Item Info
Item No: arcr00011
Title: AB Jenkins plans new attack on records
Creation Date:
7/11/1938
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:
Indianapolis, Ind. - A monster speedster under construction in Indianapolis, Ind., for AB Jenkins, who already holds all speed records from 10 to 1000 miles, and plans to shatter his own marks on the Bonneville, Utah, Salt Flats in August. The body is Aluminum, and is mounted on a 142-inch wheelbase. The car can be driven by the front wheels, rear wheels, or all four wheel, depending on Jenkins' judgment and the flip of a finger. A twelve-cyllinder 665-horsepower Curtiss-Conger airplane mother, suspended on a sub-frame mounted on rubber, will propel the car with a minimum third speed of 125 miles per hour, and a top speed of at least 225 miles, or 275 miles supercharged.
Bibliography:
The Evening Bulletin (taken from article on reverse)
Tools
- Pan and Zoom
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