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[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger with his second competition car, the 1958 Bocar XP5/Chevy.

In our series on Florida race drivers we would like to start a thread on Arthur Huttinger. Today, 84 years young, he still describes himself as "just a Montana Cowboy". Although Art is primarily known for his racing in the Southeast, he was born in Havre, Montana on March 3, 1925. He spent his early years in Great Falls, Montana, where he excelled as an athlete in high school: football, basketball, long distance runner and speed skater. Sports car competition came relatively late in life, in 1958 when he was 33 years old and living in Florida.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 22 July 2009 - 18:46.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in his first competition car, a 1958 Corvette.

At 17 Art Huttinger joined the Navy Coast Guard and was send to gunner's school in St. Augustine, Florida. He saw service with the Coast Guard in the South Pacific, including Okinawa. After the war he returned to Florida. The next ten years were spent as a ranger for the National Park Service in various states, followed by two years as an aluminum salesman for an Orlando company [competing with Roger Penske, no doubt].

Art Huttinger got married in 1958 and settled in Windermere, Florida not far from Orlando. His first car was bought in October 1958, a late-model Corvette. His wife's name was Myra and all competition cars would be called Myra II and Myra III ect..

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 02 August 2009 - 17:12.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy Myra III
Art Huttinger's third car was this Lister/Chevy. Unfortunately for Doug Nye, Art does not remember its chassis number. He bought it very late in 1960 from Ed Cantrell, another Florida racer who raced it last at Hondo, Texas in November of 1960.

Art Huttinger remembers that the car was looking rather scruffy at the time of purchase, but it would soon start a long string of victories around the Southeast in 1961 and 1962.


all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 24 July 2009 - 02:28.

[fbarrett]

Jerry:

Thanks for the interesting thread. Bocars were made only six blocks from my home, in Lakewood, Colorado, and the building still stands. Art's name rings a bell, possibly from the Cobra world? Will check my files.

Frank

[Jerry Entin]

Myra III
After victories at Kissimmee, Master Field, Savannah, Bartow AFB, Courtland, Sebring, Pensacola and Geneva during 1961, Art thought it was time for a repaint. The refurbished Lister/Chevy, Myra III, looked gorgeous. Note the Chrysler Imperial tow car.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 23 July 2009 - 01:24.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger's Austin-Healey Sprite Mk 2 Myra IV

In 1961 Art decided to sell the Bocar. There weren't too many takers. Art's nickname for the car was Blowcar, since it suffered so many mechanical failures.

A young driver from Tampa, Jean Guy, offered him an Austin-Healey Sprite Mk 2 in exchange. Huttinger liked the driver and traded him his Bocar, without any funds changing hands.
Here is Art in his orange driving suit at Daytona with the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk2.


Art Huttinger in Myra IV at Daytona in 1961
He loved the car and baptised it Myra IV. Note the nice Double Bubble Abarth behind Art's Austin-Healey Sprite Mk 2.
The Zagato Abarth was raced by Andrew Furlani of Orlando, Florida, the Austin-Healey Sprite was raced by Don Schneff, also of Orlando, Florida.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 02 August 2009 - 13:54.

[Hse289]

Hi Jerry great pictures, especially the repainted Lister. Art Huttinger raced a Cobra, it was at the Bridgehampton 500 september 20th 1964. Paul

[Jerry Entin]

Bocar production line at 1240 Harlan Street, Denver, Colorado.


BoCar XP-5 One of the five XP-5 Bocars built. XP stood for Experimental production

This model came with a fuel-injected 283 c.i Corvette engine, good for 290 bhp. Its gearbox was Corvette 4-speed, its live rear axle a Chevrolet Posi-Traction, its brakes radial-finned bi-metallic Buick drums and its body fiberglass. Hood and trunk were held in place by Dzus fasteners.

Photos : Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 23 July 2009 - 18:45.

