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Cupramax 19 September 2004 08:41 PM
TopGear alert - 9pm BBC2
 
Just noticed its on... is this a new series??? or repeats...

RON 19 September 2004 08:44 PM
It's snips of old programme apparently, I wonder if it'll be repeated!"!!

ALi-B 19 September 2004 08:45 PM
Well spotted that man :thumb:

cheers!

Jamo 20 September 2004 12:07 AM
where was that beach? when are we going for a go? :D :D :D

OllyK 20 September 2004 09:07 AM
Originally Posted by j4mou
where was that beach? when are we going for a go? :D :D :D
IIRC wales somewhere where they did the land speed record attempt. And the guy who "lost his head" had nothing to do with the car turning over - it was far more gruesome than that!!

They have since dug the car up and restored it.

Cupramax 20 September 2004 09:08 AM
Pendine sands.....

Nicci 20 September 2004 09:34 AM
missed it :(

OllyK 20 September 2004 09:42 AM
http://www.birminghamuk.com/pendine.htm

MooseRacer 20 September 2004 09:47 AM
Don't worry Nicci - it might be repeated ;)

fivepint 20 September 2004 10:14 AM
The Elise and the apache was some of the best car footage I've ever seen, hats off to the director/camera crew for that one :D:D:D savage!

Jamo 20 September 2004 10:23 AM
Originally Posted by OllyK
IIRC wales somewhere where they did the land speed record attempt. And the guy who "lost his head" had nothing to do with the car turning over - it was far more gruesome than that!!

They have since dug the car up and restored it.
lack of details olly cmon tell.

how much more gruesome?

OllyK 20 September 2004 10:25 AM
Originally Posted by j4mou
lack of details olly cmon tell.

how much more gruesome?
Lol

Well if I say the car was chain driven rather than prop driven - does that give you any clues??

OllyK 20 September 2004 10:29 AM
It was fitted with a 27,059 cc Liberty aero engine, Benz gearbox and featured a chain final drive.
That's one big engine!!

Jamo 20 September 2004 10:33 AM
that chain is rather large and close to the driver isnt it!! ouch. did he have a broken chain at 160mph?
http://www.motorsnippets.com/cars/ae...%20Breaker.jpg

OllyK 20 September 2004 10:36 AM
Originally Posted by j4mou
that chain is rather large and close to the driver isnt it!! ouch. did he have a broken chain at 160mph?
http://www.motorsnippets.com/cars/ae...%20Breaker.jpg
So I heard - but it could be an embelishment of the truth. Have only been able to find confirmation of "decapitation" so far!!

This is the car he died in now it has been restored:
http://www.bluebird-electric.net/ima...s_restored.jpg

OllyK 20 September 2004 10:38 AM
He returned to Pendine again in 1927 but on the 3rd March while attempting to increase the record, something broke - nobody is sure exactly what, a wheel, a driving chain or a radius arm, but the car turned over and Thomas was killed.
Hmmm - could well be embelishment....

Ray_li 21 September 2004 10:29 AM
anybody else thinking of taking their scooby to pendine beach?

OllyK 21 September 2004 10:37 AM
Originally Posted by Ray_li
anybody else thinking of taking their scooby to pendine beach?
Mmmm - can't wait to get all that nice corrosive salt water in to all those nooks and crannies!!!

Ray_li 21 September 2004 11:12 AM
thats a bad idea.

Andrew Dixon 21 September 2004 11:30 AM
Wonder how chuffed Porsche, BMW and Jaguar were when their very expensive, shiny cars where returned having been sandblasted and caked in salt? :)


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