MG's final and quickest Land Speed Record car, dubbed the Roaring Raindrop, combined other-worldly looks with a supercharged engine
When talk turns to the golden age of British Land Speed Record hegemony between the wars and on into the 1950s, images of Campbell's Bluebirds, Eyston's Thunderbolt and Cobb's Railton Special inevitably spring to mind. But others ploughed the LSR furrow no less successfully, albeit at a less elevated level, and none more notably than MG. With a succession of EX record breakers, from the EX120 of 1930/31 to the EX181 of 1957/59, the Abingdon sports car maker promoted its products by setting numerous records in the lower strata of LSR endeavour.
EX181 was the last and most spectacular-looking, like a half-pint version of Reid Railton's 'flying saucer on wheels...'
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario