Going 300 MPH is never an easy task but it becomes especially difficult when you are located a continent away from the only place you can test and tune your 1 liter turbocharged streamliner.
The Spirit Of Rett: The World's Fastest Single-Engine Tribute
Last week during a private FIA sanctioned meet at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Charlie Nearburg set a new land-speed record of 414.5 mph with his NHRA Pro Stock engine based "Spirit of Rett."
Step Into The Future, Buck Bike Rogers
This is the impossibly cool cockpit dash of a custom-bodied 1930 Henderson motorcycle. Think that's nutty? Wait until you see the whole thing. I want to live in yesterday's tomorrow. [Knucklebuster via The Cool Hunter]
Curves Like These Inspire Poetry
"The 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs
Jesse James Sets Hydrogen Land Speed Record At 199.7 MPH
Jesse James set a record speed of 199.712 in the hydrogen-powered Streamliner at the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed last week, besting the hydrogen record previously held by the BMW H2R
Ever Wondered What A Bugatti 2+2 Would Look Like? Neither Have We
Though we understand why people are so anxious to tinker with the Bugatti Veyron
Bentley R-Type Continental Racer One-Off
One may think that Bentleys were only used for chauffeur duty during the 70-some years between the 'Bentley Boys' of the 1920s and the 2001 EXP Speed 8 LeMans prototype racer. But this 1954 Continental R proves that simply wasn't the case. It's a one-off racer with a very distinct long-tail body. It seems unusual that…
1950 Pontiac Streamliner Deluxe Convertible
Today's Down on the Street car gets the official Jalopnik Best Hood Ornament Ever Award. I mean, it's a jet plane with a glowing Indian head grafted on! What could the designers have been thinking when they came up with this thing? Best of all, the front view looks like a tiki head! And, of course, there's a lot of…
