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Re: Anyone remember the "Twin Tank"?

To: "W S Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>, <Want1937hd@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Anyone remember the "Twin Tank"?
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:13:00 -0800
As I remember it was Dodge powered.  Rich Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: "W S Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
To: <Want1937hd@aol.com>; <paul.blandavon@btinternet.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 07:25 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone remember the "Twin Tank"?


> 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





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