Aloha from the island of Maui.
I'm "2Loose" Willy, and I am trying to figure out if I can pull off a visit to Bonneville during speed week this year.
Of course, I want to drive my '55 Chevy old style "gasser" to Bonneville, not to race, but to watch and see what it is all about, and to have an adventure along the way.
It's a bit spendy to ship a car over and back to do this, but what the heck, it would be a once in a life time event for me.
I'm a retired mechanical engineer, spent my life developing and working on sugar cane and pineapple specialized field machinery here in Hawaii, and in my spare time fabbing and driving modified fifties era cars, trucks, and Harleys....
My "gasser" is powered by a '67 Olds 425 with 7 lbs boost from a 6/71 roots blower, with a pair of Holley HP 600's on top, and runs a stick shift, a Doug Nash 5 speed.
My best time so far at our local drag strip is 12.2 sec. at 118 mph, and that is with spinning street tires and a 3.00 rear gear set. It's basically a street cruiser that I go down and run at the track once in awhile....
So if I were to ship it in to LA or SF in August, what would be the possibilities of hooking up with a group driving to Bonneville?
Here's a pic of my '55:
And a LINK to my web page on this car....