History Jim Lindsley, Dry Lakes pioneer, family photo collection

Hey gotgas...if you’ve ever been out on that road coming home from a tough week at Bonneville as soon as you rolled the car off the trailer you hoped some one got the cooler of beer off the truck.
There’s not much on that road including cell service now.

 

I missed this some how,,, truly great stuff!!

 

More photos on a new thread from additional pics I just received from the family. Check it out...
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...pics-from-the-lindsley-family-take-2.1201261/

 

Circa 1950 - Chet Herbert's "The BEAST" Harley Davidson drag bike:

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Circa 1951 - Chet Herbert's #160 "The BEAST No. 2" Coupe at the Dry Lakes:

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1952 - Chet Herbert's #666 "BEAST III" Streamliner (with fiberglass body & a single Chrysler HEMI mounted behind the driver) at Bonneville:

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1953 - Chet Herbert's #666 "BEAST 4" Streamliner (with aluminum body by Barris Kustoms ... and a single Chrysler HEMI mounted behind the driver) at Bonneville:

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1954 - Chet Herbert's #666 "BEAST 5" Streamliner (the reconfigured #666 "BEAST 4" 'liner ... with twin Dodge HEMIs ... one in front of the driver & one behind) at Bonneville:

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1957 - Chet Herbert's #333 "Swain~Hermann~Walker" Streamliner (the reconfigured #666 "BEAST 5" 'liner ... with twin Chrysler HEMIs mounted in front of the driver) at Bonneville:

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1958 - Chet Herbert's #333 "Herbert~Hermann~Walker Streamliner (the reconfigured #333 "Swain~Hermann~Walker" 'liner ... with three Chevys mounted in front of the driver) at Bonneville:

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1959 - Ermie Immerso showed up mid-week at Bonneville with his #333 "KRAFT AUTO Special" Streamliner (the reconfigured #333 "Herbert~Hermann~Walker" 'liner ... with the cockpit relocated back to the center of the vehicle ... and two supercharged Chrysler HEMIs):

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1961 - Ermie Immerso's "DEAN VAN LINES" Streamliner (the reconfigured #333 "KRAFT AUTO Special" 'liner ... powered by a single supercharged Ford V8 mounted behind the driver) at Bonneville ... it qualified at 223.32 MPH ... but failed to set a new class record:

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1967 - Ted Worobieff's #777 Streamliner (the reconfigured "DEAN VAN LINES" 'liner) at Bonneville:

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1991 - Bruce Johnston's #666 Streamliner (the reconfigured Worobieff #777 'liner) at the 43rd Annual Bonneville National Speed Trials:

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~1995 - Mark Dees purchased the yellow #666 Streamliner from Johnston.

~1997 - After Mark’s death in December of ’96, Gerry Silberstein purchased the yellow #666 Streamliner from the Dees estate.

~2001 - Mark Spacek purchased the yellow #666 Streamliner from Silberstein.

~2010 - David Duthu (of Houston, Texas) purchased the yellow #666 Streamliner from Spacek ... Duthu sent the ‘liner to Dave Crouse’s “Custom Auto” shop in Loveland, Colorado (where Herbert’s BEAST III ‘liner was restored for Dr. Mark Brinker) to be restored to its 1953 configuration … but because the car had undergone so many transformations since 1953, it was determined that it wasn’t feasible to “restore” its chassis & body but rather it needed to be completely rebuilt.

2012 - The 'liner was displayed at the "Houston Classy Chassis Concours":

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~2015 – Duthu sent the ‘liner to Dan Webb in Davison, Michigan to be “re-created” using as many of the car’s original components as possible. Webb and several others ... including daughter Ashley (@ash) & son-in-law Cory (@CTaulbert) Taulbert, Tracy Aitken, Wes Mishler, Craig Naff, Mike Curtis, Rod (@Hot Rod Tucker) Ida, Darryl (@hollenbeck32) Hollenbeck, and Eric Reyes ... brought (re-created) the 'liner back to its circa 1953 - #666 "BEAST 4" configuration.

2016 – Duthu donated the #666 "BEAST 4" ‘liner to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum where it remains on display for all to appreciate:

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Nice summary on the evolution of the Beast. Thanks, @HEMI32 !

 

No ... Thank YOU for sharing the "Lindsley Family Photo Collection" with the H.A.M.B. community.

I've really enjoyed reading both threads ... and every time I was about to chime in with some info or the identification of a car, I saw that @Jimmy B, @lurker mick or @296ardun had already "beat me to it" ... so when you inquired about the history of the "BEAST 5", I just had to chime in

 

I "fixed it" ...

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The top picture is the Moll-Hale Coupe. The one on the cover is the Hendrickson-Turner coupe.

 

Thank you for the pictures and posts @HEMI32 you said they restored the liner is there a thread on the restoration.?

 

Not on the H.A.M.B. ... but @ash (Ashley Webb Taulbert) / @CTaulbert (Cory Taulbert) did post hundreds of "build photos"on the Webb Automotive Art FB page:

• Beast IV: Chassis Rebuild
• Beast IV: Machine Work
• Beast IV: Streamliner Body
• Beast IV: Paint and Lettering

... and there's some good info about the restoration/re-creation in this HOP UP Blog: Chet Herbert’s Beast IV

 

Hop Up article is amazingly detailed. Thank you.

 

WOW those men did some AMAZING work thanks for the links.