RIP, Joaquin Arnett

Though the Bean Bandits – originally known as the Cam Pounders – weren’t officially recognized by the SCTA as a participant club until 1949, one could be forgiven for believing the club to date back to pre-war times along with the Road Runners and Sidewinders after hearing the stories and the legends that surround the […]

Under the hood of the Schenck streamliner

So despite my devout adoration of the Ralph Schenck streamliner, I wasn’t able to make it out to Monterey last month to check out the debut of the streamliner’s freshly restored chassis, fitted with a reproduction body. Don Ziegler made it all better recently, however, when he sent along this photo of the streamliner I’d […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – Chet Herbert’s Beast IV

Opportunities to buy a legitimate land-speed streamliner – especially one built by a hot rodding legend – come along once in a blue moon. However, in the wake of the Pebble Beach Concours’s display of historic lakesters and streamliners – a display that included Chet Herbert’s Beast III – we see that the successor to […]