Cool Wall - 24 litre NAPIER RAILTON

I think this deserves a place on the Cool Wall :whistle:



What a beauty, powered with 13.33333 MGF/TF engines and runs on standard unleaded fuel :slapme:

If you missed the previous Cool Wall threads have your say. To see all the Cool Wall cars click on this link :yesnod:

All the cars are now in the new Cool Wall section in the T-Bar :broon:

Oh my - I need that one as well :nonod:

Want. want, want.... I've added a poll and voted Ultra cool.

:woohoo: If the thought of sitting behind the wheel of that magnificent machine does not make you smile and set your pulse racing, you need to look at the photo again. :bust:

That is automotive pornography

A behind the wheel photo, if you become a Friend of Brooklands you can put your name down to drive it around the block at Brooklands, the waiting list is somewhat long :bang:







ENJOY

With that weight of engine, I can't imagine it wanting to change direction very rapidly!!!

Seen the size of the steering wheel???? it has not got a starter either, takes six strapping guys to bump start it??

With the size of that engine you don't have to turn.
Everyone else gets the **** out of your way!

Nothing cooler! :woohoo:

Once you get it rolling you steer it with the throttle :ohmy: The pedal however may not be where you expect it to be.A lot of cars this age had a centre throttle pedal.

MGs were always neat efficient and handled well, This is a different approach to going faster.
Here is another car cut from the same cloth

http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/features/octane_features/275692/driven_fiat_mephistopheles.html

I rather like Fiats, the a/c compressors may not last very long but the throttle response is always razor sharp, and thats a little bit of the DNA forming that character.
When these aero engined monsters got this scary the FIA "solved" the problem with the 750Kg weight limit, which led to the lightweight anf even faster German "Silver Arrows" . The most terrifying of which was the wild and deadly Auto Union , now part of Audi.

http://www.autounion.org.uk/

Bernd Rosemeyer was killed in one on a closed autobahn setting a land speed record

You dont get a hinterland like that with a Toyota avensis

Rich in Vancouver wrote: With the size of that engine you don't have to turn.
Everyone else gets the **** out of your way!

Nothing cooler! :woohoo:

Just imagine hurtling around the banked circuit at Brooklands at close to 150mph you dont need to steer and as Stan said the throttle does the steering. There are no front brakes either only rear ones.

I feel it should go to the top of the Ultra Cool wall :woohoo: