PJ, If I may.
Perhaps PJ may award you a 1/2 point streamliner>> 1935, licensed and titled>> personally I believe to beat Gordon with front mounted pop open headlights, as Gordon changed his patented side mount pop open headlights to Bens style>> whimsical tale between the two life long friends.
Alex Tremulis>> yes, you remember the stories on great designers at the old Tucker site, roughly 21,000 reads on that link>>> yes, Alex was inspired by Bens futuristic exotic, as the world had never seen before. Streamliner>> I do believe Alex did know Ben, would have been hard for him not to have.
BTW>> have a letter where as preston was trying to get Ben to design him a new car!!
This singular page above, which is like a walk through of many of the best in auto design and racing figures, was one in over 100 more pages a Harris Family member sent me.
Four racing films were also included, which Ben filmed or had filmed that he officiated at and/or hosted in the early days while building the SCCA to a National level>> included within>> Kimberly, whacky arnolt, Biggs and Ben taking shared honors. Wikipedia lists Chicago as the real birthplace of the National level of the SCCA beginings>> that was these boys>>
I am flat overwhelmed>> and this is one of the reasons why I have not posted more in the story>> just imagine researching over 30 more prominenet names Ben worked with and associated with in this one page posted above.!!!!!
To my surprise, Bens story and links herein autopuzzles, has garnered over 18,000 reads, >>Ultra, Stats>>>perhaps more reads than any other singular automobile in Autopuzzles?
Streamliner, the Speedster is sitting quietly in my shop, as I do not have the funding to start an Invitational restoration, let alone time to historically sort these persons on this page and about 200 more.
Otto Puzzle and MG, >>>I posted a few days back in your excellent studebaker topic, have many things to add to that, as Ben hosted some killer races at Harold Vances Studebaker proving grounds, alassss, another one to study and research, as Flojole ties in there also.
Ray B, as I do notice>.thanks for keeping up with the speedsters story at other sites>>> and pointing them back to autopuzzles>> the greatest of sites in the world, with the best of the best in Historians.
Keep faith in me guys, as PJ and many others have herein autopuzzles>> thanks PJ !!!!!
Perhaps it is time to think hard about the book on the man and machine>> BTW, it was just noted in a new book on automobile designs of the decades, makes three now that have given Ben credit for being advanced in creating what was to come in race and street car design.
I am still amazed every time I walk by the speedster, Ben was soooo advanced, even beating the Europeans for once in automobile advancement, which the Americans seemed to lag behind in..
A special automobile in time that brought us 15 firsts, which even though modernized, are in use in race car and street car designs to this very day in 2012 !!!!!!!
Imagine, a one off special 56 Vette in the above page, that the Corvette society knows nothing about, Ben had another Vette which he picked up at the Styling studio which Cole and Harley built for him>> thats another part of the story of this great man.
A site that is not open>>> and I can never find time to load 400 pages of docs onto, sad huh
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http://www.harrisspeedster.com/harris.htmlThanks again PJ>>>
Warmest regards,
John
