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Elmer Carl
Kiekhaefer (June 4, 1906 –
October 5, 1983) was the
founder of
Kiekhaefer Mercury (later
Mercury Marine) and
Kiekhaefer Aeromarine and also...
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Kiekhaefer Mercury company began in 1939 when
engineer Carl
Kiekhaefer purchased a
small outboard motor company in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
Kiekhaefer's...
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Every one of
those races was won by a Carl
Kiekhaefer car from the shop in
which he worked.
Kiekhaefer was a hard
person to work for and
several people...
- The Righter/
Kiekhaefer O-45 was an air-cooled, two-stroke
aircraft engine of flat-twin configuration, used
extensively for
powering target drones in the...
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contributed millions of
dollars into
their cars
during the season, it was Carl
Kiekhaefer's Chryslers and
Dodges that
dominated the
season including a 16 win stretch...
- Carl
Kiekhaefer, who was
initially dismissive of and
opposed to a
technology that
would later capture 80% of the market. In 1959
Wynne left
Kiekhaefer and...
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hemispherical concept in
favor of the wedge-head B
engine until 1964. Carl
Kiekhaefer also used the
Chrysler engines in
NASCAR cars
owned by him from 1955 and...
- forms, the KD6G-1 with a
McCullough O-100 engine, and the KD6G-2 with a
Kiekhaefer V-105 powerplant. Used
extensively by the
United States Navy
during the...
- a
Texaco Fire-Chief gas pump,
Dukes of
Hazzard trash can and TV tray,
Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motor sign,
Exercycle stationary bike, PET Ice Cream...
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examples are very expensive), and the well
publicized successes of Carl
Kiekhaefer in
NASCAR racing (1955–1956);
though the
model is an
important precursor...
