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    1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    This is perfect for me, since I do most of my daily driving on salt flats and dry lakes, and have more than a quarter mile available to make U-turns. I hope the AC is fully charged.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    08/10/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
    [OMBUDSMAN'S NOTE: And that my friends, is how you comment. COTD-worthy.]
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    Al Navarro was starred Al Navarro was unstarred
    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    Outrageous. You've got to admit it, these guys had brass balls. I can just imagine the sound of that Hemi, right behind your head wound tight and about to grenade. Suspension? Nah, just adds weight. The seat? Just something to strap your butt into. Windows? All you need is to align this rocket with the black stripe painted on the salt. I bet Mr. Johnson wore a pudding pot helmet and a wife beater when he set the record. Nomex? Not invented. Tires? I'll bet they're bias ply. These dudes were something else. Nice Price for a piece of American History.
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    Graverobber promoted this comment CptSevere was starred CptSevere was unstarred
    Image of Flagrant German Fanboy Flagrant German Fanboy
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    While this sort of pricing is of course far out of whack for anything you'd actually dare pilot about the neighborhood, it's rather a moot point here. This is a piece of history, more like a museum artifact than a car. My tendency would be to say Nice Price, however an authority on the matter might be able to set me straight on that.
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    discontinuuity is missing Uncle Pete, the Auto Insider, and the Banhammered Nine promoted this comment Flagrant German Fanboy was starred Flagrant German Fanboy was unstarred
    Image of tek_nic tek_nic
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    Build your own speed demon for the flats for less, IMO
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment tek_nic was starred tek_nic was unstarred
    Image of pinkshinyalan is kind of brown pinkshinyalan is kind of brown
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    Obviously something you'd never actually drive around (not being street-legal kind of prevents that), and probably not something you'd ever actually take on the salt (unless you like risking destroying a half-mil car for 3 minutes of speed).
    But for something to show off in My Own Private Gallery, complete with trophies and a body made from a WWII fighter's fuel tank (!!), totally nice price.
    Seriously, a used fighter plane's fuel tank. How awesome is that?
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment pinkshinyalan is kind of brown was starred pinkshinyalan is kind of brown was unstarred
    Image of jaymcminn jaymcminn
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    In a world of multi-million dollar Ferraris and Shelbys, this is a nice price. It's not a car so much as a piece of history, and an extremely rare one at that.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment jaymcminn was starred jaymcminn was unstarred
    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    500K for a vehicle that I could only fit 1 dead hooker in (an that a midget to boot!). Crack pipe!
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    OldeEnglishD was starred OldeEnglishD was unstarred
    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    08/10/09

    @OldeEnglishD:
    [OMBUDSMAN'S NOTE: Did you not get the memo that golfers are the new "dead hookers"?]
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    Edited by Al Navarro at 08/10/09 5:20 PM Al Navarro was starred Al Navarro was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    P-51 Mustang, Don Johnson, Bonneville, Speed records...


    That is a heck of an impressive resume. If you have the money, it's a real collector's item, and thus nice price.
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    Edited by Mobius at 08/10/09 8:55 AM Mobius was starred Mobius was unstarred
    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!

    Driven by Don Johnson?
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was starred CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was unstarred
    Image of brc is never late, because of his v8 brc is never late, because of his v8
    08/10/09

    @CaptMatt15 is high on 9000 rpm: Yes, and the first time they showed the car, it was a fiberglass replica of a belly tank racer. The air force was embarrased about this cheap knock off and sent them a real belly tank for the next year.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment brc is never late, because of his v8 was starred brc is never late, because of his v8 was unstarred
    Image of EMPM, Esq. EMPM, Esq.
    08/10/09

    @brc is never late, because of his v8: Yet even if fiberglass form it was much nicer than the Cadillac DeVille salt flats racer that Philip Michael Thomas drove.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment EMPM, Esq. was starred EMPM, Esq. was unstarred
    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    I can't vote nice price for something I can show off in the garage only. Really I could build a Top Fuel Dragster or modify a ZR1 'Vette to do those speeds for less than half the cost of this here machine. Its pretty and pretty fast too, but I wouldn't spend 1/2 a million on that.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment Edited by Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II at 08/10/09 8:03 AM Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was starred Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    Nice price; but for a museum.
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    08/10/09

    In reply to 1955 Johnson and Shipley B-Lakester For A Salty $500,000!
    Faster than a Veyron, for a fraction of the cost: nice price!
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    08/10/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Or... just a little faster than a ZR1 for 5 times the price. You decide.
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    TV's Paul Y. promoted this comment Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was starred Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    08/10/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: Thanks for raining on my parade, Mr. Negative.
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
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