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La Carrera Panamericana Bibliography 

This bibliography was compiled by staff of the Benson Ford Research Center’s Archives and Library Department based on materials in our collections. If you have questions about these resources, please use our Submit a Question feature. If you are interested in duplication, please see our Duplication Resources FAQ.

Archival

• Acc. 475 Benson Ford Records
  • box 5 "Pan American Auto Race" Part I and II, 11-25-52
     
• Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library
  • box 73 Mexican Pan American Road Race, 1952, 1954 (press releases)
     
• Acc. 624 Douglas T. McClure Records
  • box 72 Pan-American Race scrapbook, 1951
  • box 87 Lincoln; Mexican Road Race, 1950, 1952, 1953 (magazines, newspaper clippings, ads)
  • box 88 Lincoln; Mexican Road Race, 1953 (magazines, newspaper clippings, ads)
     
• Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
  • box 33 1-2-3-4 Mexican Pan Am Race, 1954 
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• Acc. 2009.123 Bobby Unser Papers
  • box 4 Mexican road race album
  • box 9 Mexico Road Race, 1951; clipping book (2009.123.1) 
  • box 24 Mexico, 1952; photo album
  • box 28 Carrera Pan America Mexican Road Race, 1951-1952 (3 folders) 
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• Acc. 2009.158 Dave Friedman Collection
  • box 1 Carrera Pan America, 1953; negatives and contact sheets
  • box 114 Mexican Road Race, 1954; Racing car manufacturers' subseries, Corvette 
  • box 115 Mexican Road Race, 1954; Racing car manufacturers' subseries, Ferrari
  • box 126 1953 Carerra Panamerican; Group 7 Sports Cars
  • box 130 1953 Carerra Panamerica; Road Rally
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• Acc. 2009.103 Phil Harms Collection
  • Images for Speed Age magazine (see index in box 1)
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• Acc. 782 Import Automobile Records
  • box 6 Carrera Panamericana subseries
    • 1952, Photographs (3 folders)
    • 1953, Photographs and press release 
    • 1954, Photographs (folder 1-2 of 20)
  • box 7 Photographs (folders 3-7 of 20)
  • box 8
    • Photographs (folders 8-20 of 20)
    • Film narration script
    • Entry sheets and schedule
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• Acc. 1660 Photograph Vertical File; Racing Addendum 
  • box 3 Mexican Road Race (La Carrera Panamericana), 1950
    • General (2 folders)
    • Cars 149 and 103 Servicing
    • Crawford, Ray
    • Faulkner, Walt
    • McGrath, Jack (includes Hainley)
    • Mantz, Johnny  (includes Stroppe, Bill)
    • Radio Transport
    • Servicing Garage
    • Stroppe, Bill, Instructing
    • Test Cars
    • Transmission and Engine Pictures
    • Transparencies

Audio Visual (materials may be restricted due to format, please contact reference staff in advance for access)

• Acc. 600 Public Relations Recordings
  • Film .15 (FM-127) Mexican Road Race Press Conference (Benson Ford and William Clay Ford) 84.1.600.15
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• Acc. 198 Benson Ford Records
  • box 1 Recording: Pan American Road Race, 12/6/1954 

Vertical File

• Racing - Mexican Road Race 

Books

• Mexican Road Race, "Carrera Pan-Americana Mexico" 1950 Border to Border. Roland Goodman
     796.72 G653 1950