{"id":495107,"date":"2016-01-01T01:57:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T01:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=23277"},"modified":"2024-05-28T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:57:02","slug":"1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/","title":{"rendered":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Muller (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650\u00a0 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other corner, weighing in at a stout 4,320 pounds, a 1929 L-29 Cord. As the starter dropped his hand the two cars roared to action\u2026in reverse! It was an automotive Tug of War\u2014pre-war madness at its finest\u2014and a fitting subject matter for this, my 100th installment of Hidden Treasures.<\/p>\n<p>That same Indy weekend the Muller Front Drive Special was clocked at 105 mph at the Indianapolis Speedway with racers Bob McDonough and Peter Kreis at the controls.\u00a0By all historical accounts, this was a very special automobile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muller (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650\u00a0 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other corner, weighing in at a stout 4,320 pounds, a 1929 L-29 Cord. As the starter dropped his hand the two cars roared to action\u2026in reverse! It was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":649792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17177,20570],"tags":[17178,15006],"class_list":["post-495107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chassis-histories","category-ruxton","tag-chassis-histories","tag-ruxton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)<\/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\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Muller (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650\u00a0 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other corner, weighing in at a stout 4,320 pounds, a 1929 L-29 Cord. As the starter dropped his hand the two cars roared to action\u2026in reverse! It was [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Brinker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Brinker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Brinker\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\"},\"headline\":\"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1941,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chassis Histories\",\"Ruxton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Model Guides (Chassis Histories)\",\"Ruxton\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/\",\"name\":\"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":648},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\",\"name\":\"Mark Brinker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Brinker\"},\"description\":\"As a high school student in Woodmere, N.Y., Dr. Brinker feasted on car magazines and movies in which cars played principal roles. A Lotus Esprit featured in a James Bond film won his heart, and prompted a purchase when, as a medical resident at Tulane University, he encountered an irresistible deal on an Esprit Turbo. \u201cI collect what I love,\u201d Dr. Brinker said. \u201cAll beautiful, exotic, interesting. Sometimes very rare, like a one-off that\u2019s been missing for decades.\u201d\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-brinker\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)","og_description":"Muller (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650\u00a0 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other corner, weighing in at a stout 4,320 pounds, a 1929 L-29 Cord. As the starter dropped his hand the two cars roared to action\u2026in reverse! It was [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":648,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Brinker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Brinker","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Brinker","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40"},"headline":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)","datePublished":"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/"},"wordCount":1941,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg","keywords":["Chassis Histories","Ruxton"],"articleSection":["Model Guides (Chassis Histories)","Ruxton"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/","name":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg","datePublished":"2016-01-01T01:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-28T13:57:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1929-Muller-Front-Drive-Ruxton-Alligator-Chassis-1004.jpeg","width":1080,"height":648},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1929-muller-front-drive-ruxton-alligator-chassis-1004\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1929 Muller Front Drive (Ruxton) \u201cAlligator\u201d (Chassis #1004)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40","name":"Mark Brinker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","caption":"Mark Brinker"},"description":"As a high school student in Woodmere, N.Y., Dr. Brinker feasted on car magazines and movies in which cars played principal roles. A Lotus Esprit featured in a James Bond film won his heart, and prompted a purchase when, as a medical resident at Tulane University, he encountered an irresistible deal on an Esprit Turbo. \u201cI collect what I love,\u201d Dr. Brinker said. \u201cAll beautiful, exotic, interesting. Sometimes very rare, like a one-off that\u2019s been missing for decades.\u201d","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/mark-brinker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}