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Driven and built by Art Arfons, the 1964 Green Monster is a three-time holder of the World Land Speed Record. This vehicle is powered by a 15,000-pound thrust General Electric J-79 jet engine from a B-58 Hustler bpmber that Arfons bought in damaged condition for $5,000. He repaired the engine, installed it in his new car, which was anchored to buried concrete in his backyard, then fired it. The engine rattled windows over a wide area and incinerated his chicken coop.
He persuaded Firestone to sponser the project by contributing tires amd wheels valued at $500,000.
When at Bonneville, he took the three-day-old World Record from his brother, then lost it eight day later. Though Arfons recaptured it after only two weeks, he lost the record again the following year.
He set his final World Land Speed Record of 576.553 miles per hour on November 7, 1965, only to lose it again eight days later.
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