Long shot on some of the trivia without researching or reading ahead:Beast 5
Chet herbert, now owned by Jerry Silberstein, 76 roadster: George bently and
Al Teague: Twin tank owned by Mark Dees with the big block. Dont know how
he was running the beast numbers 666. let us know eh!
>From: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>
>Reply-To: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>
>To: "Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Divorce, Treasure and a Great Day!
>Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:40:02 -0800
>
>Once upon a time there was a Hot Rod enthusiast who decided to get a
>divorce.........he gave up a lot of things that he had saved over the
>years,
>to me. Jump 20 years into the future, today.
>
>Having a great day today!!! Spent about two minutes in the attic and
>retrieved about 100 issues of Rod & Custom, Rod Action, Street Rodder &
>Street Rod magazines from 1963 to 1975. Folks let me tell you they don't
>make them like they used to. I scanned them for articles on Bonneville and
>found plenty. Ended up with about 20 magazines with coverage of the
>Bonneville Nationals. This is fantastic!! Pictures of Breedloves car
>(Spirit of America) without rear vertical fin, ran almost 300 mph. A
>corvair LSR car!!!! Nolan White, Markley Brothers, Vesco, Knot Farrington,
>Art Arfons, Ernie Immerso. The list goes on and on.
>
>I don't know why I remembered having the magazines, but am glad I did. Sad
>thing is that the attic is not the best place to store magazines. They are
>in good shape but a little fragile. If you got stuff like this in the
>attic, find a better place.
>
>Some interesting stories covered....1970 How Short can the Long Course Be?
>Talks about the salt getting thin. 1974, Long Black Line to Yesterday,
>Bonneville remembered. How Bonneville got started. 1966, So You Wanna to
>Run on The Salt, by Tex Smith. 1967, The Slippery Ones at Bonneville. An
>article on the #400 Studebaker and how Studebakers will be on the salt
>forever. 1972, Crocker the Clocker, an article about J. Otto Crocker.
>
>Trivia
>Who owned and ran the "Beast V" in 1954?
>What was the name of the car built by "The College of the Redwoods"?
>Number 88, an Olds powered Astra belonged to who?
>Who owned/ran/operated the number 76 roadster in '73?
>D Streamliner, twin tank, 182 blown Chevy, #666 belonged to who?
>
>This one is for Mayf, #157 Sunbeam Tiger ran 148 mph belonged to who?
>
>Hope you all enjoyed this glimpse of the past, I hope it brought back some
>good memories, and I hope it generates a smile and thoughts of the future.
>
>Regards, Tom
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