OK, this is driving me nuts. These teaser pics are of Gater's member Bob Weinberg who had this scratch built Lakester in 1948. Edelbrock "block" heads, homegrown chain-driven blower, triple Winfield carbs, a neat swept-mounted radiator, an array of surplus aircraft guages and look closely...Kinmont brakes. According to TRJ, car was built by "Big Bill" Edwards of Bell Auto Parts, and a hand-formed body by Indycar panel beaters Diedt and Lesovsky. There has to be more pics and info on such an interesting car...anyone?
There are 2 pages in Albert Drake's Hot Rodder book,but my scanner decided to take a shit...I'll try again later unless someone else has it.
Weinberg was the guy behind the Blue Crown Special Indy cars I think...the car cost $20,000 to build in 1948. The guy who owns Re-Originals-am Italian car restoration compny was restoring and owns it now, but this is old info from 2006. Here are some very small pics I found.
Sprockets on the water pumps, but I don't see a chain. A great piece of forgotten history, but I bet the HAMB guys will dig out more info.
There is a fuzzy pic in the dry lakes book by Veda Orr and another in a Car Craft suprcharger series done in about 1955...was looking at that last night. Absolutel wild. Imagine that setup in a street car with blower rear plate filling a hole in the dashboard...
yep, says it in the article. who's bright idea was suicide doors on a bonneville car! although I imagine there was alot more to that car than just the lakes.
What just looking at those pics yesterday. Really is a nicely engineered car. Love the reverse mounted blower and the exhaust.