Seen that brute drive at the tank festival, we missed out on tickets to sit in it sadly. 131 was captured in North Africa after being damaged by anti tank gun round. The crew bailed but failed to destroy the vehicle with a charge.
Just love this stuff. I remember being early at a show and some fella had an old tractor. it was chilly, so in the absence of glow plugs he lit a small fire in an oil can and put it under the engine to pre heat it. Brilliant!
The 2 stroke V8 in its Volvo body. Looks as if it is a drag car. Sadly, I cannot find any further updates. Also, how do I embed a video rather than a URL? OK, disregard the above, it did it automatically as I posted.
400BHP (according to the video that @Chris posted in #25). Lots of other info about the car and engine starting at 2:00 mins.
That must be a pig as a drag car. Getting it off the line would take some real skill.. 0 --> 1000% powerband when?
What a great thread! - when my wife says we don't do anything together... I'm going to suggest that we watch these videos whilst snuggled on the sofa
Sliding around on skinny Bakelite tyres at 186mph in a 28 litre behemoth where you can’t even see over the bonnet???
Yeah, and I'm not too sure I'd be wanting to stand in a direct line to the rotational path of it either...
Well that is just fuggin superb! Real hairs standing on end stuff. And haven't you gotta just take your cap off & shake those guys hands...
