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more about #speedrecord more comments → thunder; now eta-powered: Sweet! more » Novaload: Well, at least there is no doubt of what will happen when you roll this baby. The thickness of your skull--which has to be pretty thick to even think ... more » Turboner: I vote crack pipe ;) more » VeeArrrSix: That video makes me not want the thing... seriously my 9 year old niece makes better iMovies starring Polly Pocket and Build-a-Bears. I know it's... more » VeeArrrSix: I am Lakester. I am made out of a tank. more » Alfisted: No radiator, just a big tank. Wonder how long it takes that flatty to overheat. more » mr_dude: Well it's no parking lot, but very cool nonetheless. more » powermatic: Boxed frame rails? Front brakes? That shit's for losers. And look at what's holding up the body-a stick, with some bailing wire wrapped around it!. Lo... more » beercheck: '27 Ajax water tank cap Body rivets round headed believe to be WWII AN430 Sand Cast Harman & Collins Magneto Sexy. more » Peter Orosz: Here is a very technical and utterly fascinating account of Rosemeyer's accident: [www.kolumbus.fi] What seems to have happened was that Robert Eberan... more » 413wedge: wtf did they use for tires on those things??? more » Adidac425: Can I say that I LOVE the automotive history articles? more » brandegee: The Wired article had a good point: Rosemeyer never drove another car. When Nuvolari, the other master, joined Auto Union in 1938 after Rosemeyer, it ... more » BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: An other exemple of when "sex was safe and cars were dangerous" more » Boosted Lego Wagon: Bernd was a reluctant member of the SS and as a German racing driver was also required to be a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). I ... more » -
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eBay Hotness: Flathead-Powered Belly Tank Lakester
Once upon a time, men were real men. Women were real women. And speed came from strapping yourself into an aircraft drop tank and hauling across a lakebed like a bat out of hell. Plus, there's in-tank video. Hallelujah. More » -
#thehistoryofcars
Last Flight Of The Silver Comet: Bernd Rosemeyer's Fatal World Speed Record Attempt
Bernd Rosemeyer was fearless, but yesterday in 1938 his attempt to eclipse 268 MPH on a public road and set the speed record in an Auto Union prototype would prove fatal. More » -
