History of a ‘Little Black Jeep”
Era 1955. Jim Rathmann, Indy Race Driver, owned a small auto shop in Miami. He and his staff built a frame, placed a flathead Mercury engine in it. Then placed a WW2 new factory Jeep body on it.
It was originally meant to be an advertising vehicle.
A friend of mine, Bob B., who worked at Rathmann’s, bought said Jeep and raced it a the Sunday Drags around Florida.. For along time most people thought it had a Chev. overhead in it.
Sorry, I have no pics.
Ha - reminds me of the Snow Cat in "The Shining."
