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I learned this afternoon from friends that Merle D. Van Steenwyck passed away this morning. Merle, known as “Van, the Body Man” and “the Mayor of Gasoline Alley” and also the proprietor of the Van Craft race car fabrication shop located in the heart of Gasoline Alley in Indianapolis, Indiana. With Van Craft, Van was the owner of the Kurtis Kraft midget name, and the caretaker of the original jigs, patterns, and fixtures for building midget race cars created by master race car builder Frank Kurtis including frame rail cars, upright cars and the super rare midget roadsters. In addition to building complete cars, Van also was a race car restoration specialist, or could fabricate specific parts like stainless steel headers.
Van was around 75 years old, and had been in poor health for the past 18 months. Van was a 45-year veteran of the race car fabrication business, having worked for Shelby American as a fabricator in its race shop during its heyday from 1963 to 1965 before striking out on his own. In the 1960’s and 1970’s Van was the “go-to” guy if a race team needed repairs to the race car tub done in a hurry. In recent years, Van was known to TV audiences for his co-starring role in a 2005 episode of the A & E Network reality show “Biker Build-off,” when Van helped Jason Hart fabricate a tank for his custom motorcycle. I first met Van in 2006, when a friend and I stopped in during a tour of Indianapolis race shops, and he immediately treated me like an old friend. I made many more visits to his shop through the years, whether to listen to his wonderful stories, look at his huge collection of racing memorabilia, or just sit and watch a master artisan at work. Van had a great sense of humor; as evidence, on the back of his business card were listed important phone numbers- The White House, The Kremlin, The Vatican, and Van Craft. I shall miss my friend Van very much; Heaven has a great fabricator now.