{"id":6849,"date":"2009-12-14T23:47:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T06:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=6849"},"modified":"2012-08-04T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:36:53","slug":"internet-barn-find-10-burklands-400-mph-streamliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-10-burklands-400-mph-streamliner\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Internet Barn Find #10&#8221;: Burkland&#8217;s 400 MPH Streamliner"},"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%2Finternet-barn-find-10-burklands-400-mph-streamliner%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F12%2Fn17r98b.jpg&amp;description=%E2%80%9CInternet+Barn+Find+%2310%E2%80%9D%3A+Burkland%E2%80%99s+400+MPH+Streamliner\" 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class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=\u201cInternet Barn Find #10\u201d: Burkland\u2019s 400 MPH Streamliner&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-10-burklands-400-mph-streamliner\/\" 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\/internet-barn-find-10-burklands-400-mph-streamliner\/\" data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Find #10\u201d: Burkland\u2019s 400 MPH Streamliner\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats Streamliner Dallas Volk, my Salt Flats insider, sent me this link.\u00a0 He is good friends with the Burkland family.\u00a0 I knew I needed to share\u00a0their website\u00a0with you all.\u00a0 \u00a0This post does come with some sad news, that Gene Burkland has passed away this week.\u00a0 I mean this\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b.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><h3>Bonneville Salt Flats Streamliner<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6849]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6852 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Burkland Streamliner goes 417 mph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b.jpg\" alt=\"Gene and Tom Burkland designed and built this record holding land speed racer\" width=\"396\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98b-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>Dallas Volk, my Salt Flats insider, sent me this link.\u00a0 He is good friends with the Burkland family.\u00a0 I knew I needed to share\u00a0their website\u00a0with you all.\u00a0 \u00a0This post does come with some sad news, that Gene Burkland has passed away this week.\u00a0 I mean this post to be in deep respect and a tribute to Gene and his family&#8217;s\u00a0great history at Bonneville.<\/p>\n<p>The Burkland Streamliner is a twin Donovan Chrysler powered, 4 wheel driven racecar that has gone over 400 mph.\u00a0 Please take a look at their website <a title=\"Burkland Streamliner story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ugofadini.com\/burklandstory1.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> as it is full of pictures and information, as well as links to other Land Racing websites and stories.\u00a0 This blazing fast Streamliner was designed and built by Gene and his son Tom Burkland.\u00a0 If that&#8217;s not &#8220;My Ride is Me&#8221; I don&#8217;t know what is&#8230;Here&#8217;s a quick blurb from the site about the Burkland family:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98a.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6849]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6853\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Slick looking Steamliner was homebuilt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98a.jpg\" alt=\"Slick looking Steamliner was homebuilt\" width=\"340\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98a.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98a-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/n17r98a-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>Gene and Betty Burkland, from Great Falls, Montana (the first SCTA members from that state), have been active in racing, and at Bonneville in particular, for over three decades: their first Bonneville car was a chopped-top, Chrysler-powered &#8217;53 Studebaker Competition Coupe, with which Gene set a record in A\/BFCC at 255+ mph in 1978 (this car was recently restored to racing condition and ran at Speed Week in 2000 and 2001).<br \/>\nAs soon as he grew old enough, their son Tom joined the team, and promoted the building of their next car, a Datsun-based, Chrysler-powered, ground-effect Competition Coupe, which allowed him to set a AA\/BFCC record at 294+mph in 1985.<br \/>\nAround that time came the idea of building a streamliner, which took all of the next ten years to become a reality.<br \/>\nAs much as the finished car looks like a fairly sophisticated, high-tech, million-dollar job, it is in fact strictly a family effort: in true hot-rodder tradition, it was home-built using generous supplies of the most precious materials available at no cost: skill, hard work and enthusiasm, plus a little help from their friends!<br \/>\nThen of course, Tom&#8217;s experience as an aerospace engineer (he worked on F-16&#8217;s) was a key factor in the design of the streamliner&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do yourself and favor and browse the site for a few minutes, you&#8217;ll be inspired!<\/p>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/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 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data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Find #10\u201d: Burkland\u2019s 400 MPH Streamliner\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats Streamliner Dallas Volk, my Salt Flats insider, sent me this link.\u00a0 He is good friends with the Burkland family.\u00a0 I knew I needed to share\u00a0their website\u00a0with you all.\u00a0 \u00a0This post does come with some sad news, that Gene Burkland has passed away this week.\u00a0 I mean this\" 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 Bonneville Salt Flats Streamliner Dallas Volk, my Salt Flats insider, sent me this link.\u00a0 He is good friends with the Burkland family.\u00a0 I knew I needed to share\u00a0their website\u00a0with you all.\u00a0 \u00a0This post does come with some sad news, that 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