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Land Speed Record in Miniature

WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

Jeantaud Duc  ?


CGA Dogcart  ?

Jeantaud Duc Profille, I don't know if the picture on the right is the actual car but it
                                    does look like it
La Jamais Contente,    The original is in the Chateau De Compiegne, France

Mercedes 35hp  ?

Gardner Serpollet,      Replica in Bexhill on Sea UK

Baker Torpedo            Disappeared whilst on world tour

Mors Z           ?

Gobron Brille ?

Packard Grey Wolf 
Not sure about original car but there is a replica in the USA

Ford Arrow 999         Replica in the Motorsports Hall of Fame, USA, Original in the Henry Ford Museum Michigan USA
                                   Not the record car.

Mercedes Simplex 90hp  ?

Darracq    ?

Napier 6   ?


Darracq V8     A replica with the original engine is in the UK

Peerless Green Dragon   Owned by Richard King, Conneticut, USA

Napier Samson    Can be seen in the Freemantle Motor Museum Australia
                               There is a replica in the UK

Stanley Steamer   There is a replica in Daytona USA,  car remains in
                             the Museum of Speed, Daytona, engine remains in
                             the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Lightning Benz   Can be seen in the Mercedes Benz Museum Stutgart, Germany

Blitzen Benz ?  Two of the six cars built survive but neither are the record car, a third (replica) hes been built
                         using parts from the originals

Russo Balt        All but three Russo Balt's were destroyed during the cultural revolution, the record car is not one of
                        them

Fiat S76            The remains of two of these cars are presently being used to build a replica

Hornsted Benz    Parts from this car were used to build the replica Blitzen Benz mentioned above

Packard 905  ?

Double Duesenberg  
Can be seen at the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame

Sunbeam 350hp   Sold to Malcolm Campbell, renamed Bluebird

Wisconsin Special    Sold in 2002

Delage La Torpile    Privately owned, still racing

Djelmo    Crashed in 1925, rebuilt and crashed again in 26, remains sold for scrap in early 40's

Fiat Eldridge (mephistopheles)  Restored back to Fiat race car, passenger seat removed, chassis lowered and
                                                  bodywork altered, why ? it was a lemon as a race car, can be seen at the Fiat
                                                  museum, Turin

Renault NM 45hp   ?

Bluebird 350hp   Formerly Sunbeam 350hp, can be seen at the Beaulieu Motor Museum, UK

Sunbeam 4 litre  Also known as Sunbeam Ladybird or Tiger, actually went faster in a 1990 run, can be seen at
                           Brooklands Museum, or is it now in Utah USA

Babs     After the 1927 crash it was buried on Pendine beach, it was dug up in the late 60's and restored, it can
             be seen at the Pendine Museum of Speed

Renault 40hp   Privately owned, still racing

Panhard Razorblade   ?

1927 Bluebird     Had many rebuilds, final version was the 1935    A replica is currently being built in the UK

Sunbeam 1000hp  Also called the Slug, can be seen at Beaulieu Motor Museum, UK

Opel Rak    Rak 1 became Rak 2 and is on display, if you know where let me know, there is also a replica that
                            frequently appears at shows, Rak 3 was destroyed when it exploded

Stutz Blackhawk   Destroyed in crash, I believe there is a replica in the USA

White Triplex     Destroyed in crash,   image source www.floridamemory.com

Golden Arrow     On display at Beaulieu Motor Museum. UK

Austin 7  ?

Silver Bullet   
Sold for scrap

Mormon Meteor    Privately owned

MG EX120      Destroyed in crash, there is a replica, it was last
                      heard of for sale in Sweden

MG EX127      Bought by Mercedes in 1938

Stapp Jupiter  
Destroyed by fire

Citroen 8cv Rosalie  ?

Spido Citroen 15cv   ?

Mecedes SSKL  
Destroyed in crash

Napier Railton  Brooklands Museum, UK

Renault Nervasport   ?

1934 Delahaye   ?

Mercedes Benz W25 Rennlimousine  
Mecedes Benz Museum, Stutgart, Germany

Citroen Traction Rosalie 7  ?

Mercedes Benz W25 Rekordwagon    Mercedes Benz Museum, Stutgart, Germany

Auto Union Type B    Sent to Soviet Union, probably scrapped

1935 Bluebird   Can be seen at the Alabama Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, Talladega, USA
                         There is a replica at Lakeland Motor Museum, UK

Alfa Romeo Bimotore    On display at the Donington Grand Prix Collection, UK
                                      There is a replica at the Alfa Romeo Museum, Italy

Speed of the Wind    Destroyed by bombing during WW2

Mormon Meteor 2   See MM1

Peugeot 302   ?

Auto Union Stromlinierwagen   
Mercedes Benz Museum, Stutgart, Germany

Auto Union Type C Record Car  Mercedes Benz Museum, Stutgart, Germany

Gaz A   ?

Gaz GL 1     
There is a replica, built in Russia in 2010

Thunderbolt  
Destroyed by fire,

Mercedes Benz W125   Mercedes Benz Museum, Stutgart
                                     Germany

Railton Mobil Special   Displayed at the Thinktank Museum,
                                     Birmingham UK

MG EX135   The original "humbug" body was replaced with the streamlined body in 1938, can be seen at
                    the Heritage Collection, Gaydon,UK

Hanomag Diesel   Replica in Germany

Mercedes T80   Mercedes Benz Museum, Stutgart, Germany

Mercedes Benz W154   ?

