| rjangell@comcast.net | -- 04-13-2020 @ 8:52 AM |
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I am hoping someone can shed light on the origin, purpose, and designer of what I read was called the lazy eight. I have seen it on Indy Ford powered racers from the early 30s built by Harry Miller and Tucker. I saw it in a Bob Drake article but neither the The Miller/Offenhauser Historical Society or the Bob Drake company could shed any light. I plan on a tribute of sorts to Miller by using the logo on a TROG 20 entry so really need to know as much as possible about it. Thanks, Bob
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| nelsb01 | -- 04-13-2020 @ 11:35 AM |
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Bob; I believe the lazy V-8 was first used by Ford Motor Company in advertising for the 1935 Ford. If you google Ford Motor Company advertising for 1935 you will see a picture of the 1935 Ford Sale brochure that shows the lazy V-8. So, following that, you would think that the Miller Indy Ford cars were just using the Ford advertising logo. Your research should have also shown you that the 1935 Ford was the official vehicle for the 1935 Indianapolis 500, and also the pace car. The Miller race cars did have the support of the Ford Motor Company in 1935, although they did not finish in a good way. You would probably find more information by contacting the Benson Ford Research Center at the Henry Ford. (link available from this site -- Links, Friends) Hope this helps some.
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| 3w2 | -- 04-13-2020 @ 11:42 AM |
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It starts showing up in Ford sales brochures and other Ford literature in late 1934 for the '35 models. Very likely it was an in-house creation by those responsible for the Company's sales literature. Purpose: presumably a more stylized versus of the V8 emblem used by Ford starting in 1932 and changed progressively. It wasn't adopted as a physical emblem on the cars themselves until it is was used on the grilles of '37 Fords.
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| rjangell@comcast.net | -- 04-13-2020 @ 12:05 PM |
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Fantastic, I will be following up by contacting Benson Ford Research. I didn't know about the brochure. All the "thin" V8 logos I saw which looked like the one I'm researching were minus the center rule line. Thanks for your wisdom. Pothole Bob
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| MG | -- 04-13-2020 @ 12:30 PM |
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They have that logo painted on the roads as seen at the 24:15 mark of this video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aFwFaSW9j4 This message was edited by MG on 4-13-20 @ 12:48 PM
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| TomO | -- 04-14-2020 @ 8:35 AM |
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Be careful, the lazy V-8 may still have a copyright protection. Using it without permission could cause problems. Tom
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| therunwaybehind | -- 04-14-2020 @ 9:26 AM |
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I would not worry about Ford Motor and a takedown notice unless this post was caused to be taken down before you even saw it appear in the poster's display before it was published. A word to the unwise.
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