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1953 Kurtis 500 B

Thor Thorson
Chassis Number: C36153
  • Offered from the Bill Akin Collection
  • A significant example of a dominant design
  • Four-time Indianapolis 500 competitor
  • 1955 Indianapolis 500 3rd-place finisher
  • Immaculately restored to historic No. 15 Bardahl livery
  • Class winner at Pebble Beach and Amelia Island in 2010 and 2011, respectively
  • Includes trophies and awards won by the car, along with period and recent photographs, period-correct inertia starter and battery cart, and a proper 17-inch Bell steering wheel
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Thor Thorson
Thor Thorson is president of Vintage Racing Motors, a Seattle-area collector-car dealer and vintage-racing support operation. He has been actively involved with racing for over 40 years, dealing with racers from Ferraris to Sprites, but is mostly seen driving Elva sports racers. He has been writing the race-car profiles for SCM since 2003.
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