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Land Speed Record Attempt
Goldie Gardner, third from left, and Syd Enever, far right, with Nazi officials and Dessau Police at Gardner's record attempt in the MG EX135 Record Car. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Major Goldie Gardner in MG EX135 Record Car during a record attempt at Dessau, showing the Dessau autobahn built specially for record attempts. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Setting up the timer for Goldie Gardner's record attempt with the MG EX135 at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Major Goldie Gardner in MG EX135 Record Car during a record attempt at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Major Goldie Gardner in the MG EX135 Record Car during a record attempt at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Goldie Gardner with a Nazi official in Dessau during Gardner's record attempt in the MG EX135 Record Car. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Team with the MG EX135 Record Car at Goldie Gardner's record attempt at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records. Behind the car, from left to right, Lagonda PR Alan Bicknell, Leslie Kesterton of SU, Johnny Lurani, Goldie Gardner, Jacko Jackson, Syd Enever, Dunlop representative, Nation journalist, John Dugdale, Chris Shorrock, and MG publicity director George Tuck.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Major Goldie Gardner signs papers for officials during a record attempt at Dessau. Driving the MG EX135 Record Car, Goldie became the first man to break 200 mph in a 1100cc car, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
MG EX135 Record Car team at Goldie Gardner's record attempt at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records. Pictured from left to right: unidentified, unidentified Dunlop representative, Syd Enever, Jacko Jackson, and Chris Shorrock.
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Land Speed Record Attempt
Major Goldie Gardner in MG EX135 Record Car during a record attempt at Dessau. During the attempt, the car became the first 1100cc car to break 200 mph, setting International Class G and Class F records.
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Letter from Cecil Kimber to John Dugdale
Letter from Cecil "Kim" Kimber, CEO of MG to John Dugdale of 'Autocar.' Kimber corrects a detail from an article by Dugdale about the engine in an MG record car driven by Major Goldie Gardner.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
Portrait of ERA owner and driver and Leicester garage owner, Bob Gerard, at the Luton Hoo Speed Trials.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
Raymond Mays (right) poses with another man at the Luton Hoo Speed Trials. Mays was a noted sprint and hill climb driver and contributed to ERA and BRM projects.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
Cecil "Sam" Clutton of the Vintage Sports Car Club stands in front of a car with an exposed engine at the Luton Hoo Speed Trials. The car is marked 53.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
Bob Gerard, ERA owner/driver, and John Heath, Alta owner/driver and partner in HW Motors, later HWM, pose at the Luton Hoo Speed Trials.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
Industrialist and financier, Dennis Poore, sits in the ex-Scuderia Ferrari, ex-Ruesch Alfa Romeo 8C 35 Grand Prix.
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Luton Hoo Speed Trials
John Vary Bolster posed at the Luton Hoo Speed Trials. Bolster built the "Bloody Mary" Shelsley Special and to drove ERAs postwar. He also served as the Technical Editor of Autosport magazine.