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by turbocox
Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:03 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Replies: 1117
Views: 1199431

Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!

Thank you Mr Warby for your insite. Very interesting, with a clear explanaition. 8-)

Thank you for your reply Mr Mitchell, Humble as we all are of the achivements of the record holders. 8-)
by turbocox
Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:54 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Across The Lake
Replies: 146
Views: 201071

Re: Across The Lake

:idea: Someone get James Cameron on the phone, to make a big buget blockbuster life story of the Campbells and their achivements :shock:










Just an idea :mrgreen:
by turbocox
Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:06 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: 4th Jan 1967
Replies: 4
Views: 7959

Re: 4th Jan 1967

To My Hero

Godspeed Mr Campbell.

Enough said.
by turbocox
Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Electric Landspeed Record Attempt
Replies: 1
Views: 4718

Re: Electric Landspeed Record Attempt

I know we are talking about the British record here, but here is a link to the current Electric World Land Speed Record Holder http://www.dwra.net/settingrecords.htm I would think that Don's Bluebird Electric record will be under threat very soon if this is possible over the pond. :cry: Am I right i...
by turbocox
Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:46 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: New CN7 Book
Replies: 68
Views: 110283

Re: New CN7 Book

Looks like an interesting read, Me, I would love to have seen CN-8 (EDIT(blueird 1.1)EDIT) built, shiped out to the saltflats Of Bonnevile and have Donald rub Breedloves face in it :mrgreen: For those not familiar with this vehicle, Below is a link to a model site, that sells a scale version of the ...
by turbocox
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:49 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Quicksilver
Replies: 688
Views: 714419

Re: Quicksilver

Yeah! what they ^^^^^^^ said! :D

(Sorry but I was going to post something simalar :roll: )

Keep pushing on, and as Bill says eventually you'll find theres only one thing left to do.. Put it inthe water a see what she can do :D

Good luck chap! Bring that Record back to where it belongs.
by turbocox
Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:51 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Technical Talk
Replies: 915
Views: 1017356

Re: A Picture paints a thousand words....

Not meaning to distract from this thread being called "looking back in time -Archive Bluebird PHOTOS" Now here's a curve ball for you. The system wasn't gravity at all fed. Fuel was siphoned from the main tank into a swirl pot with its own boost pump and from there into a second, auxilliar...
by turbocox
Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:56 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Test Poll- Favourite Donald Campbell Book
Replies: 5
Views: 10612

Re: Test Poll- Favourite Donald Campbell Book

I voted for ,The Bluebird years/ With Campbell at Coniston, Great book written with a fresh memory of how the events all played out, I think likely to be the most truthful and un squewd by timepassing and media myth. The other book not listed is the fantastic, Leo Villa's Bluebird Album by David de ...
by turbocox
Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:26 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Pilot for Bluebird
Replies: 24
Views: 32537

Re: Pilot for Bluebird

The only 'MAN' for this job has to be, MR Ken Warby, It surley has to be the only logical answer. I'm sure he said somewhere in an interveiw, that Donald, was a hero and an insperational figure to him. It would be a fitting tribute. Imagine the current WWSR holder reintroducing 'K7' to the public, r...
by turbocox
Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: New car at Bonneville? The Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2,
Replies: 6
Views: 9429

Re: New car at Bonneville? The Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2,

I was going to change this post last night, as I was trying to remember what the speed was from memory and I got it wrong :oops: I was gonna change it as the program that I saw it on originally was repeated last night on Discovery Turbo (The fastest place on Earth). Its report was from 2008 Speedwee...