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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 13:00:52 GMT -5
Hello all,
found this picture on the excellent site of the Henry Ford/Dave Friedman photos:
1966 USAC Jimmy Brian Memorial at Phoenix
Please help me,what is this nice Harrison Special???
Any other pictures from this???
Many great thanks to all,to your aid,and best greetings.
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Post by eagle36 on Nov 20, 2013 20:10:00 GMT -5
The cars were designed and built by Jerry Eisert,who had worked with Dan Gurney. J. Frank Harrison owned the team and he had been a player in road racing in the late 1950's to early 1960's. The first car was a space frame and the two or three later cars were monocoques. There is a good run down on the Indy and F5000 history of the cars at: www.oldracingcars.com/eisert/65-67/ |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 13:06:13 GMT -5
Many great thanks to eagle36,and if anyone has any other pics from the rear,I'll be very happy.I have this one in 1/24 slot car body,and I would like to make it....
Best greetings.
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Post by shawnbuckley on Mar 19, 2022 9:30:36 GMT -5
The photo above is the only one I can find on the web of Jerry Eisert's "Bat car". I know this car because I designed the wing for it. Jerry called me one evening and wanted to know the shape of the wing I had been urging him to put on the car. I picked a Clark Y low speed profile with end plates.
Jerry went to Phoenix and was very pleased. He was able to cut a second off his 30 sec lap time. They called the car the "Bat car" at the time because Batman was very popular then with LA radio stations having contests about him.
But alas, I worked for Ford Aerospace in Newport Beach and Jerry got his engines from Chevy. Someone at Chevy said they'd only give him engines if they didn't use the wing design of that Ford guy. They took off the wing and managed to qualify 33rd at Indy in 1966. But that was the year of the 17 car pile up and Jerry's car was one of the 17.
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Post by illeagle10 on Mar 19, 2022 12:47:56 GMT -5
The photo above is the only one I can find on the web of Jerry Eisert's "Bat car". I know this car because I designed the wing for it. Jerry called me one evening and wanted to know the shape of the wing I had been urging him to put on the car. I picked a Clark Y low speed profile with end plates. Jerry went to Phoenix and was very pleased. He was able to cut a second off his 30 sec lap time. They called the car the "Bat car" at the time because Batman was very popular then with LA radio stations having contests about him. But alas, I worked for Ford Aerospace in Newport Beach and Jerry got his engines from Chevy. Someone at Chevy said they'd only give him engines if they didn't use the wing design of that Ford guy. They took off the wing and managed to qualify 33rd at Indy in 1966. But that was the year of the 17 car pile up and Jerry's car was one of the 17. Hi Shawn,
Thanks for coming aboard and sharing your information! Quite Interesting!
Jim
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Post by Lance on Mar 28, 2022 20:58:04 GMT -5
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Post by Lance on Mar 28, 2022 21:25:47 GMT -5
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Post by Lance on Mar 28, 2022 21:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by Lance on Mar 28, 2022 21:27:49 GMT -5
Note, these are two different cars posted above.
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Post by illeagle10 on Mar 29, 2022 4:56:28 GMT -5
Great pictures Lance!
Jim
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Post by illeagle10 on Mar 29, 2022 5:05:34 GMT -5
Didn't know I even had these! This is from Pocono 2019, the restored car.   Jim |
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Post by MikeB on Mar 29, 2022 12:37:54 GMT -5
the 2nd version of the car is so cool looking!!!!
Thank you Lance and Jim for sharing these
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Post by illeagle10 on Mar 29, 2022 14:46:03 GMT -5
That's why I miss the Legend cars at Indy, I hear they won't be there again this year from what I'm hearing. I also miss the Indycars at Pocono, they had a good number of Legend cars there too over the years! I used to get a lot of great pictures at these venues, now that also is becoming a thing of the past.
Jim
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