Railton Special Land Speed Record car Finish:20-pack 27th August 1981

27th August 1981

' for St James' or St John's

his quarry lies on the floor

showing figures and traffic on the street

alias Orator Humbug'

Railton Special Land Speed Record car Finish:20-pack 27th August 1981Railton Special Land Speed Record car, Brooklands, Surrey, 1938. John Cobb is pictured in the car with its designer, Reid Railton, standing alongside holding the cockpit canopy. Cobb set Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. In 1947, when he set the record at 394. 19 mph, on one of the required two runs he exceeded 400 mph, the first man to break this barrier. He was killed in 1952 when, attempting to break the water