Scale Model of Goldenrod Land Speed Record Race Car, circa 1965
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Artifact Overview
Bob and Bill Summers set the pattern for wheel-driven land speed record cars -- in a jet-powered era -- with Goldenrod. The car's streamlined shape benefited from wind tunnel tests with a wood model at the California Institute of Technology. Goldenrod set a record of 409.277 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. That record stood until 1991.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1965
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2005.124.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Robert C. Post
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.0 in
Width: 7.0 in
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