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Los Angeles mega dealer Bill Murphy purchased this rare 500X Kurtis sports car in August 1955. It is serial number 3 of 6 500X cars built by Frank Kurtis and the Kurtis-Kraft Company. Sam Hanks, an Indy driver and employee at Bill Murphy Buick, was the car's assistant engineer, crew chief and pre-race shake down driver. In the two years the car raced - September 1955 through September 1957 - it scored 9 overall wins and 18 class wins at tracks throughout Southern California from Torrey Pines to Riverside.

The Murphy Kurtis has the same basic design feature of the Kurtis Indy roadster of the era - 4120 chrome moly tubing for the frame, 4-bar torsion suspension, hand-formed aluminum panels and Halibrand quick change rear end and magnesium wheels. A 364 cubic-inch Buick nailhead engine with Hilborn fuel injection supplies the power and is coupled to a Jaguar 4-speed XK-140 transmission.

This example has the original engine, drive train, body and frame members with only fresh paint and upholstery added.

1955 Kurtis 500X
Year	1955
Make	Kurtis
Model	500X
Engine Location	Rear
Drive Type	Rear Wheel

Engine
Engine	Buick nailhead
Aspiration/Induction	Normal
Displacement	364.00 CU IN. \| 5966 cc. \| 6 L.
Fuel Type	Gasoline - Petrol
Fuel Feed	Fuel Injected
	Hilborn Fuel Injection

Standard Transmission
Gears	4
Transmission	Manual
	Jaguar XK-140

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