{"id":187619,"date":"2016-04-01T20:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=187619"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:50:22","slug":"1953-cunningham-c4r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-cunningham-c4r\/","title":{"rendered":"1953 Cunningham C4R"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1953 Cunningham C4R<\/h1>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>At the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, Briggs Cunningham attempted the first all-American win with three different cars including this C4R which Charles Moran and John Gordon Bonnet piloted to 10th overall. See full\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-cunningham-c4r-gallery\/\">1953 Cunningham C4R image gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Cunningham_C4R-6-1536.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Cunningham_C4R-6-1536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"1953 Cunningham C4R\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Cunningham_C4R-6-1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Cunningham_C4R-6-1536-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Cunningham_C4R-6-1536-1024x713.jpg 1024w, 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valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">position<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Front, Longitudinal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">aspiration<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Natural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">block material<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Cast Iron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">valvetrain<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Pushrod OHV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">fuel feed<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">4 Zenith Carburettors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">displacement<\/td>\n<td 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In Detail type Racing Car engine Chrysler Firepower V8 position Front, Longitudinal aspiration Natural block material Cast Iron valvetrain Pushrod OHV fuel feed 4 Zenith Carburettors displacement 5424 cc \/ 330.98999 in\u00b3 bore 96.8 mm \/ 3.8 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185,18359,9348],"tags":[2536,16842,1439,20861,6722,245],"class_list":["post-187619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1950s","category-cunningham","category-guides","tag-1950s","tag-1950s-cars","tag-cunningham","tag-cunningham-model-guides-all","tag-race-car-in-depth","tag-race-car"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1953 Cunningham C4R<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-cunningham-c4r\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1953 Cunningham C4R\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1953 Cunningham C4R At the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, Briggs Cunningham attempted the first all-American win with three different cars including this C4R which Charles Moran and John Gordon Bonnet piloted to 10th overall. 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