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Old 27-05-2009, 07:08 AM   #141 (permalink)
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I wonder how the Bonneville Salt Flats are still flat!

Yes, I do remember something about this in Popular Mechanics back in the Cretacic I belong in. Apparently some guys still like those

Read this! (before I am accused of extensive copy/paste work with no reference, wink wink, nudge nudge ) *
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IN 2007, the belly-tank Lakester was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, CA. It was estimated to sell for $450,000 - $600,000. It is a very successful land-speed racer that achieved a Record on its inaugural debut. It was the Fastest SCTA Lakes Racer of the Season from 1951 to 1955, and again in 1959. It set records at Bonneville in 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962. It is the Fastest Belly-Tank Lakester ever created, having achieved a two-way run of 243.438 mph.

This aerodynamic WWII-surplus tanker is a big piece of history; being offered for sale at auction represented a rare opportunity and thus, the half-million dollar estimate was appropriate. As the gavel fell for the third and final time, the lot had been sold. The estimates had not been achieved, yet a high bid of $440,000 including buyer's premium, was enough to sell the lot.

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Old 27-05-2009, 01:59 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Good stuff Za, that car would've been a nice candidate for the 'Name that Plane' thread...
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Old 14-06-2009, 09:42 PM   #143 (permalink)
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Another rocket bike.
Fritz von Opel's 'Monster'


From a fine blog, packed with many unusual two-wheelers:
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Ah, an old friend. The NAGAYAMA tank
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It looks like an armoured Land Zeppelin!

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Lysander

I noticed there was already some strange aircraft in this thread. I found this one last night.


Looking at it again....Is someone taking the pee with a photoshop
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The sound locator in operating position.

Not quite a vehicle.
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