Based on the Green Monster that the legendary, jet-engine-pioneering Art Arfons built and raced in the ’60s, this eBay Motors offering was built from the pieces of that three-time record holder ...

Art Arfons won the Mare-mont Trophy for Top Eliminator at the AHRA Nationals held in Lawrenceville, Illinois, in 1955 with his"Green Monster No. 2," an Allison-powered six-wheeler. He repeated in ...

Known as The Junkyard Geniuses, Art and Walter Arfons created many Green Monsters. Green Monster #5 was built by the Arfons brothers early in 1955 at their shop on Pickle Road in Akron, Ohio.

The Green Monster that set the land speed record three different times in 1964 and 1965 was a departure from previous iterations. Rather than the Allison V12, Art instead picked up a 17,500 lbf ...

Arfons was born on Feb. 3, 1926, and died on Dec. 3, 2007. He would have been 92 this Saturday. Read more about his record-breaking exploits below, and check out the video about Arfons' 1964 speed ...

Art Arfons had a big toothy grin. ... Meanwhile, Art reclaimed the Green Monster name for his newest car. With the J79, the ...

Art Arfons, the three-time land speed record holder from 1964-1965 with his "Green Monster" series of jet-cars, passed away yesterday at the age of 81. In addition, Arfons was also known for ...

And at some point (and we don't know any more about this than what we're writing), Art decided that he'd stick pontoons on one of his Green Monster LSR jet cars and attempt to set a speed record ...

Three-time world-land-speed record holder and drag-racing legend Art Arfons died Monday, Dec. 3, in ... Arfons flat-towed the Green Monster more than 300 miles and collected the first significant ...

Green Monster 19 belongs to Tim Arfons, the son of three-time world land speed record holder Art Arfons. This is a modern take of the original dragster that his father used in the '70s.

For three days in 1963, Walt Arfons held the land speed record of 413.2 mph driving a jet engine-powered race car. Then his brother and bitter rival Art bested him on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

First raced in 1971, Green Monster 19 was the first car Tim Arfons worked on with his father, Art. Walt never returned to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Art didn’t for decades.