Its not sure if it should burn that last gallon of oil or not . . ,.
If I was younger I could tell what the rpm is . . . .
great fun!
----- Original Message -----
From: <jgmagoo@comcast.net>
To: "land-speed-digest" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:01 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Old LSR Racer - First Fire-Up After Restoration
> An interesting video clip of a 1905 Darracq Land Speed Racing car being
> fired
> up for the first time after a 2.5-year restoration.
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> I assume this would have been classified as a 'Lakester'..??B B B B ;o)B
> B
> ;o)
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4GCIPnjhzY
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>
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> (w/sound)
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> I picked this up of off an extremely good thread from the H.A.M.B.
> entitled
> "History Of Auto Racing,
>
> 1894-1944"
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> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380814
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> I would recommend this thread to any ofB you snow-bound gear-heads with
> some
> (serious)B time to kill.
>
> It has some very good photographs of very early racing machinery and some
> posts from some very knowledgeable people on the subject.
>
>
>
> JG Magoo
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> B
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