From the mid to late 1950's, first with the Flathead, then with the Chevy (shown here), Bender & Hier were one of the dominant Junior Fuel race teams of Southern California. The picture shown here was from San Fernando where they probably won more races (& Top Eliminator's) than any other track they went to.
RARE PHOTO
Vern Hier, who passed away this past
year, had kept some pictures of his younger brother Ron when he was drag
racing back in the 50's and 60's. Until now, no pictures had been
saved of Ron and Hanks Fiat Topolino. Unearthed recently, this photo
was found and is the only one of the Bender and Hier Altered. They had
raced their own cars before but this was purposely
built for drag racing. Ron bought the roller (frame from a 34 Ford?)
and Hank put his engine (from his 37) in it with Joe Ito helping put it
all together. The time is somewhere
around 1954 or 1955.
MIKE SOROKIN
A GREAT STORY ON THE SOROKIN'S
Adam Sorokin recently won the infamous March Meet, to match a deed his dad (Mike) did over 4 decades ago. We know Mike's looking down from above as a very proud father and we here in the Hier family, are very proud of this fete as well. Adam and his father before him, were and are good friends of ours and we understand the emotion and congratulate Adam on this huge achievement.
Henry Ford built his 1st car in 1895, but in the annals of history, no one car made as much of an impact as the Ford Model T.
1908 was the year and historically was known as the first assembly line built automobile - the Model T would put Ford on the map and make a place in history.
"You can paint it any color so long as it's black." - Henry Ford
Some interesting facts on the Ford Model T:
The 1st Model T had less horsepower than some of your current day lawn tractors.
It got 20mpg (some say as much as 25mpg) - not bad considering it was 100 years ago!
The 1922 Model T sold for $250.
It cruised at 45 mph, an amazing speed when you consider how long ago it was.
Because of the Model T, Ford eventually had up to HALF of all auto sales.
By the way, did you know Ford had 2 Model A's - the first production Ford, built in 1903 was called a Model A and then again, the more famous Model A of 1927-1931.
The 1st Year of the Model T
The last year of the Model T
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