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Re: Multi-Engine Cars

To: ardunbill@webtv.net, DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>, bigsid@webtv.net,
Subject: Re: Multi-Engine Cars
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:37:01 -0800 (PST)
The car is in the Garlits Museum in Florida and I
took a bunch of pictures of it in December, but
none show the drive setup.  At the time, I was
intrigued with the suspension and steering on the
car.

Dick J
--- ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> Yeah Doug, I remember reading about the "Bustle
> Bomb" in Hot Rod when I
> was a kid in high school.  My friend in SoCal,
> Bill Martz, who ran a
> famous nitro Vincent Black Lightning there in
> the same period, just sent
> me an e-mail yesterday about the car.  He used
> to watch it go.  He said
> the ring gear had two pinions driving the back
> axle, and both engines
> turned the normal rotation.  Though very
> unorthodox, the car was very
> successful in its day.  Bill
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