Wasn't there two of these twin tank cars? About a decade apart?
Jim in Palmdale
>
> > 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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