Captain George Eyston's 'Thunderbolt' car, 1937. Artist: Unknown


Captain George Eyston's 'Thunderbolt' car, 1937. Eyston set three Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, the fastest being mph on 16th September, record changed hands several times between Eyston and fellow Briton John Cobb in the late 1930s.


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Photo credit: © National Motor Museum/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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