[Jerry Entin]

Builder/designer Bob Carnes with his sales force.
Sign me up for a couple cars.

photo Art Huttinger collection.

Edited by Jerry Entin, 23 July 2009 - 18:51.

[Jerry Entin]

Damaged Bocar at Pensacola race

During the April 1960 SCCA National at Pensacola, Florida, Art Huttinger had various problems with the Bocar.

Twice he had to pit for fuel pump belt problems. Then, ten laps from the finish, the left rear axle sheared off, throwing the wheel through the fiberglass body.

as told by Art Huttinger
photo Art Huttinger collection

[fbarrett]

Jerry:

Wonderful photos! I'll have to dig out my old Bocar photos and shoot a photo of the plant as it is today. As you no doubt know, Carnes' biggest and best product was the Stilletto, complete with Potvin(?) supercharger ahead of the Chevy engine; it was tested by Karl Ludvigsen at Continental Divide Raceways in Castle Rock, Colorado, for Sports Cars Illustrated (I recall that it appeared on the cover). Carnes evidently got into financial trouble, and a mysterious fire burned up all his records, etc. I'm told he was fond of the bottle, but here's to him for being one of the few Denver car manufacturers. Saw two Bocars (one red, one silver) at the Brian Redman vintage races at Elkhart Lake last weekend, and at least one has run the Colorado Grand.

Frank

Edited by fbarrett, 23 July 2009 - 23:37.

[Jerry Entin]

Bocar being worked on
This was at a track in Florida, there is a 1959 Chevy Impala convertible behind it, so I am assuming this was somewhere around 1959 or late 1958.

photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 26 July 2009 - 12:26.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy arriving at Nassau in 1960

Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy being unloaded at Nassau for the December 1960 Speed Week. After Master Field, Savannah and the Daytona National, it was the fourth race for Art in the car.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 27 July 2009 - 11:16.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in Nassau race about to pass Wolfgang von Trips
As a former athlete, Art Huttinger always made good Le Mans starts. Here he is seen during the opening laps of the 1960 Nassau Trophy, about to overtake the Ferrari California of Wolfgang von Trips, who made an even better Le Mans start.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 07 February 2011 - 23:33.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in his Lister/Chevy at Nassau in 1960
He is battling it out with Brian Naylor in a Ferrari-engined Cooper Monaco.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 28 July 2009 - 22:52.

[Jerry Entin]

Nassau in 1960 again
The Huttinger Lister/Chevy leading George Constantine's Kelso Lister/Chevy, Ernie Erickson's Ferrari 500TR and Percy Hollins in a Lotus Elite.

In the feature race both Listers dropped out around the same time, Constantine after 25 laps, Huttinger after 26 laps.

Although Art does not remember the chassis number of his car, according to Terry O'Neil Nassau book, he ran BHL117 while Constantine was in BHL 114.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 28 July 2009 - 22:52.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in his Lister/Chevy at Bridgehampton
In the August 1961 National at Bridgehamption, New York, Huttinger ran against the Costin Lister/Chevy of his good friend Pete Harrison. They finished 5th and 6th overall, 1st and 2nd in CM class.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 29 July 2009 - 20:28.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger's and Pete Harrison's ride in the refueling line at Elkhart Lake
Fueling up the Costin Lister/Chevy for the Road America 500 in 1961.
The Porsche #48 is the RS-61 driven by Bob Holbert and Chuck Cassel.
On the left is the Allard/Buick that Scotty Beckett and Dewey Brohaugh ran as the Lo-Test Special.


Art Huttinger and Pete Harrison teamed at the Road America 500 in 1961
They drove Pete Harrison's Costin Lister/Chevy seen here at the starting grid of the September 1961 Road America 500.
Behind them the very car that Jerry Entin used to race, Old Yaller II. That day it was driven by Chuck Baldwin and Bob Spooner. It is currently owned by Dr. Ernie Nagamastu of Los Angeles.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photos - Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 29 July 2009 - 21:18.

