Fastest Steam Car In The World

[Chequered Flag Racing]

BBC 2 tonight @ 19:00 then IPlayer if you miss it

19:00 – 19:30: The Fastest Steam Car in the World

An eccentric team of British engineers attempts to break the longest standing land speed record in the world in a car built in a shed in Hampshire which runs entirely on steam. Driven by Hampshire-based tycoon Charles Burnett III and grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, Don Wales, the attempt takes place at Edwards Air Force Base in California as the team goes in search of a runway big enough to break records on.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

website

http://www.steamcar.co.uk/index.html

[russmini]

Back on topic, not a bad program.

Glad they did it, eventually and then did it again...

[dodgydiy]

missed the programme, but have a friend who was involved with that project and some others by the same team of people, apparently the car did a faster run but failed to back it up after damaging a boiler tube, something they apparently had a lot of problems with