NEW RACING CAR
SECRET MANUFACTURE ORDERED BY AUSTRALIAN. LONDON, June 6. The world's fastest track racing car is being secretly built by.the designer of Sir Malcolm CamphelFs Bluebird for John Cobb, Australian racing motorist, who conceived the idea in 1931. The car will make its first appearance at Brooklands on July 1, after which Cobb and three others hope to break all records at Montlhery. It is expected that the car will have a maximum speed of 180 miles an hour and that it will be capable of averaging 120 miles an hour for 24 hours, including the time needed for changing tyres and drivers and refuelling. The car cannot climb hills owing to its special gear-teeth. The engine, which will develop 500 h.p., weighs SJcwt. The new racer stands only 3ft high and travels five miles to the gallon. It will be driven at Montlhery in two and a-half hour shifts.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 8
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152NEW RACING CAR Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 8
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