land speed cars.............picture thread

Here's one

 

Sadd Teague & Bentley (SP?)

 

One of the most awesome cars ever on the salt. if you ever heard it blasting through the 5 mile lights you would know why I say that!

 

sept 25-26 oct 30- 31

 

I know the thread title says "cars" but how can you NOT post the 150 mph Indian?

 

HOW ABOUT MY LANDSPEED BIKE? 100cc with a top speed so far a blazin 66.7 mph

 

That's a Vincent.

 

I stand corrected. I guess that is what happens when I use Hollywood for my history lessons

 

Sir Malcolm Campbell

 

Here's ours just two days ago.

 

Nope. That is THE Vincent!

Black Lightning #1

Good pics! Keep 'em coming!

 

Good stuff guys!

 

A couple of the late Mickey Thompson "Challenger" cars one of many things he did very well!

 

Craig Breedlove's "Spirit of America"

 

And I believe the rider is Rollie Free(sp), not Burt.

 

Dennis Varni's Speed Nymph Garage Streamliner did a 340 mph pass this morning

 

Ok, no one flamed Lance for posting his bike, so I'll put up this one. In a week and a half we will be attempting to reclaim our 100cc fuel class records after 41 years. In doing so we hope to run over 105 mph. This shot was taken 2 weeks ago where it clocked 91 mph in a standing start mile. With 3 miles to run on the salt we may hit our goal. Regardless, we'll have one hell of a lot of fun trying!

 

that is awesome Dean, I've been trying to follow your progress, best of luck to ya.

 

Rustdodger ... that photo isnt an Indian ... It is a Vincent Black Shadow and the almost naked rider is the famous Rollie Free ...

 

dean that bike is SOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!! You need to get to ElMo when your done playing on the salt. Good luck keep us posted! I think I've mentioned this but your bike was my motivation.

 

I dont know why but I dig this thing

 

thanks for clearing that up in post #52 . did you happen to catch post #41?

 

"In 1881 Charles Jeantaud, along with help from battery-inventor Camille Faure, built France's first electric vehicle. A formidable vehicle weighing over 3,000lbs that set the first land speed record going 39.24 mph."

 

Henry Ford:



Vehicle orginally was wrecked and claimed life of the driver. Henry Ford rebuilt the machine and pursued a land speed record at 91.369 mph in 1903. The attempt took place on Lake St. Clair Michigan on January 12 1904. Was first time record attempt was out of French Territory. It was powered by an in-line 4 cylinder engine with a capacity of 15,700 cc's with 72 bhp and driven by Henry Ford.

 

William K. Vanderbilt:



"The zenith of Vanderbilt’s racing career was the Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Tournament in January 1904. For the event, he purchased a giant 90-hp Mercedes, among the most powerful cars in the world. On January 27th, he set the one-mile land speed record on the beach going 92.3 mph, surpassing the record established earlier in the month by Henry Ford."

 

"In 1906, a "Stanley Steamer" (above) set the world land speed record at 127.7 m.p.h. – still officially recognized as the land speed record for a steam car."

 

1899 land speed record of 65.79mph by Camille Jenatzy:

 

Victor Hemery:



"On November 8th 1909 a 200 hp Benz became the first car to break the 200 km/h mark – and in the process went faster than any car, aeroplane or rail vehicle before. Victor Hémery went on to set a total of five world land speed records at the wheel of this racing car, named the ‘Lightning Benz’, on the concrete track at Brooklands, United Kingdom. Over the half mile distance with a flying start he achieved an average speed of 205.666 km/h, and 202.648 km/h over one kilometre. He covered the one kilometre distance from a standing start in 31.326 seconds, the half mile in 25.566 seconds and the mile in 41.268 seconds, wiping from the record books the times previously set by Darracq. The Lightning Benz became an international attraction as it continued chasing new records. On 23 April 1911 Bob Burman drove the car at Daytona Beach, United States, achieving an average speed of 228.1 km/h for the flying kilometre and
225.7 km/h for the flying mile – a new land speed record that would remain unbeaten until 1919. The 200 hp Benz was specially designed for record-breaking attempts. Its engine had a mighty 21.5 litre displacement which developed 147 kW. This gave the vehicle sheer unbeatable power."

 

Probably cause it's fast, it's beautiful, It's an engineering miracle, and it is meticulously constructed...... I dig it too!