Shirt Made for Bill Summers, Commemorating Land Speed Record Set by Goldenrod, circa 1965

1964/1966

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

This shirt was made for Bill Summers who, with his brother Bob, built Goldenrod. The bullet-like car set a new wheel-driven land speed record of 409.277 miles per hour in November 1965. Personalized shirts like this were often worn by racing car crew members in the 1960s.

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Title: Shirt Made for Bill Summers, Commemorating Land Speed Record Set by Goldenrod, circa 1965
Date: 1965-11-12
Date Created: 1964/1966
Location: United States, Utah, Wendover
Subject Keywords: Summers, Bill, Goldenrod (Racing car), Automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing, Speed records, Racing cars, Automobiles, Cars, Bonneville Salt Flats Race, Utah, Shirts (Main garments), Clothing
Type: Objects
Contributor: The Henry Ford
Original Source: Digital Collections
Object Name: Shirt
Object ID: 2006.29.1
Image ID: THF154795
Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

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