Hi all, I am hoping to get some historical facts straight on the Mormon Meteor III.
1) I know in July 1939, on trials as well as record runs MM III had the exhaust manifold, and in 1940 when the car was sponsored by Gilmore Oil and Kendall it still had the exhaust manifold!
There are a number of pictures where the date is given as 1939 with the 12 individual exhaust pipes right and left, but I am wondering whether that is an error as I also have seen a newspaper article on the August 1939 runs still mentioning the exhaust manifold! Does anyone have definite information on this?
2) In 1940 MM III was sponsored by Gilmore Oil (it had the Gilmore Lion on the side of the car) as well as Kendall Oils for Lubrication. I have seen picture of the car with both these on, but the Kendall emblem/logo on the car is very small and other than "Kendall" and "Lubrication" the text is not really legible though I think at the top it says "Mormon Meteor III". I am looking for a close-up picture of this badge so I can read what it says! Anyone?
3) The car has been displayed in the Utah State Capitol a number of times: from 1943 to 1949 in the original orange and blue with the red stripe, then from 1951 onwards in the D-X Oil colours of light beige and orange-red, and then again after Marvin Jenkins restored the car. I am looking for pictures of the car in the D-X colours when it had a different text on the door from what it said between 1943 and 1949, and also it had a large Flinco sticker/badge on the right and a smaller one on the left. Here also I am looking for a clearly legible picture of these logo's.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Arie