- 1. K.B. lakester (score: 1)
- Author: "paul bland" <paul.blandavon@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:41:47 +0100
- List, I was looking through some old copies of popular hotrodding and as usual couldn't find the one magazine I wanted, I was looking for an article on a lakester (might of been a liner) that was pow
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- 2. Re: K.B. lakester (score: 1)
- Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:47:31 -0700
- Probably the Don Vesco streamliner of 1980 vintage. It had six wheels and the engine description fits the kind of thing he would have done. I think it was a 6 cylinder engine in one iteration. Have
- /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00569.html (8,081 bytes)
- 3. Re: K.B. lakester (score: 1)
- Author: "JERRY FOSTER" <fosterap@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:16:22 -0500
- Paul, I think you are referring to John Bjorkman's Lakester. They use the back two cylinders from a KB Hemi, and I believe each has it's own blower. I have seen it go 174 (I think) at El Mirage. Star
- /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00570.html (7,852 bytes)
- 4. Re: K.B. lakester (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:11:55 -0700
- Thats the car alright. I saw it crash pretty hard as a bike and than come back as a car. As I remember it there was a very short 71 series GMC lower( cut down I guess) on what looked like a T/F motor
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- 5. Re: K.B. lakester (score: 1)
- Author: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:44:16 -0700
- Jerry is right about the car. It's a rear four wheel drive lakester. Chain driven off a Lenco trans. The car holds a record at El Mirage at 218 MPH. The engineering is awesome. Now known as the Frigh
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