Hank Negley's 1932 Ford

At El Mirage, 1947. Photo from the Gear Grinders Car Club Collection.

1932 Ford Roadster owned by Gear Grinders member Hank Negley. Hank entered El Mirage during 1947 in his Class C Roadster that ran as car no. 357. His Deuce was entered at the May meet with a Mercury flathead V8 sporting Cyclone heads and a Weiand manifold. He ran 115.53 mph. He wasn't entered at the July or August 10 meet. At the August 31 meet he was listed as having A Mercury with Cyclone heads but this time with a Evans intake and Smith & Jones cam. He only ran 114.97 mph this time. In September he was entered again but the program says he had a four cylinder 1927 Chevrolet engine in the car. After running 123.28 mph for a 12th in class he probably still had the Mercury in it. He was back in October with the program saying the engine was a Mercury again as he ran 117.03 mph. A photo of Hank's roadster from El Mirage in 1947 shows the car without fenders, windshield and headlights with a louvered hood and a filled and peaked grille shell. Tube shocks had also been installed by then.