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Race Cars 1921 to 1923
183 CID DOHC
Straight 8
Frontenac Engine
Spring 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Double Overhead Cam
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Spring 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Double Overhead Cam
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(C.W. Van Ranst Collection)
Spring 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Double Overhead Cam
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder DOHC
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder DOHC
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(The Henry Ford)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder DOHC
3-Liter Frontenac Engine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1921 Indianapolis 500
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Frontenac team on pit road
Louis & Arthur Chevrolet on far right
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Howdy Wilcox, Tommy Milton,
Barney Oldfield, and Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Louis Chevrolet in 8-Cylinder Frontenac
Jules Ellingboe in 4-Cylinder Frontenac
(Indianapolis Star)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Frontenac
Tommy Milton in practice
(Indianapolis News)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Frontenac
Driver - Tommy Milton
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Frontenac
Driver - Tommy Milton
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Frontenac
Driver - "Smiling" Ralph Mulford
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Albert Guyot in the #9 Duesenberg
Arthur Chevrolet standing next to car
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Frontenac of Jules Ellingboe
Arthur Chevrolet standing behind car
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Starting Grid for the 500
6 Frontenacs qualified in the field
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#27 Frontenac with Driver Tom Alley,
Mechanic Marcel Treyvoux was
Louie's Brother In-Law
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#28 Frontenac - C.W. Van Ranst
Van Ranst was Louie's Chief Engineer
(C.W. Van Ranst Collection)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Starting Grid for the 500
#2 of Milton & #28 of Van Ranst
(Ford Bergen Collection)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
8-Cylinder Frontenac
Tommy Milton enroute to victory
(Frontenac Motor Company)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Tommy Milton receives checkered flag,
Louis celebrates with hands in air
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Tommy Milton receives checkered flag
(Enlargement)
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Victory Lane Celebration
Art, Louis, Tommy, & Barney
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1921 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Tommy Milton & Louis Chevrolet
celebrate win at Victory Banquet
(Indianapolis Times)
1921 Fronty Ford
Sept 1921 - Syracuse, New York
Fronty Ford in Competition,
Tommy Milton in Frontenac
(Dan Killecut Collection)
Sept 1921 - Syracuse, New York
Official Race Program
(ProgCovers.com)
October 1921 - Centerville, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver - Ralph Ormsby
(Indianapolis News)
1922 Indianapolis 500
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver Jack Curtner & Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford damaged in practice,
Driver Tom Mulligan was
Art's Brother In-Law
(Indianapolis News)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver Glenn Howard & Arthur Chevrolet
(Motor Magazine)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#27 Monroe/Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Lora Corum
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Frontenac Race Car
Driver - "Cannon Ball" Baker
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#11 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Peter DePaolo
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Barney Oldfield shares a a moment with
Arthur & Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Frontenac Engines & Chassis
(Note Dual Carb Set-Up on 4-Cylinder)
(Motor Age)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Traditional driver line-up photo,
Louis Chevrolet on left in dark suit,
Arthur Chevrolet standing (far right)
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Starting Grid for 500
9 Frontenacs & 2 Fronty Fords in Field
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Field rolls away from grid
Frontenacs #2, #5, & #4
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#7 Frontenac of Peter DePaolo
"Smacks" Turn 4 Wall
(Newsreel Film Still)
1922 Test Sessions
November 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#6 Frontenac - Private Test Session
Louis Chevrolet & Driver Dick Jennings
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#6 Frontenac at Speed
Driver - Dick Jennings
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1922 - Possibly St. Louis, MO
#6 Frontenac - Private Test Session
Louis Chevrolet & Driver Dick Jennings
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1923 Rotary Valve Scheel Frontenac
February 1923 - Scheel Catalog
Image of Herbert Scheel superimposed
on picture of 1922 Frontenac Race Car
(Mark Herdman Collection)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rotary Valve Scheel Engine
(Automotive Industries)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rotary Valve Scheel Frontenac
Louis Chevrolet with Cuban Dignitaries
(Indianapolis Star)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rotary Valve Scheel Frontenac
Louis Chevrolet in test session
(Jerry Gebby Collection)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rotary Valve Scheel Frontenac
Louis Chevrolet in test session
(Motor Age)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rotary Valve Scheel Frontenac
Louis Chevrolet in test session
(Jerry Gebby Collection)
1923 Indianapolis 500
Spring 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car in raw aluminum,
Mr. Chevrolet supervises test session
(FrontyVineyards.com)
Spring 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car in raw aluminum,
Chevrolet team in private test session
(Jarvis Erickson Collection)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver L.L. Corum
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver L.L. Corum with Art Chevrolet
(Postcard Image)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car (note windscreen)
Driver L.L. Corum with Art & Louie
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Fronty Ford Race Car
Arthur Chevrolet & L.L. Corum
(FrontyVineyards.com)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Seated next to a Lincoln coupe, L-R
Mr. White, Barney Oldfield, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Hill, and Louis Chevrolet.
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Official Program for the
1923 Indianapolis 500
(National Indy 500 Collectors Club)
May 1923 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#23 Fronty Ford Race Car
Driver L.L. Corum
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Race Ticket for the
1923 Indianapolis 500
(National Indy 500 Collectors Club)