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- 1951 Beatty Belly Tank Lakester Land Speed Race Car - After World War II, hot rodders started using external fuel tanks from fighter planes as car bodies. The teardrop shape was ideal for speed record runs on dry lake beds and Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Californian Tom Beatty crafted this tank that was once the world's fastest.
- 1951
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1951 Beatty Belly Tank Lakester Land Speed Race Car
After World War II, hot rodders started using external fuel tanks from fighter planes as car bodies. The teardrop shape was ideal for speed record runs on dry lake beds and Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Californian Tom Beatty crafted this tank that was once the world's fastest.
- "Hot Rod" Magazine for October 1952 - This October 1952 issue of <em>Hot Rod</em> illustrated the lightweight steel-tube frame underlying Tom Beatty's Belly Tank Lakester. Made from external fuel tanks of surplus World War II fighter planes, Lakesters were raced on dry lake beds. Beatty's car set a number of Lakester land speed records during the 1950s and early 1960s.
- October 01, 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"Hot Rod" Magazine for October 1952
This October 1952 issue of Hot Rod illustrated the lightweight steel-tube frame underlying Tom Beatty's Belly Tank Lakester. Made from external fuel tanks of surplus World War II fighter planes, Lakesters were raced on dry lake beds. Beatty's car set a number of Lakester land speed records during the 1950s and early 1960s.
- "Hot Rod" Magazine, November 1952 - <em>Hot Rod</em>, first issued in 1949, is one of the oldest publications devoted to the hot rod community. This November 1952 issue features the <em>City of Burbank</em>, a vehicle built and raced by George Hill and Bill Davis. These two Southern California hot rodders had set several International and U.S. land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in September.
- November 01, 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"Hot Rod" Magazine, November 1952
Hot Rod, first issued in 1949, is one of the oldest publications devoted to the hot rod community. This November 1952 issue features the City of Burbank, a vehicle built and raced by George Hill and Bill Davis. These two Southern California hot rodders had set several International and U.S. land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in September.