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Post by peteyd on Feb 10, 2016 13:56:57 GMT -5
In the June 1955 Hot Rod Magazine there is an article about about a turbine powered Indy car that was built as an experiment by the Strategic Air Command. The article says that the car is a Kurtis 500K. Two other sources say it's a KK3000. I'm going with those sources. What is the difference? Also, what model(s) would anyone suggest to use to build a KK3000? Also, there is an article about radical builds at Indy in "55. Mentioned are the Belond streamliner and the Bardahl Ferrari.
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Post by jamesharvey on Feb 10, 2016 19:50:22 GMT -5
You might find Gordon Eliot White's book, "Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis," most helpful. It is a history of all of the identifiable Kurtis Championship cars from 1941-1963. White identifies this car as Chassis #333-50 stating that it was a KK3000 built in 1950 for Andy Granatelli who eventually sold it to Firestone. Firestone in turn loaned it to the Strategic Air Command which installed a gas turbine in the car. The first and probably most famous of the KK500 series was the Fuel Injection Special driven at Indy by Bill Vukovich in 1952, 1953, and 1954. The KK3000 was a multi-purpose car that ran on pavement as well as dirt. The KK500 was a pavement "roadster." I am not aware of any KK3000 models so you might be best just to carve a body. There were several radical builds in 1955 including Chassis #385-55 which was the Sumar Streamliner, Chassis #366-53 was a KK500B rebodied by Quin Epperly as the Belond Streamliner. The Bardahl Ferrari was a KK500D. There are pictures of each of the cars in the book. Enjoy, Jim
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Post by peteyd on Feb 10, 2016 21:31:50 GMT -5
Have that source. The closest kit I've found, from the seat back to the rear ia a Merit/Smer Lago-Talbot. What do you think?
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Post by jamesharvey on Feb 11, 2016 12:32:51 GMT -5
That would be a good start.
Jim
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