"cazzyodo" (cazzyodo)
09/03/2013 at 10:51 • Filed to: History
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"cazzyodo" (cazzyodo)
09/03/2013 at 10:51 • Filed to: History | 3
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I get bored easily at work so I started a "This Day in History" thing on my whiteboard (cuz it's otherwise blank). Today's is car related!
1935: Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph. He reached 304.331 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
His car was called the "Bluebird"
Now you know.
Effef
> cazzyodo
09/03/2013 at 11:04 |
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This version of the Bluebird was powered by the Rolls Royce R engine, which was a highly volatile racing prototype of the Merlin producing over 2500 hp. In 1934.
Grindintosecond
> cazzyodo
09/03/2013 at 11:16 |
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introduction of the car.
Mikeado
> Effef
09/03/2013 at 12:27 |
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To get that they needed a full 36.7 litres of displacement!