Old Bonneville Pictures

[N72727]

Don Vesco. 1972.

[Dynoroom]

I came across this surfing the net...

[lvsalt]

I thinl this started life as a t-bird

[36hplandspeedracer]

Modsports

Some more Nolan back in the day...................



This is early sixties.

Burly

[desotoman]

Are there 4 carbs on that blower?

Tom G.

[Freud]

Make it real big. I think it's 2 large 4 barrels.

FREUD

[desotoman]

Thanks Freud. The reason I asked was it looked like you could see the mountains in a little gap below the scoop just above the left fuel line, so I was wondering what caused the gap.

Tom G.

[Stan Back]

Looks like a Hot Wheel -- big engine, big tires and wheels, little body.  Probably (surely) very fast.

[4-barrel Mike]

Found some more old pics today, Quality not great but i thought some might enjoy.
first pic, is it me or is that blower mounted vertical

Hot Rod Deluxe, May 2011, page 58, in the article on Eric Rickman's photos of August 1958, has a picture of this (?) engine, captioned, "August 15: Greg Sharp I.D.'d this strange dyno setup as Kent Enderle's personal approach to supercharging a Chrysler Hemi, recalling it running at El Mirage and Bonneville.  We're no sure what the theory was behind the right-angle drive for the 6-71, but note what looks like a prototype for the Enderle "Barn Door" injector on the blower's intake side."

Mike

[Freud]

Vesco----Wirges

FREUD

[N72727]

1972...

[Stan Back]

Course looks a little soggy.

[MattGuzzetta]

I do wonder what ever happened to Bill Wirges?  Those were some great times on the salt for sure, here are some pictures from the same time frame, speeds at that time were in the 270's or so..


Getting ready for a run... Mike Devlin and Don Vesco yakking in line...



Down at the 10 mile marker, I think that is Bruce Flanders standing by the van. Probably a record run.

More to come

Matt Guzzetta

[MattGuzzetta]

Here are some goodies from 1970, with Don's 252mph (I think) twin Yamaha 350cc Streamliner and also an early Dennis Manning Harley streamliner, the one that Cal Rayborn rode at 265mph to take the record from his good friend Don just a couple of months after Don put the record over 250mph, great fun!


The Yamaha twin 350 original streamliner.


Dennis Manning sitting in his liner, looks like they are in line


The twin TZ 750 version of the Streamliner, the "Silver Bird" with one of my favorite cars, Fred Larsons beautiful liner.

Enjoy, I am having fun with my new 35mm scanner, I have a bunch to share, watch out! 

Matt Guzzetta

[Peter Jack]

We're all enjoying your having fun. Go for it Matt!

Pete