You are looking at a 2 ton 1929 GMC tanker truck with a 1929 Buick 6 cylinder engine. It sports a four speed transmission. This is a replica of a tanker that followed the Cannonball motorcycle race on it's coast to coast trek in the early 20th century. The truck starts, runs and drives. This vehicle is perfect for a museum and would look great somewhere on route 66. We have a small museum of antique cars here but the historical significance of this vehicle needs to have it viewed by more people. Write with any questions that you may have - ask for John. We have currently had the truck for 2 years it was restored by the previous owner.
The Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea memorial trophy dash, widely know as the Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, unsanctioned auto race, run 5 times in the 70's from new York to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach CA. Conceived by auto writer Brock Yates and Car and Driver editor Steve Smith, the first run was not a real competitive race. It was a celebration of the Interstate Highway system begun under President Dwight Eisenhower and a protest against strict traffic laws coming into effect at the time. The new 55 MPH speed limit turned out to be actually slower than the average speed of Erwin George "Cannonball" Baker that ran the race in the first half of the 20th Century. In 1933 Baker drove coast to coast in a Graham Paige model 57 Blue Streak 8 averaging greater than 55 mph and an elapsed time for the race of 53 hours and 30 minutes. That record stood for nearly 40 years. The current record for official Cannonballs is 32 hours 51 minutes. Approx.87 mph in 1979. This record was broken in 2007 setting a time of 31 hours 4 minutes.
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