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To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: 1906 Lakester
From: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:21:59 -0400
This week's Old Cars Weekly had a picture of the Stanley Brothers 1906/7 Dewar
Trophy "lakester" . With the skinny tires and the 3 foot wide <====> shaped
body it looks as slippery as any modern lakester . The frontal area was 9 sq
ft. including the tires . 1300 psi steam pressure . Nothing timid about those
guys . It broke in pieces after a 150 mph crash . Maybe that's why we've
stopped using wooden chassis .




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