[AMC-List] Just Got Back from Bonneville

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just got back from the 2006 Speed Week at the
Bonneville Salt Flats last night. It was a good week
and my stepbrothers car bumped the record (which it
currently holds) but could not back it up on the next
day's run, probably due to the wind.  He runs a Buick
straight eight bored to 356 cubic inches with custom
cam and roller rockers.  It's in a vintage class gas
coupe.  

There were no AMC engines running (that I could see)
this year.  There were a couple of pre-AMC cars.  A 50
Nash was running in the Ford flathead (XF) class.  A
step-down Hudson with a small block Chevy was also
there.  I spoke to the Hudson owner who indicated that
it did not previously have a Twin-H engine or he would
have kept that powerplant.  He assured me the Hudson
parts went to good homes.

The highest speed that I heard about all week was
turned by the Royal Purple (racing oil) streamliner
which had a 390 mph run on the long course with a 410
mph exit speed.  That's moving.  You can go to the
SCTA website and check to see if there were faster
speeds. I have not yet done that. 

All in all a good week.  There were all income classes
of owners represented, from blue color guys with
family and friends acting as crew and with cars on
open trailers, to one British knight with a entourage
of approximately twenty employees in matching uniforms
supported by a huge contingent of support vehicles
including one helicopter and an ultralight airplane
taking photos.

I stopped in Nevada on the way home and pulled parts
from a 64 Classic wagon which I had previously
purchased on Ebay.  See separate post to follow.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
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