The car was designed and built by Bob Herda, Chief of Aerodynamics for
Hiller-Fairchild. The car was designed for twin early Chryslers but never
was run in that configuration that I know of. In 1963 the car was run as
Herda-Cagle with my personal 440 blown early Chrysler in it. As I recall we
ran 325 before the drivetrain gave out for the fourth time and excessive
RPM broke a rod bolt and my engine expired. That much I am certain about.
After that I am not sure. The number was 999 and the car was immaculate. I
have some pictures. There is a lot more story here..........
Skip Higginbotham
At 04:00 PM 10/5/2005 -0700, Wendy Jeffries wrote:
>Can anyone help with info on this?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jim Collura
>To: salt@lasercom.net
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:33 PM
>Subject: Racer Info
>
>
>I'm looking for information, pictures, articles, etc. on a gentleman that
>raced or owned a streamliner back in the early '60's. His name was Robert
>(Bob) Knapp. He was originally from Calif., I think he owned dyno shops in
>Calif, and later moved to Union County, North Carolina. Bob was a member of
>our car club and we toured his shop and saw the streamliner. It was a single
>engine and supposedly held the record for a number of years before the record
>was broken. He always talked about Art Artfonse, spelling???, and I'm not sure
>if he was a partner in the streamliner or not. I do remember that there was
>three names on the tail fin of the streamline, one was Knapp, the others I
>can't recall.
>
>Any information would be appreciated.
>
>Jim Collura
>Monroe, NC
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