Inspiration (car)

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Inspiration
Stanley Steamer

Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team.[1][2]

Inspiration holds the World

Stanley Steamer.[4]
On 26 August 2009 the car, driven by Don Wales, broke a second record by achieving an average speed of 148.308 mph (239 km/h) over two consecutive runs over a measured kilometre.

The runs were made at

litres (8.8 Impgal) of water per minute).[5]

The car has been retired to the National Motor Museum Trust at Beaulieu, England.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ BSCC teamsteamcar.co.uk Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Land Speed Record Breakers August 2009 '...The Royal Automobile Club Recognises World Land Speed Record Breaking Team...' Archived 2014-07-06 at the Wayback Machine steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
  3. ^ "Charles Burnett III, British-born speed king, dies in helicopter crash". BBC News. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ Glaskin, Max, Steam-powered car breaks century-old speed record, 25 August 2009, retrieved 1 December 2018
  5. ^ Vehicle design details steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
  6. ^ British Steam Car ‘Inspiration’ nationalmotormuseum.org.uk, accessed 1 December 2018

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