Jack Costella has been building streamliners for years and holds many world
records. Costella’s experience is where imagination meets reality.
"Jocko" Johnson, master cylinder head porter, developer of early
streamlining, artist, and all around master craftsman. He was an astute learner
and forward thinker.
My name is Jeff Teaford and thanks to my terrific friend Waldo, I have
decided that making a dream come true is as easy as simply MAKING it come
true.
I've always wanted to be involved in drag racing and land speed as long
as I can remember, but never knew how to go about it. About two years ago it
occurred to me- Do what you did when you were six years old.
Draw what you
love. I've always drawn in one capacity or another, and always for everyone
else.
Pioneering drag racer,Arthur Eugene "Art" Arfons, was the world land speed
record holder three times in 1964 – 1965 with his Green Monster series of
jet-powered cars, after a series of Green Monster piston-engine and jet-engined
dragsters.
[ Franklin Ratliff ] "I think that ultimately
everything is engineerable, given enough time and money ...
Whether it ’s
building a land-speed car in your garage or launching a [nuclear]-powered
spacecraft."
