Art Arfons and his Green Monster (new video)

Hi guys. I’ve made a video about Art Arfons and his Green Monster jet car that you land speed racing fans might enjoy—something that I hope conveys Art’s ultimate coolness.

Here’s the link:
http://www.samuelhawley.com/lsr.html

It’s also on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jp_RTcXLis


Happy New Year!
Sam Hawley
(author of SPEED DUEL:
The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties)
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Nice. I used to see Art at tractor pulls in the mid to late 70's running his "Mean Ole Alice" modified Allis Chalmers. I don't think that most of that crowd realized who he was and what he had done outside of the tractor pulls.

 

Arts a local legend here. My buddys dad and him raced together. We are lookin for the Henry J with the Pirate holding the machetti and a head.

His shop still has Home of the Green Monster painted on it....

 

Awesome!!! Great job.

 

WOW ! I remember reading all I could about the guy when I was "younger". One of my IDOLS, for sure. THANK you for putting together such a wonderful tribute to "the man with a vision" !!

 

Very nice !!!!

 

They would bring the Allison powered Monster out west on tour. I raced at LADS, San Fernando, Paradise Mesa and Colton. Every run they made the ground literally shook. Fun to watch and imagine the fuel bills? Even the Unlimited Class Hydro-plane owners would turn out to watch them. That was an impressive engine.
Normbc9

 

In 67 art came to Fort Dodge with the green monster who was also tourin with the batmobile! All my 7year old buddies wanted to see the batmobile but screw em i wanted to meet one of the craziest fastest n coolest guys on the planet n wasnt disapointed!

 

too cool watched art at milan dragway nice job

 

Thanks for sharing your memories, guys. It's great to know that Art is still so remembered. He sure was one of a kind.

 

Great job, thanks for sharing.

Rich

 

This is a cool shot of Art's tow rig:

 

click on the link below to see current pics of the green monster and video of it running at the reunion.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=672306

 

That was Great samhawley!!!
Saw Art run in the early 60's at Dragway 42 West Salem OH. several times,
and then again in the mid-sixties at Drag City Fontana CA. Incredible!
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