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This Kurtis Kraft Sport is serial number 20. The car was constructed in the same Los Angeles Kurtis shop where the Indianapolis-winning race cars were built. Many articles were written and many photographs were taken of the Kurtis Sports. The car is powered by a 1949 Ford flathead V8, the
most popular engine for the car. The transmission, rear end and suspension are all 1949 Ford. The body – one of the first unitized types – is all aluminum with steel doors. At the 1949 Bonneville trials, Wally Parks drove a Kurtis Sport to an average speed of 142.515 mph. Frank Kurtis wanted everyone to know that his car was faster than a Jaguar XK120. In 1950, the tooling for the car was sold to Earl ‘Madman’ Muntz, who added 13 inches to the wheelbase to allow for a rear seat. Kurtis found the car too labor-intensive to build – even at a price tag of $5,500.