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The famed Isky hot rod built by a young California hot rodding pioneer Ed Iskenderian on display at a museum in Lincoln, Nebraska | Museum photos
An iconic segment of the California hot rod culture is on display in a museum, but it’s a museum halfway across the country. The
Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, but is showcasing the famed little black Model T hot rod built by a youngster named Ed Iskenderian, who soon would become famous for creating high-performance camshafts. “Isky” anticipates celebrating his 100th birthday on July 10.
If the Nebraska location for the famous hot rod seems strange, consider that the car is displayed with Ed Winfield’s cam grinder that Isky used as well as with the only other pair of Maxi cylinder heads known to exist. The car is owned by Isky and is in Nebraska on a long-term loan.
The Iconic 255-MPH Corvette SledgeHammer Is Up For Sale 12 May 2021, 20:25 UTC ·
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It was the late 1980s and the battle for the production car speed records was just as heated as it is 2021. Porsche had set a new benchmark with 959 at 198 mph (318.6 kph), but Ruf came up with the CTR Yellowbird and raised the bar at 213 mph (342.8 kph). One year later, in 1988, Ruf s record was shattered to bits by a modified Chevrolet Corvette. I m talking about the Callaway SledgeHammer. 22 photos
Callaway Cars set up shop in 1977 and 10 years later it was already a famous Corvette tuner. Having reach 231 mph (371.7 kph) with a twin-turbo version of the Corvette C4 in 1987, the company decided to take things up a notch with an even more ludicrous but still road-legal contraption.