Daniel, is this the Dick Brannan car that you talked about? This happened in US 131. Scroll down and the pictures will show up. Lots of great stories too... That car seems to "just regular Hilborn" car
http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/drags.asp?id=1342&type=6

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Hollow,

           Thank you for that site and the research. I met Dick Brannan a couple of years ago. Nice quiet guy. If you didn't know his history, you'd never guess!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Someone should contact him and get the timeline/details. Likely it was HIS twin Turbonique Mustang that wiped out the xmas tree at US 30 dragaway in Merrillville Indiana (I thought it was a white notch-back, but I suppose it could have been the same '65 fastback body in the wreck photos). Was that injected-motor car assembled with salvaged parts? Were there two different cars? Did the weird US 30 incident scare him away from turbines?

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Dan,

         I sent an eMail to his web site, and He's supposed to be at the Studebaker museum Mar 1st, might go ask.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Frank, take a good and long interview with Dick and ask him everything about his experiences with turboniques. It would be nice to hear the truth and nothing but the truth. And tell him my best wishes from Finland.

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There is a picture of that dragster and Pegasus Mustang in that thread at H.A.M.B. Extremely long topic with about 100 pages full of old race cars in motion. And there in the middle of that topic is a picture of late fifties front engine dragster with Y-block too

The dragster and the Mustang is on page 82. Scroll down, it is the last reply on that page!
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228509&page=82

On page 41 is a blue dragster with what seems to be a Y-block with fuel injection, but I'm not sure about that.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228509&page=41

And the picture of 239 Y-block dragster is on page 38.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228509&page=38

Go and see, that is no waste of time. Great shots

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Frank,



Is there some special event at the museum 3/1? Any more details/times?



If the streets are dry by then I might take the '55 out for a spring shake-down, and get the story firsthand.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Daniel,

          It's a muscle car display. the '62 re-creation is there now. They had a movie thing going on Friday evenings during January, went and saw Bullet (again). He was supposed to be there then, wasn't. But at least I made my daughter sit through the movie, now she knows who Steve McQueen was, if nothing else. Google the museum for the schedule and updates.  

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Hi Seppo: New guy here that just happened onto your thread. I have an original copy of Hot Rotor the promo mag put out by Turbonique to show off they're goodies. There's a sample of the photos at http://public.fotki.com/cnaind/1500hp-turboaxle-kit/

If you need a copy of the entire mag, let me know. I bought the original back in the '60s when it was on the rack.

Alan Raab

Ma's Resin

Hey, thank's Alan! Nice photos. It's been awhile since I have had any thoughts on turboniques but it still interests me. Thank's again. And of course, if it's not too much work for you and if you could scan those pages and send those to me by e-mail

seppo.kokko@msoynet.com is the addres.

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