BILL BURKE WAS THE FIRST TO USE AIRCRAFT BELLY TANKS FOR RACE CARS IN THE 1940\'s. HE AND DON FRANCISCO HAD A TANK HOT ROD THAT GRACED THE COVER OF HOT ROD MAGAZINE IN AUGUST 1949. THIS TANK HOT ROD WAS AT THAT TIME BILLED AS THE WORLDS FASTEST TANK HOT ROD HAVING RUN 164 PLUS MPH. BILL BURKE WORKED WITH MANY OF THE NOW LEGENDARY NAMES IN THE ANNALS OF HOT ROD HISTORY. AT SOME POINT HE COLLABORATED WITH EDDIE EDMUNDS ON AN ALUMINUM HEAD DESIGN FOR FORD FLATHEAD V8 ENGINES. APPARENTLY A SMALL NUMBER OF THE BURKE / EDMUNDS HEADS WERE PRODUCED. THE HEADS ON THIS ENGINE ARE SURVIVORS. HOPE THEY GET A GOOD HOME.
THE ENGINE BLOCK BELL HOUSING IS EMBOSSED 59 AND WAS WAS MADE IN APPROXIMATELY 1946 -1948. IT IS UNTESTED.THERE MAY BE COMPONENTS MISSING. THE ENGINE STAND IS MINE AND IS NOT INCLUDED INTHE sale.
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