FINAL tests are taking place on a British-built steam car before it is transported to the United States to make an attempt at the world land speed record for steam-powered vehicles.
The team behind the British Steam Car is aiming to improve on the 127mph record set by Fred Marriott at what is now Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1906.
The British Steam Car challenge team includes test driver Don Wales, nephew of the late Donald Campbell and grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who between them achieved more than 20 land and water speed records.
The testing at the Ministry of Defence’s Thorney Island facility, near Chichester, West Sussex, comes ahead of the record-breaking bid scheduled to take place in the States in the summer with a target velocity of 170mph.
Mr Wales said: “We are doing it because it is a British attempt and the British do record-breaking the best.”
