Leno drives a Utah legend
Comedian and car collector Jay Leno writes a valentine to the Mormon Meteor in March's Popular Mechanics.In the 1930s, Ab Jenkins set triple-digit speed and endurance records in the Meteor at Bonneville Salt Flats. Leno reveals his inner-motorhead in gushing over the old-school feel of Ab's customized Duesenberg Special.
Although I only drove the Meteor a few hundred yards, it went GUHGUHGUHGUH, and I could feel the tremendous thrust. Engines now are more efficient, and they make more power, but there’s nothing like those big displacement engines for torque. You let the gas out, the car leaps forward and you say, “Geez, I didn’t do anything.” You’re moving a lot of metal here. Just to turn this thing, I’d think your arms would ache—but you’re mechanically involved.
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