Lucky makes race scoops, fuel blocks, and other cool parts from his Burbank, California, shop, Lucky's Speed Equipment. I bent the valves on that run, too, so I'm about to take the engine out now.' He knows it's capable of more speed than that. 'I've gone as fast as 109 in it, but it's a rough ride because I don't have a rear suspension. For 50, the Southern California Timing association will let you in every day for the entire week. For 20 a head, you can see the largest and widest variety of high-speed machinery there is. He races in Vintage Flathead Gas Competition Coupe (XGCC) class with his 292 Flathead backed by a TKO 600 transmission and Halibrand Quick Change axle. Welcome to the best automotive entertainment value in the business, the Bonneville Salt Flats 73 rd annual Speed Week. He gave the roof a severe 11½-inch chop and had to lower the driver's seat and entire floor of the car enough to be able to see through the mail-slot windows. The windshield surround is from a '36 Ford, it's blended into the cowl of a '34 Ford, and a pair of hoods from a '40 Ford were made to form the nose of the car.

See more ideas about bonneville salt flats, bonneville, wendover. Inspired by the Chrisman Coupe, Lucky built this car himself out of an amalgamation of parts he had collected over the years. Speed Week, annual land speed record event organized by the Southern California Timing Association and Bonneville Nationals Inc. The 68th running of Speed Week, August 13-19, hosted by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) was a mixed bag of success. Surrounded in mountains lays a vast openness of nothing but white as far as the eye can see. Lucky Burton brought his '31 Model A out to the salt this year, and its rakish good looks earned it a spot on this issue's cover. The event is held on a salt deposit formed over millions of years.

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