the Lakester -- one example of a highly specialized subset of hopped-up record-hunters -- was rediscovered about 15 years ago. This car features a reversed Ford Model T frame and is powered by a ...

Thus began the feature on Seth's Frontenac-headed Model T in the Sept ... He bought the old Scotties Muffler Lakester from the '50s and was going to run the Frontenac motor from the hillclimb ...

You see, Brian's T has three transmissions. The 1925 T was originally hot rodded back in the 1950s to compete in the Signal Hill (later Shell Hill) Hill Climb in Long Beach. The car's original ...

To speed up the Lakester, GM contracted with the Auto Research Center (www.arcindy.com), an Indianapolis-based wind tunnel, to construct and test an intricate 40-percent scale model. Aero add-ons ...

The Ecotec Lakester is an exploration of what a modern belly-tank land speed record car would be. Designed by Frank Saucedo, director of GM's California advanced design studio, and the SoCal Speed ...

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 ...

Lawrence Rouch of Loveland wants to get his bright orange Lakester to go 264 miles next weekend in the salt. Rouch, 74, hurt his shoulder, so he won’t be driving, but his son, Eric Rouch ...

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 ...