The chassis was built in Seth's shop from 4130 ... That's enough to push the Lakester to 311.853 mph, blowing away the record (which sat at 271 mph) in the AA/Gas Lakester class.

At the moment, that listing is the Belly Tank Lakester. It's exactly what it sounds like, with "bodywork" sourced from a WWII-era Lockheed P-38 Lightning drop tank, four wheels, a V8 engine and ...

But you have to start somewhere and, for Ed, square one in the build was the chassis and body. Old Dog Street Rods in Maryland Heights, Missouri, offers a '27 Lakester kit, which is comprised of a ...

See All 5 Photos The Lakester's composite body is stretched over a tubular steel chassis. The disc-shaped wheels are 26 inches up front and 30 inches at the rear. See All 5 Photos WANT TO SEMA MORE?

Why, build a gigantic lakester speed-trial car, of course. “I’ve been a hot rodder all my life,” said Pettus, a Cedar Rapid, Iowa, auto-shop owner who’s also a licensed pilot.

The Lakester was a fascinating and novel design ... car that was actually built was just a body stuck on a normal VW chassis, and the boat would not be removable at all. Then I saw this picture ...

The 206mph G/Gas Lakester record seemed a simple goal when ... to his record has been Steve's education. The engine and chassis have proved reliable and stable. He's gotten more and more ...

Constructed from the wing tip tank of a Lockheed Super Constellation airplane, the "Lockheed Lakester" is built to resemble a vintage salt flat racer and features a variety of aviation-sourced ...

This kind of crazy isn't for everyone, but if you've got more dollars than sense and 30 grand burning a hole in your pocket, Maddox's "pulse jet lakester" is for sale. A pulse jet is a super ...

There will be hundreds of collector cars going up for auction at Barrett-Jackson this month, but few will be as interesting as this custom creation nicknamed the “Lockheed Lakester”.

With a custom tube-chassis, a slippery aerodynamic body ... as this car will be a wheels-outside lakester streamliner, which comes with its own stability advantages and aero disadvantages.