Prismacolor pencils on white archival stock 9"x 4"
� Paul Chenard 2008
Gary Grant Collection
The American hot rod scene developed very quickly after WWII. G.I.�s with speed on their minds picked up surplus WW2 fighter belly fuel tanks, and build hot rods around them.
One of the best known is the So-Cal Speed Shop �Lakester�, built by Alex Xydias. It was built using a P-38 belly tank, with a flat-head v-8 stuffed in the back.
In 1951, at the Bonneville Salt Flats, the So-Cal team ran the racer at 145.395 mph, a new record for their class.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
So-Cal Belly Tank Lakester
Labels:
1951,
Alex Xydias,
belly tank,
Bonneville Salt Flats,
Hot Rod,
lakester,
Land Speed Record,
So-Cal
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