Hotrods at Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach California | August 15, 2010
Pebble Beach, California
Pictures by Bob Nugent
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1952 So-Cal Speed Shop Streamliner

This is one of the original Belly Tank Specials made from the wing tank of a P-38 Lightning. These could be bought after WWII from the U.S. Government for a little as $35! It was built by Alex Xydias, the owner of the So-Cal Speed Shop and ran at Bonneville in 1951. It started with a 156 cubic inch flathead V-8, but the engine was swapped twice and ended up with a 296-cubic-inch Mercury unit, with which it set a two way time of 195.77 mph and a one way time of 198.340 mph.

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1952 So-Cal Speed Shop Streamliner

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