now at the Petersen museum, this is the 1939 lakester named the Meteor, and handbuilt from 5 scrapped vehicles

when it was at the 2011 Del Mar Goodguys, I got photos of it from up close, inside and out.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/schools-in-this-is-visual-lesson-in.html

While it is the museum and will get a lot more people to respect the enormous commitment the builder had, and the talent in making this car, the stantions and ropes will not allow museum guests to get as close and with the great lighting I had available at the 2011 Goodguys. Kudos to the museum for getting it on display! 

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the 1955 Ghia Streamline X

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1931 Mandator Tanker (british) looks like a train cab faired into a streamliner tanker on a 60's Mack

from http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com/478512.html

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Some cars set speed records, but weren't fortunate enough to be savvy enough to get an organization to be there to "Sanction" it, and AAA wouldn't bless a run unless you were a member. Huh.

 notice the writing on the photo, especially that on the upper left hand corner

 very rare to have wire wheels in 1922, they go back to 1908 at least, but very uncommon

in 1922 Sig Haugdahl built this wire wheeled streamliner with a 6 cylinder, 836cu in, 13.7 liter, airplane engine. He ran it on Daytona beach, and beat the previous record by 24 mph. The previous might have been that of the Mephistople, or the Blitzen Benz.
found on http://silodrome.com/sig-haugdahl-wisconsin-special/

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