We mentioned a few weeks ago that Corky Coker’s team of restorers and wrenches were putting the finishing touches on Coker’s replica of the 1911 Indy-winning Marmon Wasp in advance of the centennial celebrations at the Indy 500. It hasn’t had much time to gather dust since then, as Coker has pressed it into publicity […]
* Our friends at Coker Tire have recently kicked their recreation of the 1911 Indianapolis 500-winning Marmon Wasp into high gear, resulting in a first fire for the T-head six-cylinder engine this week. Best of luck with the work still ahead of you, guys! * Drifting was not invented for the Fast and the Furious […]
By the time 2011 is flipped off the calendar, the Marmon Wasp that won the first Indianapolis 500 will justly be one of its storied images. There’s the race centennial, and the U.S. Postal Service put the car’s image on a stamp. Then there’s this re-creation of the car, done in 1/8 scale, by race […]