1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special At Indy. See the next pic f… Flickr
#1 · Jun 13, 2013 (Edited by Moderator) This years Bordeaux meeting was for all Indy 500 cars up to the end of '68. I have looked at Smokey Yunick's Sidecar Special car many times and wondered about modelling it but it always seemed a daunting task and it never actually raced at Indy being abandoned after crashing during practice.
1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special
One of the strangest cars ever to contest the Indy 500 was the Hurst Floor Shifter Special, from the fertile, rule-challenging imagination of Smokey Yunick. Resembling a torpedo with a sidecar,.
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The shifters in particular enjoyed considerable popularity among racers, and word began to spread until most drivers in the NHRA, off-road racing circuits, and even NASCAR wanted to use them. Some racers even went so far as to have Hurst floor shifters installed in their personal vehicles to replace the clunky gearboxes that came standard.
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One of the strangest cars ever to contest the Indy 500 was the Hurst Floor Shifter Special, from the fertile, rule-challenging imagination of Smokey Yunick. Resembling a torpedo with a sidecar, Yunick's strange machine was among the first to pay serious attention to the car's frontal area and its aerodynamic effects.
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Car designer and mechanic Smokey Yunick stands over his #47 Hurst Floor Shift Special with Bobby Johns behind the wheel. The car would wreck during the qualification attempt for the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Origin: 1964 Contributor(s): Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library
1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special
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1964 Bobby Johns’ (47) "Hurst Floor Shift Special" Smokey Yunick's
It's one of the scariest stories and horrific incidents in the history of the speedway. However, it not only created a legend around the Mikey Thompson car that Dave MacDonald had sparked the.
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What is so special about a Hurst shifter? A Hurst shifter, like the Hurst Indy 3-speed shifter or the Universal 3-speed manual floor shifter, is renowned for its precision, durability, and performance. It offers shorter, precise shifts, enhancing the driving experience in manual transmission vehicles. How do you shift a Hurst shifter?
1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
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1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special
Hurst Floor Shifter I decided a long time ago that when I pulled the old automatic transmission (original, cast iron Fordomatic that weighs about 275 lbs!) I would install an original 3 speed transmission with overdrive. This was a transmission that I had located from an acquaintance that offered the unit to me for the shipping cost,
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1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special
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1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special
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1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special at Amelia Island 2010 Flickr
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1964 Hurst Floor Shift Special at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
In the spring of 1964, shifter tycoon George Hurst and Smokey pose with the newly-completed capsule car behind Smokey's race shop in Daytona Beach. Note the Halifax River directly behind them. Hurst put up $40,000 to fund the effort in exchange for the naming rights: Hurst Floor Shift Special.