[jm70]

Just a note on that orange drivers suite in the MG photo. Appears to be an Air Force Nomex flight suite. Wish I knew what happened to the one I had.

[bradbury west]

And still they keep coming, Jerry, Willem. Just wonderful archive stuff. Many thanks
Roger Lund

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger receiving congratulations from his driving partner Pete Harrison

In 1961 Pete Harrison took care of the first three hours of the Road America 500, while Art Huttinger finished the next three hours. After running a strong 5th overall, the Costin Lister developed various ailments and lost ground. It finished 7th overall, first in CM class. Here Harrison is seen congratulating Art Huttinger, who was not very fond of endurance racing.

Roger: Glad you are enjoying this thread. All made possible by Art Huttinger sharing his photos and stories with the Forum members.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 29 July 2009 - 23:16.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger on his way to 7th overall in the 1961 Elkhart Lake 500


Pete Harrison in his Lister following Scotty Beckett in the Lo -Test Special
This photo was taken at Canada Corner. At Elkhart Lake in 1961 during the running of the 500.


Top photo - Tom Schultz
copyright - 2009 Tom Schultz

Bottom photo- Photographer- Scott Sperta
From Scotty Beckett collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 04 August 2009 - 23:21.

[ERault]

Wonderful thread, once again.

What is the red Lotus DNFed on the side ? Could it be the Allen / Klein Lotus-Maserati XI ? If so, do you know if this is the ex-Cunningham one ?

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in the Formula V
He raced this car in preliminary races during the early 60s. Looks like a nice day in the Florida Keys.

ERault: There is a 33.3 % chance that the red Lotus 11 was the #13 Maserati powered car of Bill Allen and Otto Klein. It retired very early in the race. Two other Lotus 11s hit the dust later that day: the #25 Alfa Romeo powered car of Allan Kovar and Carl Hixon, and the Climax engined #79 entry by Jerrell Henry and Bill Stone. Since the photo was taken during the second half of the 500 miler, it could be any of them.

Perhaps RA Historian has a close-up photo that shows the race number better. As for the previous owner of #13, I defer to a Lotus 11 specialist.

all research Willem Oosthoek
photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 30 July 2009 - 18:44.

[RA Historian]

Perhaps RA Historian has a close-up photo that shows the race number better.

I went back to my original photo(s) taken at this location, since the photo posted was cropped by me for the Lister. Two show the red Lotus 11 off course. Both are blurred, due to panning, focus, and the optics of the cheap camera I was using way back then. I enlarged the shot but the clarity just is not there. Best that I can determine is that the number on the right rear appears to be 13. In the entry list number 13 is listed as entered by C. William Allen of Terre Haute, Indiana, driven by Allen and David Dunbar, and listed as a class FM "Lotus-Maserati 11". This car was the very first out of the race, and results sheets indicate that it was driven by Bill Allen/Otto Klein. Apparently a change in scheduled drivers from the entry list.
Tom

Edited by RA Historian, 31 July 2009 - 22:04.

[ERault]

Thank you for your trouble, and sorry for diverting this thread. The Lotus-Maserati is an interesting combination. Brian Naylor is well known for it, and André Wicky had one on the continent. In the US, I only know of the Cunningham car which I think saw little racing action. Maybe it is the Allen / Klein one. Otto Klein used to race a Maserati 200 SI around that time, but a 2 liter engine would have put the Lotus in EM class.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy in 1961
At the end of the 1961 season the Art Huttinger Lister/Chevy showed the scars of a hard competition life. It became time to spruce it up.


Lister/Chevy fresh from the Beauty shop
Here is Myra III as Art Huttinger called her, with a fresh paint job and all the racing dents removed.

photos - Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 31 July 2009 - 11:48.

[Jerry Entin]

Myra III after repaint and body work.
Myra III didn't disappoint Art Huttinger after her make over, she won the first time out. Art Huttinger won the inaugural Osceola Grand Prix near Geneva, Florida.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 31 July 2009 - 12:00.

