1935 MILLER FORD

It was in 1934 that Preston Tucker had the idea of building a sophisticated Indy racer with a stock-block Ford V-8 for the 1935 500 classic. First he sold Harry Miller on the idea and then convinced Edsel Ford.
 
The ten cars built featured front-wheel-drive, four wheel independent suspension with fairings between the body and wheels. They were streamline, low-slung and beautiful but the project was put together too quickly with some of the cars being finished and arriving at the speedway only days before the race. Little could be done when it was discovered that the steering boxes were located too close to the exhaust system which resulted in their eventual failure.