A record-setting belly tank race car from the '50s and early '60s is now carefully stored in a New England barn. Almost 60 years since its last race, this historic hot rod survivor awaits a return ...

They show up in drawings and logos. They pop up at local car shows and land speed events. People call them belly tanks, tankers, or drop tanks, and they are associated with vintage dry lakes racing.

While rummaging around the massive collection, Mike and Danielle found a white, cigar-shaped belly tank car reportedly used in the Mickey Rooney film, "The Big Wheel." After some haggling ...

The tank itself come from a P-38 Lightning fighter, Meyer says. YOUR TAKE: Join others in sharing photos or video of your beloved car The belly tank was the extra fuel tank strapped on to a plane ...

"You look at one and you know it's a Bonneville car. People know that even if they're not an enthusiast." Belly tanks are the essence of the breed, a purpose-built missile with one objective ...

Luckily, there's a lavishly filmed "instructional video" for this car, which should have won an Oscar in the Best Short Film category. Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles The Belly Tank Lakester is ...

Burke soon replaced it with another rod built around a larger belly tank. The original has been missing for half a century, and most of its components probably found homes in other vehicles ...

Narrator: If you're not sure what kind of car this is, you're not alone. These tiny metal capsules with wheels are called belly tanks, or lakesters, and they're a major part of hot rod culture.

You could buy a whole car for $50 back then ... and he mounted a Ford flathead ­V-8-60 in the tank’s tapered tail. The So-Cal belly tanker wasn’t the first, but its success on the dry ...

The Ecotec Lakester is an exploration of what a modern belly-tank land speed record car would be. Designed by Frank Saucedo, director of GM's California advanced design studio, and the SoCal Speed ...