RE: Pic Of The Week: The 24 Litre Napier-Railton

[geoffracing]

delta037 said:

I too have seen the Napier being driven at Goodwood Revival a few years ago and doing a loop around the sheds at Brooklands. A friend who used to work for Dunlop in the late nineteen thirties was involved in tyre research and development for the car. On a visit there he showed me the workshop where the work was done.

We were surely near each other!
I live in Belgium, but love going to the Annual meeting, and did in fact film the Napier doing a loop around the sheds!
So short, so slow I suppose, but so thrilling.
What a fantastic beast!

[Beeznitch]

Anyone who likes these sort of beasts would enjoy the Cholmondely Pageant of Power in Cheshire next weekend, you can get up close and personal with these cars and the heroic/insane drivers. Some pics from last year:




47 litre BMW aero engined Brutus:

Edited by Beeznitch on Sunday 10th July 11:11

[geoffracing]

I like the little holes in the brackets at the front of the red Napier.
They surely make the car much lighter!
by 3,5 grams?

I love those beasts.
A VW W16 or a Bugatti Veyron still seem so feminine next to Brooklands machinery.

[marcosgt]

I love the Napier Railton.

I've seen it at Brooklands a few times, once or twice running - Amazing machine, it must've been quite something to see these monsters on the Brooklands oval in period!

M.

[Bish]

A good friend of the family is just having this delivered as we speak. Merlin powered Bentley. Going to the Revival Meeting in it so keep an eye and and ear out for it!

[Checkmate]

Bish said:

A good friend of the family is just having this delivered as we speak. Merlin powered Bentley. Going to the Revival Meeting in it so keep an eye and and ear out for it!

This is bordering on automotive perfection. Incredible.

[urquattro]

Bish said:

A good friend of the family is just having this delivered as we speak. Merlin powered Bentley. Going to the Revival Meeting in it so keep an eye and and ear out for it!

Tom. please update this post re the journey fo/from Goodwood, I will bet the noise of that engine will have wrecked all the speed cameras with harmonic distortion and blasts - with luck.
We would enjoy an occassional post on the ownership/enjoyment of this awesome road going spitfire with wheels, thanks Keith

[BruceV8]

Brooklands have an F1 simulator you can go on, which is all very nice. But they can change the programme to a Napier Railton simulator and - they told me - it replicates the driving experience as closely at it is possible with a simulator. If thats the case, the bloody thing is damn near undriveable! But what a lot of fun!

One day I'm going to build, if not a replica, then maybe something inspired by it. One day......

[geoffracing]

Bish said:

A good friend of the family is just having this delivered as we speak. Merlin powered Bentley. Going to the Revival Meeting in it so keep an eye and and ear out for it!

THIS is a MOTOR car!