And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Todays land speed record is 763 mph!
ReplyDeleteThey'd be pretty crumpled if they were all in MY garage!:-)
ReplyDeleteMy a-hole neighbors would turn me in for having unregistered vehicles in my yard.
ReplyDeleteThese are all very cool and fast cars.
ReplyDeleteFrom the furthest/top down they are:
• Bluebird-Proteus CN7 – 1960/4 – 403.1 mph - gas turbine
• Irving-Napier Golden Arrow – 1929 – 231.446 mph – 23.9 liter W-12
• Sunbeam 1000 hp – 1927 – 207.015 mph – two 22.4 liter V-12
• Sunbeam 350 hp -1920 rebuilt 1924/5 – 150.76 mph – 18.3 liter V12
The CN7 was the end of the line for “wheel driven” Land Speed Record “LSR” cars, as also in 1964 the jet powered car entered the LSR race to speed!