History Auto racing 1894-1942

I believe this Delage was at Hershey 5-6 years ago, the whole body is engineturned.

 

Some photos i added many moons ago.
This car is just amazing.

 

Press photos on the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island.....

 

Quote Kurtis: This car is just amazing........ Yes it is and it is owned and restored by a great man.....

 

Photos captioned as Luther Johnson during 1934 with one of the rebodied Studebaker Indy cars in Pennsylvania. This must have been some sort of a Studebaker Promo tour judging by the lettering and the Studebaker road car??

 

Good grief, now I remember it. It's beautiful.

 

http://singer.roadster.free.fr/Scan/Tencourse.jpg

 

http://singer.roadster.free.fr/Scan/rallymonte.jpg

 

[SIZE=-2]"1938 Le Mans - Chambers & Clarke's HRG waits patiently with Fawcett & White's Morgan (Ref Motor 1938)"[/SIZE]

http://www.mogsport.net/LeMans/LeMansClassic.html

 

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/images/history/riley/riley_six_le_mans.jpg

 

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.a...ide/europe/1935/1935_Singer_Nine_LeMans_2.jpg



http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.a...guide/europe/1935/1935_Singer_Nine_LeMans.jpg

 

Race history of Los Angeles County from 1900 - 1960's will be featured in the documentary film WHERE THEY RACED... here are a few teaser trailers. the first with Harold Osmer who literally wrote the book. And the 2nd with Tom Malloy - his father built the Gardena Bowl later known as Carrell Speedway.
Next week we'll have a new trailer up featuring Richard parks (Wally's son) and Chuck Griffiths who ran the Pomona drag for 19 years.


The blog with both trailers & more info is here:
http://wheretheyraced.wordpress.com/

 

What a horny car....!

 

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Sir Malcolm Campbell in one of his LSR cars, Bluebird sometime between 1931 and 1933??

I am only guessing that this was when the car was brand new as I believe?? the makers shed can be seen in the background.

Specs for 1931 Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird
Country of Manufacture: Great Britain
Engine Manufacturer: Napier sprint Lion VII Schneider Cup aircraft engine
Cylinders 12 - 3 banks of 4
Bore 139.7mm
Stroke 130.17mm
Cubic Capacity 23,942cc
Carburettor Claudel-Hobson 3 no.
Max. Power 1,350 - 1,450 bhp at 3,600 rpm Centrifugal supercharger
Transmission:
Clutch multiplate Ferodo lined
Gearbox KLG 3 speed constant mesh
Ratios 4.01, 2.27, 1.58
Back axle offset 7in to enable lower driving seat
Type of drive bevel gear final drive 1.58 to 1
Chassis: Vickers - steel underslung under the rear axle
Suspension: Woodhead - 1/2 elliptic springs front 3ft 1in rear 4ft 2 1/2in
Shock Absorbers: Hartford shock absorbers - 4 to each axle
Brakes: Alford and Alder18in dia steel disc with Clayton-Dewandre vacuum servo
Wheels: Dunlop steel
Tyres: Dunlop 35 x 6in front, 37 x 6in rear
Dimensions: Wheelbase 12ft 2in., Track front 5ft 4in., Track rear 4ft 2in., Length 25ft, Weight 4 tons dry
Body Manufacturer: Gurney Nutting and Co. Ltd, material aluminium

Specs for 1933...... Campbell-Railton-Rolls Royce Blue Bird
Country of Manufacture: Great Britain
Engine Manufacturer: Rolls-Royce Type R Schneider Trophy aircraft type
Cylinders V12
Bore 152.4mm
Stroke 167.64mm
Cubic Capacity 36,582cc
Compression ratio 6:1
Carburettor Rolls-Royce
Max. Power 2,300-2,500 bhp at 3,200rpm Single centrifugal supercharger
Transmission:
Clutch Duron faced
Gearbox 3speed gearbox constant mesh, indirect drive
Ratios 1.2 to 1 in top
Back axle offset 7in to enable lower driving seat
Type of drive bevel gear final drive 1.58 to 1
Chassis: John Thompson Motor Pressings
Suspension: Woodhead
Shock Absorbers: Andre
Brakes: Alford and Alder with Cayton Dewandre vacuum servo
Wheels: steel disc
Tyres: Dunlop 35 x 6in; pressure more than 100lb per sq in.; rpm at record speed 2,430rpm; tread 1/32in
Dimensions: Wheelbase 13ft 8in., Track front 5ft 3in., Track rear 5ft, Length 27ft, Weight 4.75 tons dry
Body Manufacturer: Gurney Nutting and Co. Ltd, material aluminium

 

Don Harkness was approached by racing driver Norman Leslie 'Wizard' Smith (1890-1958) and former Lord Mayor of Sydney Jack Mostyn to build a car for Smith's attempts to break the Australasian one mile and the world ten mile records. The result was the "Anzac" with a Rolls Royce aero engine and a Cadillac chassis. Following the creation of an Australian record of 128.571 miles (206.909 kilometres) per hour at Gerringong, the team took the "Anzac" to Ninety Mile (Kaitaia) Beach, New Zealand, where it achieved an unofficial record 148 miles (238 kilometres) per hour.

 

Photos captioned.....Don Harkness at the wheel of his Overland Sports car "Whitey" at 10 Mile Championships, 1920 - 1929

 

some great history

 

The first photo is captioned Don Harkness in an Overland Special which maybe an earlier version of Whitey??

The second photo the driver is unidentified.

 

model A kieth and T-Head,
Thanks for posting the great pictures, especialy the early LSR cars.

I am always trying to learn more about these vehicles and love to collect the pictures for my personal files. It would be a great help if you could identify the cars in the pictures as to name, year, and whatever info might be relavant to them. I really don't want to file them under "Unknown Early LSR Car".

This is an INCREDIBLE thread! Thanks to all who contribute!

Thanks again.

JG

 

"by ROSS BROWN"

http://www.dlra.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1340

 

http://hotrod.gregwapling.com/land-...land-speed-racing-australia-don-harkness.html

 

"Malcolm Campbell's Bluebird, Land Speed Record setting car, circa 1927. Photo courtesy of the Florida Photographic"

http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/bonneville-dreams-of-the-200-mph-club/

 

I can't post a couple of photos, so, have a look at them in situ on the link:


http://www.library.kiama.nsw.gov.au...y&catid=111:local-history-articles&Itemid=237

 

http://www.vccansw.org/~peterweir/photos/img209.jpg

"a 1914 model, fondly known in Australia as Fifty Bob, chasis number A210. The top picture shows Boyd Edkins at the wheel. This was the form the car took, when driven in the 1916-1919 period, stripped of all unnecessary equipment."

 

http://www.hillclimber.com/htmldocs/Hill_Climber.html

 

http://www.welovebuicks.com/motorsports.html

 

Basil "BT" Barber in Model T. "Photo from the Allen County Historical Society" collection.
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/bl/wizard.htm