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DESCRIPTION Railton Mobil Special Land Speed Record Car
MANUFACTURER Thomson & Taylor, Brooklands, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Reid A. Railton (1895-1972), British
DATE 1937
MATERIAL Steel, duraluminium, copper alloy, white metal alloy, rubber, paint, transfer, textile, plastic, foam.
DIMENSIONS 2400x10700x1280
PROVENANCE 1937-1953:In possession of John Cobb's family; 1953-1955: Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd; 1955: Gift from Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd
LOCATION Thinktank
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The Railton Mobil Special Land Speed Record Car
| © Thinktank Trust | Come and see it in the Move It gallery at Thinktank
John Cobb broke the Land Speed Record in this car three times. His final record set in 1947 was 394.20 miles per hour.
Cobb set his first record in a speed duel with fellow Englishman Captain George Eyston. It took place in the summer of 1938 on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA.
Eyston reclaimed the record the next day in his car Thunderbolt. Cobb regained the record in 1939, and improved it in 1947.
This car is one of the high points in Britain’s love affair with the motorcar... MORE |
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