Short film footage - AC racecar, Brooklands, 1921

[Old Crock]

Here's another short piece of film footage from British Pathé, taken at Brooklands in 1921. It shows the AC driven by Brownsort and Noble attempting to beat the 24hr record (set by S F Edge in a Napier fourteen years earlier). There was fog on the second day, the car suffered a leaking fuel tank, then piston seizure (causing a con-rod to break) which put an end to the attempt.
   
   http://www.britishpathe.com/video/small-car-test/
   
   Note the mechanics in suits and ties and one bloke rocking the o/s front wheel….the Red Bull team have got nothing on these fellas at a ‘pit stop’ (!)
   
   The posting on the website implies the record was broken but actually this was not until May of the following year, another AC driven then by Joyce and Day.