FREAK CAR
SOMERSAULT TEST MADE LONDON, July 20. “ T think I had better drive in it," said the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr Amery), after seeing a 20-60 h.p. motor car take a double somersault down a steep hank at the Luton (Beds) motor works during was what designed to be a severe test to demonstrate the suitability of the car for overseas conditions. The chauffeur started the engine at the' foot of a densely grassed and shrubbed hill. It moved through the grass, humped over obstacles, and jumped the first embankment. The chauffeur left the car at the edge of the second embankment, down which mechanics tipped the vehicle. It landed on its own wheels, after the double somersault, breaking the windscreen, wrecking the footboard, and damaging the mudguards. The car was otherwise unscathed.
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Evening Star, Issue 19931, 30 July 1928, Page 13
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135FREAK CAR Evening Star, Issue 19931, 30 July 1928, Page 13
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