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American Mille Miglia entry 1957
Delving into my little collection of Motor Racing I found a "Coche" World Report that discusses an American entry in the Mille Miglia by Akton (should this be Akron?) Miller... after discussing his 5th-placed hotrod from the 1953 Carrera Panamerica it describes the car called the Caballo de Hierro Mk 2 (Iron Horse Mk 2).
Graduating from the T-model chassis and Olds engine of the earlier car, it had a chassis 'the same as Bill Murphy's Kurtis Buick well reinforced to take a hammering from Italian roads', power-assisted brakes from Chrysler and Lincoln, an aluminium body by Jack Sutton of Hollywood that 'closely followed Italian lines' and a 6.4 litre Chrysler with Hilborn injection giving about 400hp at 5400 rpm, estimated maximum speed of 180mph...
Are there pictures about? Did it in fact run, in which case how did it go? I have read the report and I'm sure it isn't mentioned...
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