Video captures Bruce Meyer's 200-mph run at Bonneville
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
Californian Bruce Meyer is really into collecting cars, particularly hot rods.
But Meyer is not content to just let his cars sit--he wants to drive. One of his latest efforts was taking a modified 1932 Ford roadster to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in a bid to break the 200-mph mark. With the help of this video production, we get to go along.
Meyer's car, wearing No. 747, is powered by a reworked Chevrolet 427-cubic-inch V8, and was engineered by his friend Mike Cook.
This was not Meyer's first taste of the salt at Bonneville. In 2010 he drove a modified Chevrolet Camaro to 222 mph. But he wanted to try again, this time in an open-cockpit car.
Meyer makes three passes in the No. 747. He blows past 200 mph, but by how much? The video will show you.
By Dale Jewett