If there is one giant in the history of American speed that I’d give anything to meet it would be Gar Wood. The guy made immense amounts of money in his life inventing stuff like the hydraulic tilting bed for dump trucks, self packing sanitation trucks, and other cool stuff but the real reason is … Continue reading 8 Ton Sledge: Gar Wood’s 7,000hp Miss America X Boat Owned The World In ’32 and ’33 (Video)