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bombs over Bonneville: the German invasion plan
We’re getting word of some real cool projects both here in the States and overseas. The latest comes to us from Michael Kronenberg of Smokin’ Shutdown Hot Rod Magazine over in Deutschland: an actual...
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Bill Burke bellytank re-creation under way
In today’s Hemmings e-Weekly Newsletter, you’ll read about the recently started effort by Geoff Hacker to re-create Bill Burke’s very first bellytank dry lakes racer, a front-engined junkyard-sourced...
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Burke bellytank re-creation continues
When we last left Geoff Hacker’s Bill Burke re-creation bellytank racer, Geoff had just dropped it off with Ted Kempgens and Tom Bambard of Creative Motion Concepts in Tampa, and left them with...
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Bill Burke bellytank re-creation headed to Bonneville
Progress on the Bill Burke bellytank re-creation ran at a rapid pace the last couple weeks, and for good reason – owner Geoff Hacker wanted to display the racer on the salt at Bonneville for this...
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Bill Burke bellytank re-creation hits the salt
When we last left Geoff Hacker and the Bill Burke bellytank re-creation that he commissioned, they had just set out for Bonneville. Unsurprisingly, the tank has been well-received by the Speedweek...
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Bill Burke meets the Bill Burke bellytank re-creation
After the exhilaration of speeding around on the Bonneville Salt Flats with the Bill Burke bellytank re-creation, Geoff Hacker, who commissioned Ted Kempgens and Tom Bambard of Creative Motion...
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Burke bellytank at Amelia Island 2010
Once I was done snapping photos at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Geoff Hacker enlisted my help in presenting his Bill Burke bellytank dry lakes racer (Geoff curated the Forgotten...
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Richard Harp’s Jetmobile, a tripod hot rod
We previously encountered Richard Harp and his Jetmobile a couple years ago in a collection of photos sent to us by a reader, so we weren’t too surprised to come across Richard and his three-wheeler...
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Bill Burke, hot rod pioneer, passes away at 97
Burke in 1941 while serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the Western Timing Association. Photo courtesy Geoff Hacker. “The Michael Jordan of Bonneville,” Ryan Cochran, proprietor of The Jalopy Journal...
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