In a message dated 12/11/03 10:22:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
wester6935@comcast.net writes:
>
> Yeah, I remember it. Shows what an old fart I am.
>
> Ill handling vehicle if my memory serves me. The driver was in one tank,
> the engine in the other. Painted an ugly red color at one time and the
> construction was not very well executed as I remember. My only comparison
> was some other cars I'd seen and I wasn't well acquainted with anything
> other than stock frames. There was a lot of buzz about the car but this was
> an era when Wally Parks could drive Bill Burke's belly tank on the salt with
> 1" of oil sloshing around in the bottom of the tank at the start of a run.
>
> Rex Burnett cleaned up several cars with his drawings. A huge improvement
> over their real life appearance.
>
> Wes
Thanks Wes, There is a color photo of this car in one of the new history of
Hot rodding books at Barnes & Noble. I had the same opinion of the cars
construction, neat piece of history though. Bob in connecticut
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