
Originally Posted by
Lionelgee
Hello Colin,
Sorry about the unintended thread steal - ooopsy
Kind regards
Lionel
No problem Lionel,
A mate in the UK sent me the details shortly after K7 was re-floated.
He and I were members of the 'Thrust SSC' club many years back. This was the land speed record attempt breaking the sound barrier.
I remember a Club meeting where we got to meet Richard Noble and the designer and 'pilot'. It was at Brooklands and after the meeting my mate & I decided to investigate a banked section of the track (without permission....).
It's surprising how steep it is and when you get to the top you now look down into people's back gardens !
Huge sections of the banked track have been removed over the years and they are restricted to a few car meetings a year because of the noise !
ThrustSSC - Wikipedia
Brooklands - Wikipedia
Anyway, I digress......
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
Motorcycles :-
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