Railton Special Land Speed Record car mb-code 1239486 knife-grinder

knife-grinder

with horse-drawn vehicles

Sir Francis Burdett is seated high up on a platform at the back of the car

on Friday (12-1-73) at West Ham's Upton Park ground in London

Southampton 1-0 Charlton Athletic

Railton Special Land Speed Record car mb-code 1239486 knife-grinderRailton Special Land Speed Record car, Brooklands, Surrey, c1938. John Cobb set Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. In 1947, when he set the record at 394. 19 mph, on one of the required two runs he exceeded 400 mph, the first man to break this barrier. He was killed in 1952 when, attempting to break the water speed record, his boat disintegrated at high speed on Loch Ness.