Over the years we've gotten used to the fact that, on any given day, Bring a Trailer will have a Peugeot station wagon, a Lancia model that's the only one of its kind in the country and a 1990s Range ...

It's for KT's Kids; this year's giveaway prize, a Mooneyes lakester roadster stroller, will be on display at the KT's Kids booth at select NSRA and Goodguys events. Please purchase a raffle ticket to ...

In the sea of muscle cars and hot rods here at Barrett-Jackson, this streamlined chrome roadster really stood out as being truly unique. Constructed from the wing tip tank of a Lockheed Super ...

A year ago, I enjoyed five runs across the Bonneville Salt Flats in the coolest car at the SCTA's World Finals event-GM's stunning Ecotec Lakester (SALT LUCK, Automobile March 2005). It was not enough ...

There will be hundreds of collector cars going up for auction at Barrett-Jackson this month, but few will be as interesting as this custom creation nicknamed the “Lockheed Lakester”. The car, ...

When Ed Pettus found a 700-gallon wing tank from Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with it. Why, build a gigantic lakester speed-trial car, of course. “I’ve ...

GM and the SoCal Speed Shop team up to create a 21st-century version of Alex Xydias' famed Belly Tank. The Ecotec Lakester is an exploration of what a modern belly-tank land speed record car would be.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. In 1827 Jedediah Smith became the first white man to cross the Bonneville Salt Flats. In honor of that, and Speed Week, Nice Price or Crack Pipe is ...