R: [ROVERNET - UK] Youtube footage of JET1

[Tomas Börjeson]

Hello Rover"ites"

I may somewhere have a short film of Ian driving 
the Single Seater around the Main Square in 
Boras,Sweden, a sight (And Sound!) not to be hastily forgotten....

On the same tape is some footage of Garainth 
Owen, Owen Wynn-Owen's son, driving the ex-Parry 
Thomas record breaker BABS on a gravel road at a 
Swedish car show  at 50 MPH (without brakes) and 
with Ian's red P6B leading with me standing in 
the front seat, upper body out of the sunroof, 
and shouting to the crowd to stay out of the way without too much success.
Not something you get to see everyday :)

The Youtube movie comes from British Pathe.

They have a website :

http://www.britishpathe.com

You can find a lot of interesting films there: 
Try searching for "rover". You can only watch 
preview versions for free but these are still interesting.

If something really strikes your fancy you can buy a high quality version.

Tomas

At 13:31 2006-12-05, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>                 this is a message from Ian 
> Glass, our friends who reads us but cannot send 
> mails, about the Jet 1, the gas turbine car.
>
>It' s very interesting and tells us something more.
>
>Best regards, Gianluca.
>
>
>
>The car shown is the first turbine, which was 
>driven by Spen King on the Jabekke Highway in 
>Belgium at 152 mph in 1952. The car is in the Science Museum.
>
>Subsequently a saloon was built, but it caught 
>fire. This was followed by the pretty coupe T3, and then a P6 lookalike the T4.
>
>Then there was the Rover BRM which raced at Le Mans.
>
>T3, T4, and the BRM are in the Heritage Museum at Gaydon.
>
>Spen King is very much alive (he also designed 
>the Range Rover, and was involved with P6 and 
>SD1), and he also was involved in the Marauder 
>project, as well as buliding and racing a single seater racing car in 1946.
>
>I am lucky enough to own that racer!
>
>Regards,
>
>Ian
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: Ruotolo Gianluca (MERCATO STAFF)
>Inviato: venerdì 1 dicembre 2006 10.22
>A: 'rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com'
>Oggetto: R: [ROVERNET - UK] Youtube footage of JET1
>
>
>Is it the gas turbine one?
>I remember it was produced also a T3 coupè, it 
>was said to be the fastest car of the world at 
>that time. Also an English prince of the royal 
>family could have driven - as reported on newspapers, and read on books - it.
>
>Thanks, gianluca.
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com 
>[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Per conto di Steven Dibdin
>Inviato: venerdì 1 dicembre 2006 5.01
>A: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Oggetto: [ROVERNET - UK] Youtube footage of JET1
>
>
> >From a period newsreel. Worth seeing:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BibYqM2BPZs
>
>Enjoy
>
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