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1938 MG EX 135 Land speed record car

1938 MG EX 135 in Safety Fast, Documentary, 1950

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

1938 MG EX 135 Land speed record car

00:00:35 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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dsl ◊ 2015-05-02 01:11	Frustrating that this is probably the best view. Driven by A. T. Goldie Gardner "On 4th November 1938, outside Frankfurt, driving the streamlined M.G.Magnette EX135, powered by a supercharged 1,087cc engine producing about 195b.h.p., he set a Class G world record of 186.6 mph over 1km & 186.5 mph over 1mile. The streamlined body was designed by Reid Railton. He was the first man to break 150 mph in a 'baby' car. On 31 May 1939, at Dessau in Germany, on a road especially built for Mercedes attempt on the outright World Land Speed Record, the EX135 became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph. International Class G records were set over 1km, 1 mile, and 5km distances, at average speeds of 203.5mph, 203.2mph and 197.5mph respectively. This made him the first man to break 200 mph in a 'baby' car. After an engine rebore increasing the 1,087cc to 1,105cc, on 2 June 1939, 1,101- 1,500cc Class F records were set over the same distances at average speeds of 204.3mph, 203.9mph and 200.6mph." (from http://www.landspeedrecordcards.com/Goldie_Gardner.htm ). Commentary does not state date but does say this was Dessau, so presumably 1939. Same car/driver at Bonneville in 1951 here. An impressive bit of bravery - narrow road, concrete slab surface, Lucas electrics, and just to make it even more hazardous the poor sod has to use the steering wheel from an Allegro.
dsl ◊ 2015-05-02 13:40	Discussion here - /vehicle_811049.html - whether this is actually a postwar re-enactment or test run ahead of 1951 Bonneville venture.
Weasel1984 ◊ 2015-05-03 15:17
Sunbar ◊ 2015-05-03 16:45	31 May 1939 film reported as "Dessau - Bitterfeld Reichsautobahn by Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner in the MG EX135" In the Pathe/Nuffield "Safety Fast" movie there is a British Flag (union jack) on the head-rest fairing but in the above movie clip a MG octagon is visible in its place.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-05-03 18:11	I don't understand all this rubbish about Lucas Electrics. Many of my cars over the years, all of them grossly abused, many of them severalth hand and rough when I got them had Lucas electrics. My Bentley has Lucas Electrics, and 1) in over 1 million miles on the road I have only been let down twice by electrical failures, 2) if Lucas electrics were good enough for Royces, they're good enough for me. You've been reading too many American blogs, and Delco weren't exactly fault free.
Sunbar ◊ 2015-05-03 18:30	My experience of poor electrics, ok only since the 1950s, is poor electrical connectors. The un-sealed blade-type (LuCar?) connectors were most often the cause of failures either corrosion or the wire detaching from the spade terminals. And yes, Delco has similar problems. I only have experience of Jaguars having big issues with electrical components and yes Lucas was a major supplier. Today with connectors sealed against water ingress and positive latching its much improved and it has to be with the proliferation of components and therefore connections. I do know that in the British motor industry in the 60s and 70s Lucas could not bettered on price selling to the likes of BMC and Jaguar. Selling prices were cheap and Delco-Remy etc. could not compete on price so Lucas had a big captive market, for better or worse. -- Last edit: 2015-05-03 18:36:16
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-05-03 20:20	Yes, I do accept that the Lucar spade terminals were prone to problems, but many of my cars dated back to the old bullet connectors. Most of the problems that occurred were due either to connectors or to poor earthing to the body or chassis frame, and for real fun, try a Reliant Scimitar that has been neglected. My experience of the electrical machinery made by Lucas was that it was just as durable as anybody else's, although one of my involuntary stops was due to a failed Lucas alternator on one of my maltreated Hunter estate cars.
Sunbar ◊ 2015-05-04 13:27	Strangely in the 1960s the old bullet connectors in a 'moulded-on' design with integral sealing sleeves were, at the time, one of the best water-proof connectors in my experience. Properly assembled (they had to be pushed fully home) they were almost as good as modern connectors.

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