Inside the Space Age Paint Supply in Phoenix Arizona you will see this Arrow Plane.... cool cars make for great advertising!

found on the HAMB

Great stuff from Volksrat.tumblr.com

 this Pontiac Safari wagon was lost to soft sands and incoming tide in 1973, but was washed clear recently by winter storm seas... that is so damn cool. Anyone having photos like this, email them to me so I can share them! jbohjkl@yahoo.com

 1923 Norton chopper, well, let me say that correctly, a chopper in 1923 that was made into a chopper

found on http://volksrat.tumblr.com/ who found lots of thes cool images on http://onthelosthighway.tumblr.com/ and http://5window.tumblr.com/ and other cool sites

Don Lee Specials, how many did he have? Here are 3...

The above two shots are from the courtesy and sharp mind of Stephan Marjoram, who knew that there were at least 3 "Don Lee Specials" and he let me post the above Fiat Tipo B two from Goodwood http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanmarjoram/5009392962/in/set-72157624870187185/

the one I photographed this summer:  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/don-lee-special.html

And the 1936 that Frank Kurtis built below that I just posted from finding it int he 1940 Harper Dry Lake racing film, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/anyone-recognize-this-hot-rod-ive-seen.html

the Don Lee special, built by Frank Kurtis. Ford body and chassis, Cord fenders, Offenhauser engine

This is the Don Lee special, built by Frank Kurtis in 1936. The other four "Don Lee Specials" are posted in different posts and without much finesse http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Don%20Lee

 Tommy approached Frank with a project. He wanted the best looking and fastest hot rod in Southern California… and he wanted Frank to build it.

Frank thought the Cord was a smart look and Tommy agreed. Frank felt a Cad motor would be appropriate, but Tommy balked. He wanted the best of the best and that meant this car was going to get a 318-inch Offy. A direction was set and work began.

Frank started with a 1936 Ford chassis and Cord front and rear fenders. From there, the car just blossomed into something VERY unique and VERY fast

Don left millions to his son Tommy, who at age 45 jumped from the 12th story of the Wilshire hotel, leaving 10 million to potential heirs to fight over

Tommy’s roadster ran on the dry lakes of Southern California with limited success. Improvements might have been made and potential realized if not for a tragedy that happened just prior to the war. On an intersection in Hollywood, CA, Tommy was t-boned by a truck and he was badly injured.

Tommy lived the rest of his life in a great deal of pain. He tried to play through and continued buying a number of hot rods and race cars as well as a few fighter planes (p38). But the joy of speed just wasn’t enough to overcome the pain.

On January 13, 1950, Tommy had his driver take him to the dentist. He got on the elevator and went to the 12th floor roof. He then jumped to his death leaving behind a 10 million dollar fortune, a huge automobile and aircraft collection, a radio station, and a television business http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=7365

These are screen shots from the 1940 Harpers Dry Lakes racing video that Dave from http://www.seabrighthotrods.com/ just added to youtube

Comparing the above photo with the last photo below that shows this car in street form vs racing form, I don't see a door handle or hinge in the above racing form

notice that the street exhaust is different from the racing exhaust

these last two images from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=7365

For the other Don Lee Special that I posted this summer http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/don-lee-special.html

1940 Harper Dry Lake SCTA racing home video from a 8mm camera thatSeabrightHotRods.com Dave's uncle brought in

And credit to Travis http://perichbrothers.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-100-unearthed-hot-rod-video.html
 for getting the screenshots, and Santa Cruz Dave for getting the home movie digitized and share with everyone! Dave's website is http://www.seabrighthotrods.com/

Thanks Travis!

if you get a kick out of dry lakes hot rodders, check out the color photos from 1947 and 1948 that have turned up on the internet last year:
 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/looks-like-el-mirage-in-1948-they.html
 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/back-to-1948-and-el-mirage-im-excited.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/chris-at-speed-seekers-foudn-more-1947.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-lake-in-48-oh-wonder-and-amazement.html

The resurrection of the SOCal Streamliner that Dean Batchelor and Alex Xydias set speed records with in 1949 and 1950 at the drylakes and Bonneville

 Here is a bit of hot rod history, reborn. This just gets more astonishing, because the original was destroyed in a racing accident, and this recreation is another dead on perfect remake from Dan Webb http://webbautomotiveart.com/... he remade the Golden Submarine of Barney Oldfield http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/unusual-things-that-cought-my-attention.html, and the Phil Remington Mod !
The original SoCal Streamliner was destroyed in a bad crash at Daytona in 1951.

The 1st Bonneville Nationals in 1949 was a successful endeavor for the So-Cal streamliner. The team ran top time of the meet at 187.89 mph & set a class "A" streamliner record of 156.39 mph. They also set the class "C" streamliner record of 189.745 mph.

After a successful Bonneville and regular S.C.T.A. season where Xydias/Batchelor came 2nd in the points championship. The streamliner was repaired and the front end changed it was repainted white with the 2 painted on the front wheelcovers. At the May 1950 S.C.T.A. meet the repaired streamliner ran strong on Saturday with a 152.28 qualifying run. Come Sunday Dean was backing up with his return run, there was a strong crosswind which he was steering into to keep straight. When the wind died the streamliner veered right putting the car sideways, it skidded, the tires dug in, went up on the 2 left side wheels and the car flipped and miraculously landing back on its wheels the belly pan had flown off and Dean was knocked unconscious after he smacked the steering wheel with his head. Dean never raced again after that accident.


 At the 2nd annual Bonneville Nationals (1950) the Xydias/Batchelor team broke the "A" and "C" class streamliner record setting the "A" streamliner record at 162.950 mph and a "C" streamliner record of 208.9271 mph. The So-Cal streamliner also ran the fastest one-way speed of the meet with a 210.8962 mph, beating the Kenz/Leslie Streamliner which ran 210.6489 mph. The So-Cal liner was featured on the cover of the October and November 1950 Hot Rod

 In February 1951 the So-Cal tank ran on the sands of Daytona Beach


 But are you are surprised to learn the So-Cal streamliner used the chassis from the original So-Cal belly tank Alex Xydias & Dean Batchelor ran in 1948, and that Valley Custom Shop built the streamliner body. Dean Batchelor worked at Valley Customs.

info and magazine outakes from http://hotrodsofthedrylakesera.blogspot.com/2010/12/so-cal-streamliner-part-2.html I've told you how cool that blog is!

677 feet per second

Found on http://www.wired.com/autopia/

full gallery from last years SEMA here http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/speed-demon-of-poteet-and-main-and-hot.html

Blowfish, the landspeed record setting 1969 Barracuda designed and built by Rad Rods by Troy

 The Blowfish was brought to SEMA by

who  in the past couple of years brought the cars on the banner under their name,

I've posted the Henry J  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/1951-henry-j-of-chuck-beanes-at-sema.html

and the Comet gasser http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/rosedale-rocket-from-snokes-metal-shed.html

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