1939 Peugeot   ?

Mormon Meteor 3  
On display at the Price Museum of Speed, USA

Svesda 1   ?

Svesda 2   ?

Gilera TARF 
Carlo Biscaretti Di Ruffia Museum Torino Italy

Lee Chapels Tornado
   Crashed in 1953

1949 M.A.P   ?

Svesda 3M   ?

Kharkov 1   ?

Gaz M 20 Pobeda   ?

Gaz Torpedo   ?

Cooper T17   ?

Svesda M NAMI 350cc   ?

Dzerjinets Trans Mach   ?

Kharkov 6   ?

City of Burbank   ?

Bob Estes Special   ?

Belly Tank Lakester
  Owned by Bruce Meyer, USA

Beast 111  Owned by Mark Brinker, USA

Austin Healey 100/4 BN1   ?

Shadoff Special   ?

Lloyd Roland Streamliner   ?

MG EX179  
Heritage Collection, Gaydon, UK

Cooper T17   ?

Austin Healey 100/4 BN2   ? 
This picture is of the replica built in Australia using parts from the original car

Austin Healey Streamline   ?

Gaz TR   ?

Moscovitch G2 405   ?

Svesda 5   ?

Guzzi Nibbio 2  
Carlo Biscaretti Museum, Italy

Renault Etoile   
It is on display, possibly in Paris

Abarth 500   ?

Abarth 800   ?

Austin A35   ?

MG EX181  
Heritage Collection, Gaydon, UK

Alfa Abarth 1100   ?

Austin Healey 100/6   ?

Svesda 6   ?

Challenger 1  
Can be seen at the NHRA Motorsports Museum, USA

Abarth 500 pininfarina   ?

City of salt lake  
Being restored

Bluebird CN7   After crashing it was rebuilt with a tail fin added,
                         Can be seen at Beaulieu Motor Museum, UK

Flying Caduceus   It's on display at the National Automobile Museum, Reno, USA

Green Monster 1960   This is the car that was bought by Slick Gardner, can be seen at the Petersen Automotive
                                   Museum, Hollywood, USA
Green Monster 1965   Destroyed in crash

Pioneer 2    ?

Attempt 1  
NHRA Motorsports Museum,USA

Pioneer 2M    Riga Motor Museum, Latvia

Zil 112 C-R   ?

Summers Bros Streamliner
   It was being restored in 2006

Infinity Jet Car   Destroyed in crash

Spirit of America 1   Museum of Science and Technology, Chicago, USA
Spirit of America 2   (sonic 1)  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, USA
Spirit of America 3
   Sold to Steve Fossett, redesigned and renamed Sonic Arrow, was for sale in 2010

Wingfoot Express   ? Walt Arfons and the team say they do not know what happened to these cars
Wingfoot Express 2 ?

The Avenger  
Re-named the STP Special, possibly owned by Fred Sibley in the 70's

Peugeot 404  
The Museum of Adventure ?   Paris  ?

NSU 500cc   Technik Museum, Speyer, Germany

Goldenrod   Henry Ford Museum, USA

Larson Cummins Streamliner,  NHRA Motorsports Museum, USA

Lead Wedge   ?

Autolite Special   ?  It is on display, but where ?

Blue Flame   Sinsheim Auto and Technik Museum, Germany

Tyrone Malone Super Boss Truck   ?

Silver Eagle   ?

Battery Box   ?

SMI Motivator  
Somewhere in Belgium ? Like many others I thought this and the Bud rocket were the same car

Khadi 9  
                                Destroyed by salt corrosion
Khadi 9-11  

Khadi 9-11 BIS  

Malcolm Olley Jet Car   ?

Daimler Benz C111.3    ?
Mercedes Benz World, Brooklands, UK

Daimler Benz Spar Mobil   ?

Budweiser Rocket Car  
Alabama Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, Talladega, USA    (is it the real one ?)

ARVW   Riga Motor Museum, Latvia

Thrust 2   Coventry Transport Museum, UK

Shockwave Truck   Destroyed by fire

Oldsmobile Aerotech  G.M. Heritage Museum USA, there is also a replica in the USA

The Redhead   Still owned by Jim Lattin

Bandag Bandit   Trucking Museum, Iowa, USA

Speed O Motive   ?

Royal Purple   ?  
Still Running ?

Heishman BMW   On display at the BMW Zentrum, Greer, South Carolina, USA

MG EX255    Heritage Collection, Gaydon, UK

Julien & Boyer Honda  Sold in 2007 ?

Thrust SSC   Coventry Transport Museum, UK

Lightning Rod   ?

White Lightning  ?

McBride & Moreau Streamliner 
Still attempting records as Flower of Scotland in 2012

Pink Thunder   ?

Danny Boy   ?

448 C/FS Streamliner 
Became Spirit of Rett, USA

Turbinator   ?

Windjet 2001   ?

Parts Peddlar

Burklands Streamliner   ?

Buckeye Bullet   ?
Buckeye Bullet 2  
Became Buckeye Bullet 2.5 Venturi and is currently being worked on to become
                              Buckeye Bullet 3

JCB Dieselmax    
Located at the JCB World Headquarters, Staffordshire, UK

Windjet Greenbird   ?

Tom Thumb Special  
Destroyed in crash

British Steam Car Inspiration  
On display at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, UK  until September 2012

Spirit of Rett
   ?

Speed Demon   ?
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