1937 Miller-Gulf
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t nearly enough of Harry Miller’s fabulous racing machines to go around. How then does a semi-retired dump truck driver come to own two Millers? Mike Guffey loves stuff. He loves Indycar stuff, Airstream stuff, drag race stuff, hot rod stuff and even more stuff than that. Through hard work and masterful trading Guffey has amassed a very impressive collection of stuff. Don’t take my word for it; visit www.guffeystuff.com and have a look for yourself.
Guffey grew up in Hartford City, Indiana, not far from Muncie, the start/finish line of Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Racers cartoon. Guffey said, “My father collected old cars when I was young. I still have my dad’s ’37 LaSalle Coupe that I rode in when I was in the first grade. I now also have the ’36 Ford panel truck that I drove in high school. My dad sold it in the late ’70s and I rediscovered it at Hershey a few years back. At one point I got into Corvettes like everyone seems to. My interest in racecars started before I could drive; I had subscriptions to Hot Rod Magazine and some others. I remembered seeing the photographs of the altered wheelbase Hemi Dodges and Plymouths. I like interesting stuff—the kind you can’t go to Wal-Mart to get.”
