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1951 MG EX 135 Land speed record car

1951 MG EX 135 in Heights of Danger, Movie, 1953 IMDB Ep. Extra1

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: UK

1951 MG EX 135 Land speed record car

extras Seen only in an extra DVD contents

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dsl SX

2015-05-01 03:00

1951 Bonneville record car, driven by A. T. Goldie Gardner
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"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.

"On 20 August 1951 at Bonneville Salt Flats, driving the MG EX-135 car he set 6 international and 10 American records in the 1,101-1,500cc class. Class F International Records were set for 50kms, 50miles, 100kms, 100miles, 200kms, & 137.4mph over 1 hour. The American records included 25km, 25miles, 75km & 75miles. Returning to Bonneville in 1952, with the MG EX-135 car, he set 5 International & 16 American speed records in Classes E & F."

(from http://www.landspeedrecordcards.com/Goldie_Gardner.htm )

This newsreel opens with EX-135 on display at the 1951 Festival of Britain:
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from which it is loaded onto an MG-liveried truck
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and shipped to Bonneville where it whizzes very fast round a circular track on the salt flats ...
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... and makes everyone happy (main).

dsl SX

2015-05-01 13:13

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- screengrab from https://www.flickr.com/photos/39624596@N02/16914708187 of the Mighty Antar . With MG EX-135 on display in the window above. And a trafficlight for rjluna.

dsl SX

2015-05-02 01:11

1939 Dessau/Germany footage of same car/driver - /vehicle.php?id=811045 .

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