One of the most innovative places on earth is the Bonneville Salt Flats—or, more accurately, the shops and garages of competitors getting ready to test their ideas on that hallowed ground. The quest for speed has inspired designs ranging from the sublime to the just plain weird. Howard Johansen’s twin-tank streamliners may not fall into either of those extremes, but they were definitely unusual and eye-catching.
We can’t call them unique, because some
