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An example of a lakester, this one at the Henry Ford Museum An example of a drop tank on a P-51, though it is a 75-gallon tank, and mounted on a wing hardpoint. A Lakester is a car with a streamlined body but with four exposed wheels. It is most often made out of a modified aircraft drop tank.
War surplus drop tanks (aka belly tanks) were plentiful, aerodynamically neutral and it did not take long to convert one into a car, dubbed a lakester. [ citation needed ] According to GM historians, Bill Burke of the So-Cal Speed Shop first attempted to convert a 640-litre (168 US gal) P-51 Mustang belly tank, before switching to the larger ...
Bill Burke of the So-Cal Speed Shop was the first to attempt to convert a P-51 Mustang belly drop tank to a hot rod roadster. [6] Because of its small size (168 gallons), Burke then switched to the larger 305-gallon belly tank used on a P-38 Lightning. See also lakester.
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Jackie Smith's drop in Super Bowl 13. Wide open in the end zone, the eventual Hall of Famer – Smith was playing in his final NFL game – dropped a perfect pass from Dallas QB Roger Staubach ...
Addicts hear the abstinence message from all corners, and many just stop taking medication because of it. According to Dr. Kreek, roughly 25 percent of methadone patients drop out over the course of the first year, and that’s with good counseling and proper dosing. Other studies show that the rate of methadone dropouts can be higher.
Bruce Shoemaker, a researcher on natural resources issues who worked on the independent review, says villagers downstream from the dam have suffered a drop in wild fish catches, excessive flooding of their rice fields and other impacts on their livelihoods.