Harold Arminius Miller

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Harold Arminius Miller (called Harry ; born December 9, 1875 in Menomonie , † May 3, 1943 in Detroit ), was an American designer of racing cars and engines for the Indy 500 race.

From 1906 he sold carburetors and became a millionaire. In 1912 he founded the Master Carburetor Company , which became the Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company . In the 1920s, inspired by Duesenberg and Peugeot engines, he built a four-cylinder with two overhead camshafts and four-valve technology. Jimmy Murphy won the Indianapolis 500 race in a Duesenberg in 1922 .

His cars won nine times between 1922 and 1938 , his engines three more times, equipping much of the field.

As a businessman he was less successful. He went bankrupt in 1933 and sold the company to his mechanic Fred Offenhauser , who successfully built racing engines until the 1980s.

Miller also worked with Preston Tucker .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1932 Miller FWD. leydonrestorations, archived from the original on January 23, 2004 ; accessed on November 23, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Race Engine Designer This (s) . In: Pittsburg Post-Gazette , May 4, 1943. Retrieved November 23, 2015. "Harry A. Miller, 68 [sic] ..." 
  3. ↑ 1926 Miller 91 FWD. Supercars.net, November 23, 2015, accessed October 30, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Karl Ludbigsen: Leo William Goossen. Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, February 1, 2006, accessed November 23, 2015 .
  5. ^ Harry Miller - Automotive Genius. discover-net, archived from the original on August 12, 2012 ; accessed on November 23, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Harold Arminius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American automotive engineer and mechanic
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Menomonia
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1943
Place of death Detroit