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 ...
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- Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:57 am
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- Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:36 pm
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Re: Fastest "real" car
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 ...
- Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:43 am
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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?
Does anyone at PC check their facts?
- Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:38 am
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- Topic: Land Speed Records - Wrong AGAIN!!!
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Land Speed Records - Wrong AGAIN!!!
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 ...
In 1965 Bob Summers drove "Goldenrod" to a record of 409.277 mph (powered by four V8 engines through the wheels ...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Car SOS.
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Re: Car SOS.
Is he? Says who?tractorman wrote:- he is working with a friend
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:45 pm
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- Topic: Car SOS.
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Re: Car SOS.
A LOT less stupidity from Tim. Or preferably no Tim at all!eddypeck wrote:
.......a bit less stupidity from Tim.....
- Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:01 pm
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- Topic: Car SOS.
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Re: Car SOS.
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 ...
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 ...
- Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:57 pm
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- Topic: Car SOS.
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Re: Car SOS.
Is it just me or is this new series even more about Tim Shaw pratting about instead of being about car restoration? 
- Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:26 pm
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- Topic: Car SOS.
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Re: Car SOS.
I'm not sure that I agree....... I think he was just as irritating as he usually is !!!Topaz wrote:Interesting programme but I found Tim to be particularly irritating in this episode.
- Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:22 pm
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Re: Fastest "real" car
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 ...
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 ...