John;
Red said he will look for some photos of that turbine car and bring them
to lunch this Thursday.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Burk
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:27 PM
To: land-speed
Subject: Red Greth Turbine Car
I think the Red Greth dragster was powered by compressed air . At
Indy in
62 it had heavy steel air tanks . and later it had lighter jet starter
tanks .
It was so quiet you could hear the tires squeal well down the 1/4 mile .
John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
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