Alexander Winton with the "Bullet 2" Racer
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Automotive industry pioneer Alexander Winton (right foreground) promoted his Winton Motor Carriage Company with a series of sleek race cars he named "Bullet." The 1903 "Bullet 2" was powered by two four-cylinder engines bolted together -- an early eight-cylinder engine -- and was driven at more than 80 miles per hour by racer Barney Oldfield at Daytona Beach in January 1904.
Automotive industry pioneer Alexander Winton (right foreground) promoted his Winton Motor Carriage Company with a series of sleek race cars he named "Bullet." The 1903 "Bullet 2" was powered by two four-cylinder engines bolted together -- an early eight-cylinder engine -- and was driven at more than 80 miles per hour by racer Barney Oldfield at Daytona Beach in January 1904.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1903
Creators
Unknown
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.42
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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