History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

If this is 1912 the car is a few years old - maybe no later than 1907.

 

I think this is Malcolm Campbell's Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird in early stages of construction.
http://www.brooklandsarchives.com/Gallery_C3/target29.html It was powered by a 1450hp Napier Lion broad arrow 12 cylinder aero engine of 24 litres.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell-Napier-Railton_Blue_Bird
In 1931 it did 246mph on Daytona Beach.

 

I was curious also and initially thought the same thing as you did you. I did some digging and came up with another photo of it along with this information on the car...... I need to find a photo of it completed

Don Harkness was approached by racing driver Norman Leslie 'Wizard' Smith (1890-1958) and former Lord Mayor of Sydney Jack Mostyn to build a car for Smith's attempts to break the Australasian one mile and the world ten mile records. The result was the "Anzac" with a Rolls Royce aero engine and a Cadillac chassis. Following the creation of an Australian record of 128.571 miles (206.909 kilometres) per hour at Gerringong, the team took the "Anzac" to Ninety Mile (Kaitaia) Beach, New Zealand, where it achieved an unofficial record 148 miles (238 kilometres) per hour.

Harkness then undertook to design and build this car at cost to break the one mile record. A syndicate was formed - Smith, Mostyn, Jim James and Harkness. The car was named the "F.H. Stewart Enterprise" after its sponsor Sir Frederick Stewart. It had a borrowed Napier engine from a Schneider seaplane. On January 26 1932, the car achieved 164.084 miles (264.06 kilometres) per hour breaking the world record for 10 miles. Smith then decided to radically alter the car's cooling system and Harkness left New Zealand in disgust. The 1 mile for which it was built was not attempted.

 

Sorry guys, I removed the pic as this thread is for strictly pre-WWII photos, but if you want to take a proper look around the place as it is now, look up Hanley Castle, Worcestershire on Google Maps. Zoom in on the High School, and then to the triangle nearby - the tree is in the middle. You can pan around in the street-level view.

 

Will a floral facsimile do?

 

F.H. Stewart Enterprise", c1931

 

Big 4 North Dakota

 

another angle, and view of the cooked snoz

 

Thanks......

 

Stratford Ontario, 1941

 

Little Fe Fe the trained hood ornament.......

 

These two remind me of our two identical motion detectors that harass T6 every time he stops by. At least they are not this wild and they like to be under the cars here instead of on top.

 

Two more Enterprise photos...

 

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Knowing that the original picture came from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney I should have taken the hint that it might have had something to do with Australia. I knew of the Anzac Special but did not know of subsequent events. I guess the basic specs of the Lion engine would be about the same as the Blue Bird one.

 

Might this be a Chevrolet Model D V8?

 

Even though they were Buick service agents their truck appears to be a White.

 

I apologize to ALL on this fine thread, especially to REM. I got carried away and forgot our pre-WWII guide. Cool to see that scene, but he's cancelled and posted the link sofolks can find the MODERN pix. Sorry, gang!!! And a BIG thanks to Rem!

 

NJ hotties, 1927. Does that say Green Mts?

 

Link to Harkness photo set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/sets/72157623444749654/

 

21 photos
http://www.dhub.org/search_show_all...ing+car&submit_type=Search&all_popular=&all=1





147 photos - NOTE: not all are relevant, but ......

http://www.dhub.org/search_show_all...+racing&submit_type=Search&all_popular=&all=1

Newspaper clip from NZ:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19320406.2.120

 

Modern Mechanix - August 1930



http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/15/liquid-oxygen-runs-amazing-auto/

 

Various RAK














http://www.pilotos-muertos.com/2010/Valier Max.html








http://www.droopsnoot.co.uk/rak2.htm

 

The Berlin Rocket - 1931



http://automobileandamericanlife.blogspot.com/2009/09/rocket-cars-from-1920s-and-1930s-lou.html









http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rudolph

 

From 'Popular Mechanics' magazine for Aug.
1911 - "The Flying Merkel - The Worlds Most
Comfortable Motorcycle!"
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