Bill Burke's car is now run by Jim Travis. It is currently sitting just inside
the front door of the NHRA Museum.
DW
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Kirkwood <saltfever@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Kirkwood <saltfever@comcast.net>
Subject: [Land-speed] Jesse James brings hydrogen land-speed
To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:14 AM
Isn't that the original Bill Burke 'Pumpkin Seed' car? It sure looks like
it. Bill went something like 203 mph with a 6 cylinder Ford Falcon motor in
1961! So 48 years later a TV personality stuffs in a 572 inch big block
running on H2 and goes 4-5 mph SLOWER!
I enjoy all things mechanical and appreciate the craftsman ship displayed on
some of the shows. But, P l e a s e, why lionize a useless hollywood
spectacle? Yes, hollywood is spelled lower case! Flame away . . .
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