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Old 08-08-2022, 03:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Bob Rufi, hand-built LSR lakester, 1940, 143-mph

A lineal antecedent to the So-Cal Belly Tank Lakester.
Bob Rufi, self-educated himself at the Los Angeles Public Library, and perhaps from 'looking' at Lockheed Aircraft Company, in Burbank, California.
His military surplus, WW-I Curtiss 'Jenny' wheel covers set the stage for MOON Equipment Company's spun aluminum convex disc wheel covers seen today at Bonneville.
Working-class hero.
Photographs 23 and 24 from top of page.
https://patganahl.com/2021/04/05/one-old-proof-sheet/

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