{"id":5802,"date":"2009-10-22T20:56:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T03:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2012-08-04T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:37:39","slug":"stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Stromberg Carburetors and &#8220;Old Crow&#8221; Bonneville Land Speed Record"},"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%2Fstromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fstrom_crow_green2-300x225.jpg&amp;description=Stromberg+Carburetors+and+%E2%80%9COld+Crow%E2%80%9D+Bonneville+Land+Speed+Record\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\"><\/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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" 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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" data-text=\"Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record\" data-desc=\"Stromberg Carburetor is proud to announce the first World Land Speed Record powered by New Stromberg 97 carburetors. Congratulations to Bobby Green and the Old Crow Speed Shop crew from Burbank, CA for shattering their 104mph 2008 V4\/FS record with a new 127.270 mph pass at Bonneville\u2019s Speed\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green2-300x225.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><div id=\"attachment_5804\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5804\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5804\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Stromberg Cars + Old Crow = Class Record\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville Stromberg Cars + Old Crow = Class Record\" width=\"336\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on any picture to see it full size.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a title=\"New Genuine Stromberg Carburetors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stromberg Carburetor<\/a> is proud to announce the first World Land Speed Record powered by New Stromberg 97 carburetors. Congratulations to Bobby Green and the Old Crow Speed Shop crew from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Burbank<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CA<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> for shattering their 104mph 2008 V4\/FS record with a new 127.270 mph pass at Bonneville\u2019s Speed Week in August 2009 with their belly-tank lakester. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_gewertz2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5806\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Old Crow Belly Tanker in the starting line at Speedweek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_gewertz2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Old Crow Belly Tanker in the starting line at Speedweek\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_gewertz2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_gewertz2-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_gewertz2-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The traditional belly tank\u00a0lakester has been a Bonneville favorite since <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bill Burke<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> fixed a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> war-surplus <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">aircraft <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">drop<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> tank onto a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">n early Ford chassis back in 1946<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The natural streamline shape of the tanks, used during the war to hold extra fuel on aircraft which could then be jettisoned or \u201cdropped\u201d, was the perfect ready<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">made streamlined race car body. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Old Crow Team was put together specifically to maintain this tradition. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the FS (Fuel Streamline) class, the design of the body is restricted only to the extent that at least two wheels must be covered. The V4 engine class is for Vintage (pre-1935) 4-cylinder engines. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Says Stromberg owner Clive Pew, \u201cI met the Old Crow guys with heads in hands on Monday as they couldn\u2019t get enough fuel into the very hot H&amp;H Antique prepared 4-banger with the two old Stromberg 48s they had. I had New 97s with me, so three went onto the engine\u2019s hand-build plenum-equipped intake. They needed to make up a riser for the center carb to avoid fouling on the magneto, but a sheet of plywood from another team was pressed into action. Real Salt Flats ingenuity in action.\u201d <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5807\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"3 Stromberg 97's help the Old Crow Tanker break a class record\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"3 Stromberg 97's help the Old Crow Tanker break a class record\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz3-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>With little time to tune, Bobby smashed his own 2008 record with a 127.270 mph pass, backed up on Wednesday. A new V4F\/FS record and the first New Genuine Stromberg 97-powered world Land Speed record! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Said Bobby Green, \u201cThe Old Crow Team were all talking about what great quality the new Stromberg 97s are. They don&#8217;t leak. They don&#8217;t even weep. And they did the job pretty much straight out of the box. Thanks for the help and nice work.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5808 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"3 Stromberg 97s perched on top of a high raise manifold\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"3 Stromberg 97s perched on top of a high raise manifold\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_crow_green1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5809 alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Beautiful Belly Tank Lakester &quot;Old Crow&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz1-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville Beautiful Belly Tank Lakester &quot;Old Crow&quot;\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/strom_CROW_gewertz1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana';\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Street, strip or salt, the genuine Stromberg 97 continues to maintain its record of over 70 years of hot rod performance. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"New Genuine Stromberg Carburetors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stromberg Carburetor replacement parts, new carbs and tech info<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"New Genuine Stromberg Carburetors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/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%2Fstromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Stromberg+Carburetors+and+%E2%80%9COld+Crow%E2%80%9D+Bonneville+Land+Speed+Record\" 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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\"><\/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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" 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\/stromberg-carburetors-and-old-crow-bonneville-land-speed-record\/\" data-text=\"Stromberg Carburetors and \u201cOld Crow\u201d Bonneville Land Speed Record\" data-desc=\"Stromberg Carburetor is proud to announce the first World Land Speed Record powered by New Stromberg 97 carburetors. Congratulations to Bobby Green and the Old Crow Speed Shop crew from Burbank, CA for shattering their 104mph 2008 V4\/FS record with a new 127.270 mph pass at Bonneville\u2019s Speed\" 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 Stromberg Carburetor is proud to announce the first World Land Speed Record powered by New Stromberg 97 carburetors. 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