Flyin' Eye #57 Bonneville racer

anybody know anything about this salt-flat racer?

http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/classifieds.cardetail/id/2300793/xfa_returnpage/quicksearch.classifieds-keyword-1948%20ford/

dan

 

it might be worth your while to inquire here:
http://www.landracing.net/phpbb/

 

The old salts are all pondering about this tanker. Most don't remember it at all. One rumor was that it was a movie car (the tank is fiberglass).

 

on the nose, its apparently signed, and then also dated, it looks to say " '53" on it ...

donno