An 86-year-old man is bidding to join the land speed elite after unveiling a streamliner he has been building since 1996 - as he prepares to race it on 's Salt Flats and fulfil his wife's dying wish.Jim Byerly has been obsessed with racing since he was a teenager and has worked on several cars through the years but told that his streamliner will top the rest.When complete, Byerly hopes to take the vehicle out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah where some of the fastest cars have reached speeds close to 500mph.
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