Britain is preparing to break the land speed record with this formidable and slightly International Rescuesque machine.So?
It's a steam car.
Somewhere James Watt is smiling.
Friday, 27 June 2008
British Challenge
Britain is preparing to break the land speed record with this formidable and slightly International Rescuesque machine.So?
It's a steam car.
Somewhere James Watt is smiling.
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I had not been keeping up with this project, I first read about it a couple of years ago. It's exciting to see a steamer going for the record and of course it's got a lot going for it, it runs on steam, it's British Racing Green, and it's got fins.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a win even if it doesn't achieve the top speed, which I am sure it will!
I must agree, neil russell, it is indeed pretty farging cool. What would be cooler is if it were powered by an actual steam engine rather than a turbine. But, yeh.
ReplyDeleteAn early land speed record WAS a Stanley Steamer (not the rug people) with an aerodynamic shell.
ReplyDeleteIt looked like an upside-down canoe on wheels.
It ran on Daytona beach.
127mph in 1906.
The record held for four years.