[ggnagy]

I think that its kind of funny that all these people can identify cars with alternate engines and who is driving what, but no one has pointed out that Myra IV is obviously NOT an MG Midget, but an AH Sprite. Mk 2 of course with a 948.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in Devin bodied Turner
Art was invited to drive this car at Daytona on behalf of the car's owner, Jean Guy.

GG: You are of course right.
The MG Midget and the Austin-Healey MK 2 Sprite are exactly the same looking car. The Austin has an Austin Badge on the Radiator, which this car does.
I have corrected the post above.
My fault.


photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 01 August 2009 - 21:01.

[Jerry Entin]

Another Le Mans start, the 1961 Nassau Trophy this time.
From the left, Norm Namerow's Corvette, Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy and Jim Hall's Chaparral 1. Behind Jim Hall is Fred Gamble, who headed the line-up with Bob Publicker's Old Yaller IV. On the far left is part of Tombstone Shaw's Bocar Stiletto.

Art Huttinger made an excellent start and was the first one under the bridge, then Stirling Moss's Lotus 19 went by. Shaw's Bocar needed a push start and lasted only a few laps.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

[Jerry Entin]

The opening laps of the 1961 Nassau Trophy.

Art Huttinger's Lister/Chevy leading Hap Sharp [Cooper Monaco], George Reed [250TR with 290MM engine], Roger Penske [Cooper Monaco] and Charlie Hayes [250GT]. Sharp was the first casualty when his Cooper Monaco dropped out after 10 laps.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

[Jerry Entin]

Myra III having her way with Art Huttinger
Myra III might have been very pretty, but she could have her days when she was a little hard to handle.

The "Montana Cowboy" back in charge again.
Myra III back under Art Huttinger's control. These pictures were from the 1961 Nassau Trophy Race.


photos Art Huttinger collection
research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 03 August 2009 - 20:07.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger waiting for the flag to fall, while Captain Red Crise is looking at his watch.

Ten laps from the finish of the 1961 Nassau Trophy the Lister's fuel pump started to run hot. A few laps later it stopped altogether and Art Huttinger parked the car at the start/finish line, under the watchful eyes of Captain Sherman "Red" Crise.

When the checkered was waved one lap early because of approaching darkness, Art pushed the car across the line for 11th overall, with 50 laps completed compared to winner Dan Gurney's 55 laps. It was still good for 1st in BM class.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research- Willem Oosthoek

[Jerry Entin]

Award ceremony from the 1961 Nassau Speed Week Art Huttinger and Pedro Rodriguez in center.
Can anyone identify the other recipients?



photo Art Huttinger collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 04 August 2009 - 15:45.

[Jerry Entin]

Lister/Chevy at Daytona in 1962
The next international race for Huttinger's Lister/Chevy was the February 1962 3-hour Daytona Continental.

Art Huttinger getting ready for the Le Mans start.
On the right is the Lister/Chevy owned by David Lane, to be driven by Anson Johnson seen in red pants. Note the relatively empty Grand Stands.

photos Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 05 August 2009 - 08:30.

[Jerry Entin]

Waiting for the countdown, Art Huttinger with his old friend Joe Weatherly
Joe Weatherly drove a Costin Lister/Chevy prepared by Bill Frick.
During the early laps Art Huttinger and Joe Weatherly had a spirited duel with Stirling Moss's experimental 250GT Ferrari for 4th overall. Art Huttinger remembers how he pulled away on the banking, but that Moss made up for the loss in the infield. On lap 54 Art had to pit after his exhaust manifold broke, frying his feet. Nothing could be done and the Lister/Chevy had to be retired.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek.

[Ray Bell]

A great thread as usual, Jerry... and thanks to Willem...

Some real insight into an enthusiastic racer of the fifties and sixties, something we need to keep in mind when we think of the major players and who they raced against.

