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Offline Eric_Noyes

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Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« on: April 27, 2009, 01:25:57 PM »
The Buddfab Streamliner was on the cover of the Pacific Coast Dream Machines program.

Mike’s ACK Attack was there with Rocky signing posters and Jack had his collection of streamliners.
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Offline Dean Los Angeles

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 03:02:21 PM »
Two weeks ago in the travel section of the Los Angeles Times there was a listing of the Dream Machines show. The Costella line up of streamliners was the picture they used.

Nice to see LSR stuff in the main stream.
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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 04:55:44 PM »
The 988 car in front is not seen very often.

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 04:59:59 PM »
As I recall the 988 car,Jack's 1st. liner had handling problems. I think it was a front wheel drive with a MC engine. It's been a long time ago. I liked the looks of it. It only ran 1 or 2 times.
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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2009, 06:14:22 PM »
The 988 “car” at the show was a fiberglass body only: he stores it on his workshop roof.  The chassis may no longer exist.  I talked to him about it, he said that the handling problems of this front drive car may have been solved by changing the steering from a lever type to a rack and pinion, but at the time he attempted to fix it with caster and scrub radius changes.

More information about this car will have to come from Jack.

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2009, 07:03:25 PM »


That's quite an effort getting all those cars in one spot!

Any more pictures?

What are the 5th and 6th cars in the row there? ones in primer? New cars?

Thanks for posting  :-D

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2009, 07:08:28 PM »
#5 is a new 500cc liner. Very narrow. #6 may be the Berkey Mod Sport that may no longer be legal.

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2009, 11:02:16 AM »
The front half of the orange 988 is the rear half of the red 988.

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2009, 12:40:30 PM »
The front half of the orange 988 is the rear half of the red 988.

We need more pictures of the 500 cc bike and the lakester as well.

Send them and I will post if you need any help.

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2009, 02:05:58 PM »
The 500cc streamliner is not a bike but a car. Its as narrow as a motorcycle and will probably go like hell...

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2009, 02:21:35 PM »
Thanks Rock, I remember hearing about that, the two front wheels are side by side very close...

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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2009, 02:25:29 PM »
john i posted some pics of the car about a month ago--i guess everyone thought it was a motorcycle--im not sure why it has 4 wheels    willie buchta
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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2009, 02:33:49 PM »
Willie,

I would guess it has the four wheels to run as a streamliner car and with Jacks design it would could run 250+


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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2009, 03:21:34 PM »
john  http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,5695.0.html                      willie buchta
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Re: Local Fame - Dream Machines Show
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2009, 05:18:41 PM »
J

I would guess it has the four wheels to run as a streamliner car and with Jacks design it would could run 250+

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