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Road & Track Presents: Ride of Your Life
Episode FLRYL-203

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John Harmon flies his Harmon Rocket II, which he built himself.

Harmon Rockets, Wooden Boat Show (203)
Take a ride in an exotic rental car, spend a day at an airfield with owners of Harmon Rockets, and head to Lake Arrowhead, Calif., to admire the classics at an all-wooden boat show.

Exotic Car Rental Facts:

  • Budget Beverly Hills has been operating since 1972, and has about 1,500 cars at six Los Angeles locations.
  • Budget rents Porsche Boxsters for approximately $300 per day and $1800 per week.
  • Beverly Hills Rent-A-Car offers shuttle and luxury pickup service or vehicle delivery to home, hotel or business.
  • Renting a 1988/1989 Ferrari F355 from Beverly Hills Rent-A-Car costs approximately $1,200 per day. Renting a 2000/2001 model Lamborghini Diablo VT will set you back $2800 per day.

Contact Information:

Beverly Hills Rent-A-Car
9220 South Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
800-479-5996
BHRAC-LA@bhrentacar.com
www.bhrentacar.com

Budget Beverly Hills
9815 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
800-227-7117
www.budgetbeverlyhills.com

Harmon Rocket Facts:

  • It takes between 2,500 and 3,500 hours to build a Harmon Rocket.
  • Rocket construction costs run from $30,000 to $150,000.
  • The Rocket can cruise at 215 mph, but has a top speed of more than 275 miles per hour.
  • There are currently 83 Rockets flying and 188 being built.

Contact Information:

Harmon Rocket, LLC
2000 South Union Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
661-836-1028
harmonrocket@aol.com
www.harmonrocket.com

Wooden Boats Facts:

  • Garfield Wood was America's most successful racing boat champion and dominated the sport for three decades.
  • Wood's claim to financial fame was the invention of the hydraulic lift in 1911.
  • The members of The Antique and Classic Boat Society own an average of 2.6 boats.
  • Chris-Craft began commercial boat construction in 1881.
  • A Chris-Craft was the first allied boat to land on Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944.
  • Chris Craft's last wooden boat was constructed in 1972.

Contact Information:

Antique and Classic Boat Society
www.acbs.org

Chris-Craft
8161 15th Street East
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-351-4900
www.chriscraftboats.com

Resources:

Antique Boats/Ship Models website
www.woodenboats.com

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