The Land Speed Record Cars - where are they now?

A brief overview of the cars that have held the outright World Land Speed Record (WLSR) since 1920, with details of where they are now.

Music courtesy of YouTube Creator Studio: Waterfall by Aakash Gandhi

Footage and stills from Pathe, AP and unknown sources, used under Fair Deal / Fair Use.

[eyesofisabeloriginal]

I helped to push Thrust SSC into the transport museum here in Coventry back in amounts of sand from the Black Rock desert were still falling into the floor !

[FritzMcYeet]

Imagine going 125 mph in an old ass v12 race car and then seeing a modern day _sedan_ v6 going 140.

[makingsense]

In the early '80s, I was driving across the Bonneville Salt Flats with my family when we saw a gigantic car on a trailer with support tents around them. It was Thrust 2, and we stopped and I met Richard Noble. He was a great guy, and gave me a signed poster. I wish I still had that!

[heliarche]

Disallowed because of no reverse gear...Didn't know parallel parking was part of achieving the record.

[bbillbill]

Great memories. Thanks for putting this together. I am 70 YO and its great to be reminded of the things I saw on the news in the 60s 70s

[narobii]

wow, blue paint does make cars go faster

[cadillacjack]

Imagine being in a car accident at 600+ mph and surviving, damn.

[petermitchell]

In 1984 I delivered the Thrust 2 on the back of a Layland Roadtrain to a hanger at RAF Binbrook to have it's engine re-tuned. I also took the opportunity to have a sit in the car, and later met it's driver, a former RAF officer Richard Noble.

[topspeederalmond]

I was a land speed record holder on a motorcycle. These men are more than record holders they are pioneers and real MEN. Thank You for a great video.

[vdochev]

I've been in the transport museum in Coventry and I've seen the Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC. Just seeing the cars stationary is a thrill!

[BadgerOff]

Lol, who names a car "The Green Monster" but then paints it red?

[bushmanPMRR]

I remember years ago when the car show in GB was held at Earls Court and a friend and I made a last minute decision to go along.
As it turned out, a bit too 'last minute' because it was all over by the time we got there. A security guard said that virtually all the exhibits had already packed up and gone but if we wanted to, the Thrust 2 was still there if we wanted to have a look, they didn't even charge us to go in.
We were both blown away at the Thrust 2! You have no idea how massive it is until you actually stand alongside it.
A truly awesome car and I am so grateful to that security guard for letting us in!

[elzorro]

It appears that a vacation to England would make it possible to view a lot of of these record-breakers.

[Wazoo]

"partially decapitated the driver"


oh.

[Calvertfilm]

I had the honour of making a scale model of Thrust SSC as a working rocket model for Richard Noble's son to give to him. Richard kindly sent me a signed copy of his book as thanks. I met Richard in Southend too and saw the car. So awesome to be near such a vehicle and people so skilled. Nice memories.

[chrishaan]

Sure wish everyone could make videos of this quality
Great information
Great footage
Great narration
Well done sir
Well done

[SaltGrains_Fready]

Certainly The Cleanest Historic Timeline Overview ever produced.
The world is clueless to the engineering genius developed and implemented into these massive and astonishing machines.

[AgentJayZ]

I feel very lucky to have worked on the J47, J79, RR Avon, and the RR Spey, among others. The LSR cars of the 1920s are the most fascinating to me.

[manstersr]

Thanks for putting that together, ever since the 60's when I was a child I was interested in the land speed record vehicles and a fan of Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons and Gary Gabelich in the blue flame. I followed the pollution packer in the 70's and was anticipating the land speed version of their hydrogen peroxide rocket car that put on exhibitions at drag racing events (which I had seen run), the land speed car was speculated to have a chance of breaking the 1000 mph mark until the driver Dave Anderson was killed in the dragster when his chutes failed during a run. I saw that car exceed 300 mph on an 1/8 mi. drag strip.

[mikebtrfld]

I saw Thrust SSC on it's trailer in Reno right after it broke the sound barrier. Talk about dust blasted.