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Mike Muller
Kansas City, MO
Since high school in the ‘60s I've been a hot rod enthusiast. I particularly had a fascination with racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In 2013, I began building a Bonneville Salt Flats Racer. After nine years I completed this project pictured here for your consideration. It is powered by a mostly stock 1948 Ford flathead with electronic ignition, crab style distributor and dual carbs, three-speed manual transmission and a tall-geared Ford non-posi rear end. The fuselage is a combination of two polished F86 drop tanks with a narrow frame of 2" square tubing inside slugged and welded with a slight center arch for strength. It’s a mid-engine design with center steering, all aluminum military grade body, hydraulic brakes, a full array of gauges, a 12-volt power port, two USB ports, two map pockets, and a cup holder. I used motorcycle fog lights for headlights and five '59 Cadillac bullets for taillights. Shifting is accomplished by two gear shifters with 5' rods connected back to the transmission: 1st & reverse and 2nd & 3rd, with a neutral position on each. It’s street legal with Patriot headers with baffles, and a 12-volt charging stud on the outside of the tank (the battery is in the nose). This was a challenging and rewarding project.
