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« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2015, 07:59:22 AM » |
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Some close-up shots of Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I from 1957 with its 7.4 litre supercharged motor (with new drive fitted!  ) |
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2015, 08:00:04 AM » |
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Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I
The pillow stuffed in the air intake is probably to stop "foreign objects" finding their way into the motor when the car's left unattended.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2015, 08:00:26 AM » |
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Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #33 on: June 28, 2015, 08:00:47 AM » |
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Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2015, 08:01:11 AM » |
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Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2015, 08:02:16 AM » |
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Don Garlits' Swamp Rat I
Kinda driver's eye view
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #36 on: June 28, 2015, 08:06:12 AM » |
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Ducati Desmosedeci CP3 990cc four cylinder MotoGP bike from 2003 in foreground, GP6 from 2006 next to it.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #37 on: June 28, 2015, 08:10:00 AM » |
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The office of Richard Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird Nascar (7.0 litre V8 up front)
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2015, 08:12:18 AM » |
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Ferrari's of Villeneuve, Prost and Alboretto
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2015, 08:13:24 AM » |
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Endurance race cars as driven by Derek Bell
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2015, 08:17:04 AM » |
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Lotus Cosworth 3 litre V8 Formula 1 car from 1967.
The great Jim Clark won the car's debut race at Zandvoort, and three further victories that year.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #41 on: June 28, 2015, 08:18:50 AM » |
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If you're gonna have an ornament in your garden, I guess this is a bit better than a garden-gnome...........
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2015, 08:23:47 AM » |
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This is a Jaguar XJ220 from 1991, but no "ordinary" XJ220.
The original concept idea was to have the car powered by a Jaguar V12, but when production got underway, the power plant became a TWR engineered version of the twin-turbo charged 3.5 litre V6 (as used in the Metro 6R4 rally car).
This car was commissioned by Nigel Webb, and Don Law Racing fitted the originally intended Jaguar V12.
In 1992, the XJ220 was the fasted production car with a top speed of 213.478mph. It was knocked of its crown with the introduction of the McLaren F1.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2015, 08:28:50 AM » |
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The Red Arrows putting on their usual impressive display
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #44 on: June 28, 2015, 08:36:18 AM » |
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Worth going just to get close up to all that history.
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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