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Tony oily bike
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« on: November 07, 2016, 04:52:33 PM »
A lot of Manky-ites like a good rebuild/resto,  so thought you may appreciate this

Found this on the beeb website today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37890287

The search for K7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS9bdXR4yfs


Bluebird project website
http://bluebirdproject.com/#

Some history of Donald & K7
http://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebirds_fatal_crash.htm

Donald's daughter Gina's website
http://ginacampbellqso.com/rebuilding-k7/ruskin-museum-coniston-cumbria/

There was a documentary a while back about Donald and K7,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNewUIoS3wk
and around the 54min mark, there's footage of Gina driving a car with the registration "K7 DAD".................
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2016, 06:37:49 PM »
I didn't realise this -& Donald Campbell's body -lay at the bottom of the lake for 34 years. Amazing that they just left it there, but then, Babs the land speed car, was buried where it crashed on the sand at Pendine, so maybe that was the done thing at the time.
Interesting stuff Tony.
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