1909 Blitzen Benz, 21.5 litre engine

[a10 gf]

"The Blitzen-Benz was purpose built to do just one thing, to break speed records (not racing), and it did repeatedly from 1909 through 1911"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMa3_tT5mKA

[Greybeard]

What a fabulous beast!

[muskrat]

Wouldn't want to stall it at the lights 

[Butch (cb)]

Wouldn't want to stall it at the lights 

Don't suppose you'd stall it if you put it against the side of your house and dumped the clutch.

[Greybeard]

I've been to the Shelsley Walsh vintage car hill climb a few times. There are a couple of chain driven cars with mahoosive engines that used to drive zeppelins. To stand next to the track as those fabulous monsters roar up the hill and through the hairpin bends is sublime.