
A look under the hood shows the Twin Cam, 4 Valve engine with a Miller Head, which powered the Hooker.
The 1946 Novi
 
Only two of these front wheel drive Indy speedsters were ever built.  The one shown here was fully restored  to its original racing condition by a private collector.  Two drivers lost their lives in this car. The other Novi is in the collection of the Speedway Museum at Indy.
 
A look under the hood of the 1946 Novi.  The  Novi was powered by a front drive, supercharged, 4 cam, V/8 Engine.
 
"Duke" Nalon drove one of the only two front wheel drive Novi race cars ever built. This photo of Duke was taken in the summer of 1998 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Goodwood, England. The car that Duke drove is at the Speedway Museum.
 
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