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07-28-2006, 03:07 PM
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Old School HAMBer
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Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
http://www.prewarcar.com/php/showvideo.php?id=56 Check this out! The 1905 Darracq V8 that set a Land Speed Record in 1905 & 1906 is restored & running after sitting around for 97 years. Be sure to read all the links.
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07-28-2006, 03:15 PM
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Old School HAMBer
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Awesome.
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07-28-2006, 03:17 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
That is freakin cool, thanx.-MIKE
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07-28-2006, 03:29 PM
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Location: Highland, Michigan
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Cool- sounds healthy too-Jim
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07-28-2006, 03:36 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Wichita
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Man, that looks like a "Hang on to yer ass" ride!! Very cool.
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07-28-2006, 03:44 PM
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Location: Rochester, NY USA
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
I love it. Something that old coughing to life once again. Just incredible!!!
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07-28-2006, 03:45 PM
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Old School HAMBer
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Location: Potter, Wis
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Imagine being around in 1905, you've probably never seen a car before, or heard an engine running, aside from maybe a steam locomotove. And then to see something like this and hear it run? Must have been shocking. Very cool.
Wonder why it smokes so much? Anyone know what speeds it got up to when it took the record in '05? With such a stripped down car and that size engine, you'd think she'd fly. |
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07-28-2006, 03:56 PM
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Old School HAMBer
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Looks like 121.6MPH was its best ever in 1908. Click on the link at the end of the text for the cars list of records and photos of the inside of the motor.
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07-28-2006, 03:59 PM
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Grenade Inspector
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
f***ing sweet!!
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07-28-2006, 04:20 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
That video was great. Those guys back then were nuts running something like that 120+ mph.
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07-28-2006, 04:23 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
AWESOME!!
now if someon would just breathe the life back into the Golden Arrow......
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07-28-2006, 04:51 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
thats incredable. I passed it on to my uncle and my dad. They'll get a kick out of it. Thanks guys
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07-28-2006, 04:53 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
now thats a mean machine....i just read a biography of barney oldfield and seeing a car from that era run really brings it to life
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07-28-2006, 04:53 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
That kind of speed sitting that high, took some balls. Thanks for posting.
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07-28-2006, 05:12 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
That crankshaft is amazing, so cool that the car is alive again.
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07-28-2006, 06:02 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
1550 cubic inches!
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07-28-2006, 06:06 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Now THAT is cool.
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07-28-2006, 06:58 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Austin, Texas
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Not only is that super cool now, but can you imagine in 1905 firing that thing up???
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07-28-2006, 07:15 PM
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
Man! I am digging on that machine bigtime. Awesome sound. Sounds like an early airplane or something. Back before 1920 we had the Tacoma Speedway boardtrack here in the Northwest with cars like that running on 2x4's set on edge with high banks and it was something like 2 miles around. Love to catch a glimpse of the past and see it just once. Wow!
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07-28-2006, 07:29 PM
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Location: Girard PA
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Re: Land Speed Record Holder RUNNING after 97 year nap
That's KOOL!!!!
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