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Harley-Davidson sets the land speed record
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In 1937, this specially built 1936 El Factory Streamliner OHV V-Twin set the then land speed record by hitting just over 136 mph on the hard-packed sand of Daytona Beach, Fla. Its record-setting rider, Joe Petrali, would later move on to help Howard Hughes design the Spruce Goose airliner.
July 4, 2011 10:39 AM PDT
Photo by: John Scott Lewinski/CNET
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