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Fire damaged Benz at Brooklands

Fire damaged Benz at BrooklandsFire damaged Benz at Brooklands

Reference number: Autocar Glass Plate A672,

This photo is from the LAT Photographic archive, which is part of Haymarket who I work for. Please see the "Ordering Prints" page if you would like prints stating the reference above but please mention me, (Austin Harris).

Date July 1922
Event type Race Meeting
Location Brooklands
Entry number(s) 1
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21504cc 4 cyl Benz. There is a picture of it and the following description in the Bill Boddy book. "In Barlow's hands this Benz was one of the fastest and most accelerative at the Track in 1922, although at one Essex M.C. meeting it had to be pushed practically out of the paddock, flames exuding from bonnet and exhaust, before it would start, and then it lit-up on the Byfleet banking, leaving a vast trail of smoke behind it before stopping round by the Fork."

  • By dermotjohnson at 05/08/2008 - 23:02
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