by Mike Gulett - The Gooding auction in Scottsdale, Arizona is auctioning what is likely the most unique Offenhauser engine around. In 1954 George Tilp commissioned this unique engine from Meyer & Drake to use in his Aston Martin DB2. It was … [Read more...]
Who Was George Tilp? – A Big Phil Hill Supporter – Part Two
September 26, 2018 By 31 Comments
by Mike - Geoffrey Horton told me that his uncle, George Tilp, would bring his old race cars to his farm in New Jersey and let family members drive them around the farm. Below is a photo of 12 year old Geoffrey Horton doing just that in 1960. … [Read more...]
Who Was George Tilp? – Part One
September 25, 2018 By 10 Comments
by Mike - The world is indeed a small place and the Internet can make it seem even smaller. I publish an article (and an advertisement) about the custom Offenhauser Engine S/N 165 commissioned by George Tilp, a wealthy race car owner in New … [Read more...]
How To Treat A Barn Find – A Jaguar XK140 FHC-SE
March 13, 2016 By 8 Comments
by Mike - Geoffrey Horton has had a lot of experience around some serious cars. As the nephew of George Tilp he had access to Ferrari race cars and the people who worked on them and drove them. It is no surprise that he would be a life time … [Read more...]
A Ferrari Mystery – Is It The Ferrari 412S Or The Ferrari 412MI?
February 11, 2014 By 4 Comments
by Mike - After reading The Ferrari 412S story Dennis Gray, a photographer who regularly publishes in Sports Car Digest and a regular reader of My Car Quest sent this note below, Phil Hill identified the car to me as a 412MI not a 412S. The … [Read more...]
Phil Hill Drove It But George Tilp Didn’t Buy It – The Ferrari 412S
February 9, 2014 By 2 Comments
by Mike - How would you like to take a track tour with Phil Hill and Dan Gurney around Watkins Glen? Me too - read on. I was introduced to the interesting history of George Tilp by one of his nephews, Geoffrey Horton. Geoffrey introduced me to … [Read more...]
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