by "TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
Published 08/02/2017 at 09:20
by "TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
Published 08/02/2017 at 09:20
Tags: brooklands
; Photo Dump
STARS: 7
Of course, I could claim I was kinja’d but it was all me.
That’s enough, bored now
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/02/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 0
blame Kinja anyway, we will believe you if you do
:)
(great pics too)
"EL_ULY" (uly)
08/02/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 0
2nd picture: World largest 4 barrel carburetor
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
08/02/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 0
When I was there, the Rovers were parked in the grass. Looks like they may be cleaning up/reorganizing. Did you walk up to the hilltop where the old buildings are - the old VIP stand? There were a number of classics hiding up there when I visited, including a Roller.
The big shiny thing with something of a beak is John Cobb’s Napier Railton, with a giant W12 in it. Fantastic car.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/02/2017 at 09:44, STARS: 1
Nice work. That last photo looks like something that was dreamt up by Gerry Anderson. And those pictures of the motorbikes made me think of Tilly Shilling . She was a badass.
In the 1930s, Shilling raced motorbikes. She beat professional riders, such as Noel Pope , and was awarded the Gold Star for lapping the Brooklands circuit at 106 miles per hour (171 km/h) on her Norton M30 . ...Shilling married George Naylor, in September 1938. He also worked at the RAE . According to anecdote, she refused to marry him until he also had been awarded the Brooklands Gold Star for lapping the circuit at over 100 mph. (Wiki)
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/02/2017 at 09:45, STARS: 0
Also, I really like this photo. And I think my favorite part of it is the hand-painted “B” on the motorbike.
"TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
08/02/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 1
It is, indeed, the Railton. I was just being hilarrrrious with my “old cars”. There’s also the Napier Railton Experience, it’s one of those things where they blow air at you while you watch a PoV movie of the car going around an oval. (A French oval, bah humbug!)
I prefer the old Railton display, where it used to be at a bit of an angle, as if on banking, but I suppose that this is easier for the Museum to wheel in and out.
No, never looked around at the top of the hill, but I have come in through that entrance. Didn’t notice any cars up there, but I wasn’t paying attention. I’m saving the Hill for when they’re doing a test. (I can pretty much visit anytime I want, so I’m spreading my visits), particularly now the new hangar is nearly ready.