The sublime ’30s triple-cockpit runabouts (were there any better?) you no doubt know about. The Miss Daytonas and Miss Americas … surely you’ve heard of them. Ditto the race wins, speed records and ...
So long, so successfully has Garfield Arthur (“Gar”) Wood raced his Miss America that many people think he has done nothing else since he was born in the landlocked town of Mapleton, Iowa, 55 years ...
Powered by a pair of DOHC V16 marine racing engines that combine for a jaw-dropping 1,860 hp, this powerboat racing legend will go under the hammer at Mecum's Kissimmee auction on January 17. Whether ...
The interior of this Gar Wood is more or less in line with what you could expect to see on a coachbuilt car of the era, only with more mahogany. The 1930 Gar Wood model 28-40 is so named because it is ...
Gar Wood-built boat christened, then taken for a cruise on the Detroit River in 1927 Eleanor Torrey breaks a bottle over the bow of a new cruiser built by Gar Wood for Dr. H.N. Torrey in 1927. Then ...
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There she is: Miss America VIII could top $2M
There was time, in the 1920s and ’30s, when there was nothing faster over open water than a Garwood Miss America hydroplane—and no one faster behind the wheel than Gar Wood himself. This weekend in ...
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