The Auto Race that changed everything

[TO AWSUM]

The Auto Race that changed everything...

This is a Ford story I had not heard.

Excellent video.... narrated by Henry Ford's great grandson....

http://www.youtube.com/embed/POXqGsgAtaY

 

[SteveA]

Great post, thanks!

 

[Empty Pockets]

Until this moment, I'd never heard the name Alex. Winton before...nor did I know anyrthing about this race!

Thanks for the enlightenmet! :thumbsup:thumbsup

 

[Xcentric]

Nice!

 

[RALPHIE]

Until this moment, I'd never heard the name Alex. Winton before...nor did I know anyrthing about this race!

Thanks for the enlightenmet! :thumbsup:thumbsup

I believe that the Winton engines were eventually purchased by General Motors and were some of the first engines used in the Electro Motive Division's (Electro Motive Corporation) gasoline and later diesel train engines.

 

[twobjshelbys]

And for the rest of the story.

The cut glass bowl was lost to the family...

Despite its historical significance, the punch bowl has been missing for 60 years. It was sold at auction after the death of Henry Ford’s wife, Clara, in 1950. Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York sold the bowl as Lot No. 20 to an unnamed buyer in 1951. The bowl’s provenance had apparently gone unnoticed to everyone.

More here

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/edsel-ford-ii-wants-the-family-punch-bowl-back/

and lots of others. Just google "henry ford punch bowl".

To think this is sitting some little old lady's hutch waiting for someone to buy it at a garage sale and show up on some PBS show. It would be worth way more than any GT40.

 

[twobjshelbys]

By the way, look at the "paper to wheels" time of the car !!!

 

[GTMikey]

In the Discovery Channel special "The men who built america" they mentioned this race. That is an awesome series to watch...

 

[Fubar]

I think I woulda given the bowl to Winton. Not so much out of good sportsmanship but more of a reminder for him that he lost to a rookie. Is that evil?

 

[Empty Pockets]

I think I woulda given the bowl to Winton. Not so much out of good sportsmanship but more of a reminder for him that he lost to a rookie. Is that evil?

I almost posted a similar thought - but I don't think I would have done it for the "reminder". I'd like to believe I'd have done it simply because Winton wanted it so badly and he already had a place for it. (And for a moment there I thought that was what Edsel B. was going to say his great grandfather had done! Buuut, according to several stories I've read about Henry, doing something like that wouldn't have fit his 'profile'. :biggrin)

 

[RALPHIE]

...Buuut, according to several stories I've read about Henry, doing something like that wouldn't have fit his 'profile'. :biggrin)

:agree: