THE CAMPBELL DYNASTY|CW


main image; The Campbell-Norris-Proteus CN7 Bluebird is prepared on Lake Eyre, Australia, in 1964. Donald Campbell hit 403mph, a new world record right; the smiling adventurer at Coniston, where he was killed in 1967 below; downtime at Lake Eyre


it was seen as a dead-end technology. But between 2015 and 2020 all of the motoring public will see a significant upturn in the availability and usability of electric vehicles. We petrol heads love the sound of a screaming V8, but we know we shouldn’t be doing that sort of thing anymore. And we have a good history to draw upon. An electric car was seen as early as 1898 and in the 1920s there were more electric cars in the US that petrol-driven ones.”


Also in the thinking of the current speed-chasers is the desire to make records that ordinary mortals can relate too. A rocket on wheels approaching 800mph is impressive, but it is far removed from most people’s reality. The current world land speed record is held by Wing Commander Andy Green, who piloted ThrustSSC to 763mph (1228kph) in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada in October 1997. The “car”, the ➸


above right; with long-serving mechanic Leo Villa at Coniston in 1956 above; Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water on 4th January 1967 just before the fatal crash


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