[ERault]

Jerry, would you have a picture of Weatherly's Lister ? Do you know who was the previous owner ?

[Jerry Entin]

Joe Weatherly in the Lister Costin
While Art Huttinger disappears in the distance, Joe Weatherly still has to get his Costin Lister moving. Based on the peculiar rollbar it is probably the former Cunningham car. Bill Frick used to work for Briggs in West Palm Beach in the early 50s.
A full image of the Costin Lister/Chevy can be seen on page 46 of Willem's Maserati Tipo 151 book.


photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in what I would call very good company, Miss Florida.
Art Huttinger had been a regular at the Daytona Speedway since its opening in 1959 but he always had bad luck there. Although he won some prelims at the Speedway, in spite of numerous attempts he never won a feature race. In 1962, after winning the second Osceola Grand Prix at Geneva, Art Huttinger sold his Lister/Chevy to Graham "Tombstone " Shaw.

Ironically, Shaw promptly took it to victory in the Paul Whiteman Trophy at Daytona in September 1962. Later on Shaw crashed the car at VIR, causing the end of its competition career.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek.

[Jerry Entin]

Ed Cantrell and Art Huttinger at Daytona in 1963.
Art Huttinger co-drove Ed Cantrell's new Sting Ray in the 1963 Daytona Continental, again a 3-hour race but now for GT cars. The race was a disaster for the Sting Rays, Dick Thompson's third overall behind two GTOs their best finish. Cantrell's car retired after 32 laps.

Behind them the Cunningham E-types, which didn't do any better: #32 Augie Pabst, #31 Walt Hansgen. In the background are the GTOs of Fireball Roberts and David Piper.

photo Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 05 August 2009 - 17:45.

[ERault]

Joe Weatherly in the Lister Costin
While Art Huttinger disappears in the distance, Joe Weatherly still has to get his Costin Lister moving. Based on the peculiar rollbar it is probably the former Cunningham car. Bill Frick used to work for Briggs in West Palm Beach in the early 50s.
A full image of the Costin Lister/Chevy can be seen on page 46 of Willem's Maserati Tipo 151 book.

Silly me, I have the book but I guess I did not pay attention. Well that new photo is much better anyway. The Lister being the ex-Cunningham car could tie with DCN's Powered by Jaguar quoting a "local real estate developper, who raced it in American south-east and at Nassau before falling on hard times". ...Except when in Cunningham's stable, it was Jaguar powered of course. Well, a switch to Chevy power is still possible.

[Jerry Entin]

ERault: We are not aware of a Costin Lister being raced at Nassau.

[Pedro 917]

Award ceremony from the 1961 Nassau Speed Week Art Huttinger and Pedro Rodriguez in center.
Can anyone identify the other recipients?



photo Art Huttinger collection

I checked my "Bahamas Speed Weeks" book by Terry O'Neil and I can only assume it's the award ceremony for the 23 lap Governor's Trophy (8 Dec. 1961).
Results were :

1 oa : Pedro Rodriguez 1st Class D
3 oa : R. Hurt 2nd Class D
4 oa : J. Fulp 3d Class D

2 oa : G. Reed 1st Class C
12 oa : T. Fleming 2nd Class C

9 oa : N. Namerow 1st Class B
11 oa : Art Huttinger 2nd Class B

So I guess the other drivers in the picture are amongst these names.

[ERault]

ERault: We are not aware of a Costin Lister being raced at Nassau.

You are correct and that got me thinking about the phrase I quoted from DCN's book about Cunningham's Costin (BHL 123) late carreer : "having passed subsequently to a local real estate developer who raced it in the American south-east and at Nassau before falling on hard times". Hmm... Graham Shaw raced his Lister mostly in the South East, raced it at Nassau in 1962 and then crashed it at VIR as you said. Could he, by any chance, be a real estate developer ?

