{"id":20321,"date":"2012-08-04T12:48:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=20321"},"modified":"2013-12-18T21:15:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T04:15:18","slug":"bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbonneville-record-setting-1952-buick%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2F2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8.jpg&amp;description=Record+Setting+Bombshell+1952+Buick+Super+Riviera\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[20321]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" data-text=\"Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera\" data-desc=\"Straight 8 Buick Bonneville Salt Flats Racer There are some cars that are near-universally popular. Here's one. \u00a0 Jeff Brock, the owner, co-builder and driver of this wicked 1952 Buick Super Riviera showed up at the 2008 Bonneville Speed Week with his Buick and floored spectators and racers\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Straight 8 Buick Bonneville Salt Flats Racer<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20322\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Jeff Brock owned\/driven\/built &quot;Bonneville Bombshell&quot; 1952 Buick\" alt=\"bonneville speed week, bonneville racing, bonneville salt flats, scta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"352\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-8-575x352.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>There are some cars that are near-universally popular. Here&#8217;s one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Brock, the owner, co-builder and driver of this wicked 1952 Buick Super Riviera showed up at the 2008 Bonneville Speed Week with his Buick and floored spectators and racers alike. Since then, the &#8220;Bombshell Buick&#8221; has seen some serious metal work to make and re-make it into the, &#8220;the sculptural form he favored for creating a fast, furious work of art.&#8221; Done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you catch up on where the Buick started, after finding it in an abandoned lumber mill near Phoenix, here&#8217;s a few build pictures, then we&#8217;ll catch up with Brock&#8217;s plans for this year.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1952 Buick Super Riviera as bought\" alt=\"land speed records, bonneville racing, 1952 buick super\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-9.jpg\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-9.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-9-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-9-575x384.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s how she looked when purchased. Jeff says, &#8220;Our &#8220;first date&#8221; &#8230; bofore shot. Her ass was fat &#8230;I played hard to get.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1952 Buick Super out on the Bonneville Salt Flats\" alt=\"bonneville Speed records, land speed cars, bonneville racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-4.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"367\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a great shot of the Buick nose before modification. Most of the GREAT shots featured here were taken by Gunther Maier. (If I&#8217;m using someone else&#8217;s shot, please tell me)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From here, we better fill you in on Brock&#8217;s plans for 2012 Bonneville Speed Week:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Yes, we&#8217;re running in the XO\/GCC racing class. That&#8217;s a gas powered, competition coupe with the &#8220;XO&#8221;, a vintage engine category . We hold the current SCTA Bonneville record at 141.821 set at Bonneville Speed World in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For this year, here&#8217;s a brief list of the 2012 mods. Primarily added : Aero-dropped nose job using a sectioned, flipped 1959 Dodge truck bumper, built a full belly pan, full lexan front fender skirts and body side skirts. Then we had Roger Kraus racing (of California race tire fame), radically shave and balance her tires. I also drilled 3 lbs of mass weight out of my rear Rally America, custom made LSR wheels and turned 20 pounds (YES&#8230; 20) of cast iron and factory balance weights off of the rear 9&#8243; 1969 T-Bird brake drums. We did some of these mods for Bonneville World Finals, last year, but got rained out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We test ran her at the El Mirage season final in November. She ran real good. but it is only a 1.3 mile course. Our record is 141 (in 3 miles) at Bonneville and we ran 143.7 (in 1.3 miles) on our test runs at El Mirage. Do the math&#8230; we should kick it ! Wish us luck!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what &#8220;Rained out&#8221; looks like at Bonneville:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Rained out at Bonneville World Finals\" alt=\"speed week salt flats, land speed records, land speed cars, 1952 buick super\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-3.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"343\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been to Bonneville in October. Dig the snow in the background and the rust on the unfinished metal. Jeff&#8217;s hard core to pull the car out for these photo-ops!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few more photos to help ease the &#8220;salt fever&#8221; until I can get my own shots of Brock and the Bombshell in about a week. Thanks to Jeff for letting me nab these photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1952 Buick Super Riviera at El Mirage after hitting 143 mph\" alt=\"land speed records, land speed cars, el mirage racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-7.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"243\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nTesting at El Mirage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Jeff Brock and the Bonneville Bombshell 1952 Buick\" alt=\"speed week salt flats, land speed cars, bonneville racing, 1952 buick super\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-2.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nAn older, but so cool photo of Jeff gettin ready on the salt<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Another shot at El Mirage\" alt=\"land speed records, el mirage racing, 1952 buick super\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-5.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"244\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\n1952 Buick Bombshell. Sexy from any angle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"At Speed at Bonneville Salt Flat\" alt=\"Bonneville Salt Flat, 1952 Buick Super, speed week salt flats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-6.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"243\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nJudging from the older style front end, an older photo of the Buick at speed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20325\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1952 Buick Hot Rod art\" alt=\"hot rod art, 1952 Buick Super Riviera\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Bonneville-Speed-Week-Buick-1.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"746\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nJeff&#8217;s Buick has inspired a few art pieces. If you&#8217;re smitten by the Jeff&#8217;s rolling artwork, check out the <a title=\"Art inspired by Jeff&#039;s 1952 Buick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketheadslsr.com\/home-3\/general-store-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">artwork &amp; t-shirts found here on Jeff&#8217;s home page<\/a>. This piece by <a title=\"Deb's home page for her custom car artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howieart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deb Howard-Rauls<\/a> is done with graphite pencil\/colored pencils and ink.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See ya on the salt for Speed Week 2012!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click here for all of <a title=\"Bonneville Salt Flats \u2013 Speed Week, Records and Pictures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-salt-flats-speed-week-records-and-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyRideisMe.com&#8217;s Bonneville Salt Flat coverage<\/a> plus rules info and a little history.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbonneville-record-setting-1952-buick%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Record+Setting+Bombshell+1952+Buick+Super+Riviera\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-record-setting-1952-buick\/\" data-text=\"Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera\" data-desc=\"Straight 8 Buick Bonneville Salt Flats Racer There are some cars that are near-universally popular. Here's one. \u00a0 Jeff Brock, the owner, co-builder and driver of this wicked 1952 Buick Super Riviera showed up at the 2008 Bonneville Speed Week with his Buick and floored spectators and racers\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Straight 8 Buick Bonneville Salt Flats Racer There are some cars that are near-universally popular. Here&#8217;s one. &nbsp; Jeff Brock, the owner, co-builder and driver of this wicked 1952 Buick Super Riviera showed up at the 2008 Bonneville Speed Week with his Buick and floored spectators and racers alike. 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