History Auto racing 1894-1942

almost finished reading Raymond Mays "Split Seconds", what a blast. His battles on Shelsey must have been epic. Many of the pictures here are explained in his book.

Btw, does anyone know if the R types are all still owned by the Evans family?

 

and dont forget this contraption:

 

or this critter:

 

raymond mays in the '70s...

 

Mac with R4D

 

As Bob says R4D knows it's way up Shelsley.................

 

There were two ERA's at the Lime Rock Fall Festival a few years ago along with the White Riley. How many ERA"s were built? I think two live here in the USA now.

 

16 0r 17 depends one was built from misc parts...........


http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/ERAcars.htm


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Brooklands............

 

Bentley's..........................


Le Mans 1928......

 

Le Mans 1932

 

Shelsley Walsh 1930





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1929 Double Twelve Hour at Brooklands, Bentley v. Alfa.

 

Look at the fluids leaking from them - makes for a slippery track!

 

Then........

 

Now.......

 

Assume that it's front wheel drive, from the hubs--but don't see any drive shafts----

Or is it gas-electric?


Herb

 

quick read on the "Lohner-Porsche"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner-Porsche_Mixte_Hybrid

Development
At the age of 18, Ferdinand Porsche boarded a train in North Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), and headed for Vienna and his first job with Jacob Lohner, a coachbuilder. Despite having no formal engineering education, Porsche quickly drafted up plans for an ambitious project, harnessing electric power. The car boasted a completely friction free drivetrain, due to the hub-mounted electric motors which negated the use of gears or driveshafts. Each internal-pole electric motor was capable of 2.5 hp (1.9 kW) to 3.5 hp (2.6 kW) peaking to 7 hp (5.2 kW) for short bursts.
The car created a press whirlwind, and news traveled as far as Britain, from where Lohner received their first order for an example. However, the car, ordered by a Luton dweller, was to be significantly different from the car shown at the Paris Expo. It had to be capable of running on petrol, as well as electricity, of carrying four passengers (the demonstrator was a two-seat, low slung type) and also had to be four-wheel drive. As a result, the final product was a monster — it required 1.8 tonnes of batteries consisting of a forty-four cell 80 volt lead battery, and cost a massive 15,000 Austrian Crowns. However, the car was completed on time, and was delivered personally by Porsche. The buyer was so impressed that he purchased another, two-wheel drive example. While it had a form of battery, they were not charged from external sources so it was not a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle or PHEV.
At the same time, the Lohner company had broken the Austrian land speed record, with the car's top speed of 37 mph (60 km/h). With Porsche at the wheel, the car was victorious in a number of motorsport events, and by 1905, Porsche had won the Potting Prize as Austria's most outstanding automotive engineer. In 1906, Porsche was snapped up by Daimler-Benz as chief designer, and left Lohner coachworks for good. Jacob Lohner said, at the time: 'He is very young, but is a man with a big career before him. You will hear of him again.'
The Lohner-Porsche's design was studied during NASA’s efforts to create the Apollo program’s Lunar Rover, and many of its design principles were mirrored in the Rover’s design. The series hybrid concept underpins many modern railway locomotives, and interest in series hybrid automobiles is growing rapidly.

 

Frazer Nash

 

here is another good hillclimb special: Who can name it and what are the 2 builders involved in it?

 

Freikaiserwagen built by Joe and David Fry and Dick Caeser. This is the second version, the first was built many years before with a Blackburne v-twin.

 

The Frike is probably the only Shelsley special with its own website:

http://www.freikaiserwagen.com/

More links to Brstol area motor sport and cars on Pete Stowe's website:

http://website.lineone.net/~pete.stowe/pete_bristol.htm