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Show Briton Hopes To Have Auto Ready For Big Crack At Sir . Malcolm!s1RecordNextWeek1 Is water cooled, sevea feet wide, ' ' four to five feet tall, with a rear stabilising fin that reaches beyond seven feet. The driver sits wall la the front The motor are la the center, with quadruple exhaust. It is streamlined In every detail Eyaton estimated gaaolln aon-sumptlon aon-sumptlon at five to six galloaa per -minute at maximum speed. - By OTIS J. PVSKY BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, Oct. I iPi-the automobile world's most ponderous speedster-believed speedster-believed capable of M miles per hour was unveiled before a curious western audience here today. One glimpse at the powerhouse on wheels brought gasps of astonishment aston-ishment and admiration from old-timers old-timers In this Utah-Nevada border district, where racing creations are commonplace. 1 In this huge machine with eight wheels the front tandem style Captain George E. T. Eyston of London expects to shatter the world land speed record of Ki ll m. p. h. which his compatriot, Sir Malcolm Campbell, wrote Into the books on this saline course two years ago. The 30-foot long racer, called "Thunderbolt,1 rode from New York to Wendover, on the edge of the salt beds. In a hug crat that occupied an entire railroad flatcar. After Inspection by federal customs cus-toms officials, Eyston's mechanics broke the seals, removed the end of the crat and displayed the monster mon-ster to a crowd that Included ranch-ere. ranch-ere. farmers, miners, bartenders and a flock of school children. Eyston's nine mechanic, aided by a score of bystanders, pushed the twin-motored, It-cylinder car 300 yards to a near-by garage, Where the bespectacled Englishman will tune It up for trial run ever the weekend. If the machine responds, then he'll go after the record, probably late next week, "I don't know what It will do," the graying Eyston said, "because It ha not yet been run. Day of testing will be necessary t determine deter-mine definite possibilities." He added, however, that he expects ex-pects the 1100-horsepower raosr t reach at leaet 110 m. p. h. and as-pressed as-pressed belief It 1 capable of ISO. The seven-ton car I equipped with hydraulic, air and wind brake. |