some old hot rods are still around

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYDMUCKQTAsvkyDKoz2hcUn8AczmiYC86-WowcJBCEqmnol0VvLSh0BME6w99hyDrT4K-nD8Nn1Mi2fIaGEfO2XN4kraFJd5Ks7M0vuDgy1OF0Y9QVkn1xq63NzKVJWdB4GESXD8CUPS-/s1600/2d06786f-b77c-437b-ba84-6a8772185033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYDMUCKQTAsvkyDKoz2hcUn8AczmiYC86-WowcJBCEqmnol0VvLSh0BME6w99hyDrT4K-nD8Nn1Mi2fIaGEfO2XN4kraFJd5Ks7M0vuDgy1OF0Y9QVkn1xq63NzKVJWdB4GESXD8CUPS-/s1600/2d06786f-b77c-437b-ba84-6a8772185033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Bill Lakes built this roadster, and at the time was the machine shop manager at Edelbrock, knew how to make a car fast, and good looking enough that it was the April 1950 Hot Rod Magazine feature, and won multiple records at Bonneville in both B/Roadster and B/Fendered Roadster classes (turning 144.24 and 123.84mph respectively).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVmTyqVCuEsykm7DDX73oQ75DuJsiT4vNQ-zeAmQ6pd_OX4p1UNKQLx_qm5gzNpJZUQcluAmEeetRxVeatpBKiJcxdCI6cm7xxCYZ9Uk4tdKs_syVU00rurCOvVTDfKxg8LP-P1vFSuq7/s1600/aqwf.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVmTyqVCuEsykm7DDX73oQ75DuJsiT4vNQ-zeAmQ6pd_OX4p1UNKQLx_qm5gzNpJZUQcluAmEeetRxVeatpBKiJcxdCI6cm7xxCYZ9Uk4tdKs_syVU00rurCOvVTDfKxg8LP-P1vFSuq7/s1600/aqwf.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Those headlights look terrible though<br /><br />Found on <a href="http://www.roddersjournal.com/revival/">http://www.roddersjournal.com/revival/</a></div>

some old hot rods are still around

Bill Lakes built this roadster, and at the time was the machine shop manager at Edelbrock, knew how to make a car fast, and good looking eno...

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The Cannonball Run record has been broken, by more than 2 hours

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The new record is held by Ed Bolian, Dave Black, and Dan Huang in a 2004 Mercedes CL55 AMG. Supercharged 5 liter, 300hp, 22mpg.<br /><br />The full story at <a href="http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/ed-bolians-record-breaking-drive-20131219">http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/ed-bolians-record-breaking-drive-20131219</a></div>

The Cannonball Run record has been broken, by more than 2 hours

The new record is held by Ed Bolian, Dave Black, and Dan Huang in a 2004 Mercedes CL55 AMG. Supercharged 5 liter, 300hp, 22mpg. The full sto...

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