1953 Chrisman Bonneville Coupe

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 16:00 Written by  Jay Fitzhugh
Published in Hot Rod

While this car was created to race, it combines a high level of technical
competence in construction with the highest standard of finish

Hot rodders Art and Lloyd Chrisman were early and successful pioneers of drag racing with their famous #25 dragster, which was the first to achieve trap speeds of 140 mph and 180 mph in the quarter-mile.


Early experience gained on the dry lakebeds of Southern California in a 140 mph 1934 Ford coupe led to the 1930 Ford-based car offered here, which set records in three divisions of the Competition Coupe class at Bonneville.

 

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