Well, according to KarlOakie very informative post in this thread, he was :

http://forums.autosp...w...73698&st=80 (post 28)

"Graham "Tombstone" Shaw had a variety of business interests, one of the largest being real estate in the central part of South Carolina. He had money and a notion that he had some level of talent and bought a variety of fast machines over the late years of the 1950s and the early years of the 1960s. Those cars he did not wreck, he seriously abused. I vaguely remember the Lister in the shop and then when it sat outside the shop with weeds growing up through the engine compartment -- that one I never had much to do with, my time being spent on the Shelby Cobras he bought, at least two if I recall. His shop was near Owens Field in Columbia and later used by several other racing teams, most notably the group that fielded Tiny Lund during the 1960s. Shaw finally damn near killed himself at Lake Garnett in, I guess it was 1964, and became a patron to several racing efforts before dropping out of the game entirely. Helluva guy."

So I think what in "Powered by Jaguar" is link to the carreer of Cunningham's Costin Lister may in fact apply to the Huttinger / Shaw Knobbly. That leaves the possibily for Joe Weatherly's Costin to be the ex-Cunningham one converted to Chevy power.

What do you guys think ? Are you there Doug ?

[bradbury west]

[
During the early laps Art Huttinger and Joe Weatherly had a spirited duel with Stirling Moss's experimental 250GT Ferrari for 4th overall.

The prototype for the GTO IIRC
Roger Lund

[Jerry Entin]

A.J. Foyt's ride at Daytona in 1959
Without additional research it is hard to say with any certainty if, after the 1959 season, the Cunningham Costin/Lister Jaguar went straight to Bill Frick or not. However, the similarities are too striking NOT to assume it was the same car: same paint job and same roll bar, with Frick having worked for Cunningham in the past, so the men knew each other. By Daytona in early 1962 the obsolete Jaguar engine had been replaced by a Chevy V8 and the wheels were Halibrands, probably to harness all that extra power.

Obviously, the Shaw knobbly could not have been this particular Cunningham car, which was a Costin. Shaw bought it from Art Huttinger, who bought it from Ed Cantrell. Cantrell raced it last at Hondo late in 1960 with a blue paint job and two white stripes, a color maintained by Art in 1961.

Jimmy Younger's knobbly was raced in red. See the attached photo of the Younger Lister as it was raced by A.J. Foyt in the USAC race at Daytona in 1959 [that's A.J. leaning against the rear fender of the car]. It is only one of a number of candidates, since the Hall/Shelby agency imported seven Listers in 1958, six without Jaguar engines. All six got Chevy V8s.

photo -Willem Oosthoek collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 08 August 2009 - 00:37.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger in 1964 at Daytona driving the Pace car
For the 1964 Daytona Continental, now a 2000 KM race, Art drove the pace car


One of the perks of being the Pace Car driver at Daytona.
On a practice drive in the Pace car, Art Huttinger spotted an endangered animal tied with a chain to a post, here he and the grateful animal are, after Art " Bravely" rescued it.

photos -Art Huttinger collection
all research Willem Oosthoek

Edited by Jerry Entin, 08 December 2012 - 03:23.

[Jerry Entin]

Art Huttinger coordinating a Lark Cigarette shoot.
Once in a while competition cars were just used as props. Here is Art Huttinger in the process of organizing the line-up for a Lark cigarette commercial shot at Sebring, Florida.

Race winners paramour lighting his Lark for him.

Graham Shaw was not the only one in the real estate business. In 1961 Art Huttinger became an investor in what was announced as Circusland, a 7 1/2 million dollar attraction in Seminole County in Florida. It was envisioned to become the Florida equivalent of California's Disneyland. Entertainment Enterprises Inc. started buying up land around Orlando and the project was supposed to be completed in the spring of 1962. Unfortunately, management could not deliver on its promises and in 1962 Art pulled out of the project. Disney took over and the rest is history.

photos Art Huttinger collection
Above as told by Art Huttinger to Willem Oosthoek.

Edited by Jerry Entin, 06 August 2009 - 23:39.