Practically Classics Forum

Not to be a pedant *cough* but having just checked my handy Guinness book of world records 2015, The land speed record for a wheel driven car has been held by Donald Campbell since 17th July 1964. As it is printed in a book written by the organisation responsible for world records, I am inclined to...

As it is printed in a book written by the organisation responsible for world records, I am inclined to believe it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record The FIA is the governing body responsible for automotive land speed records (except for motorbikes where it's the FIM). So I'll go by wh...

OFFS!!!!! Here we go again! Page 6 of the September edition - apparently Donald Campbell's land speed record still stands!

Does anyone at PC check their facts?

The article on Page 6 of the September issue implies that Donald Campbell's speed of 403 mph set in 1964 still stands as the land speed record for wheel driven vehicles. I beg to differ: In 1965 Bob Summers drove "Goldenrod" to a record of 409.277 mph (powered by four V8 engines through the wheels) ...

tractorman wrote:- he is working with a friend

Is he? Says who?

eddypeck wrote:
.......a bit less stupidity from Tim.....

A LOT less stupidity from Tim. Or preferably no Tim at all!

I watch it catch on up and fast forward through his clowning around, I would rather see a bit more of the resto work. My point exactly! So much time is wasted with TS pratting about and over-long coverage of handing back the car at the end that the restoration work hardly gets a look in. How anyone...

Is it just me or is this new series even more about Tim Shaw pratting about instead of being about car restoration?

Topaz wrote:Interesting programme but I found Tim to be particularly irritating in this episode.

I'm not sure that I agree....... I think he was just as irritating as he usually is !!!

Page 7 of the September edition. Here we go again……… If a thrust-powered Land Speed Record car is “nothing more than an aircraft without wings” Danny then why did it take until 1997 for someone to achieve a supersonic Land Speed Record when supersonic flight has been around since the 1940s? The answ...