{"id":4735,"date":"2009-08-01T22:48:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T05:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2012-08-04T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:38:43","slug":"internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet &#8220;Barn Find&#8221; #6:  British Steam Car Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Finternet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F08%2Fsteam-race-car-300x204.jpg&amp;description=Internet+%E2%80%9CBarn+Find%E2%80%9D+%236%3A+British+Steam+Car+Challenge\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[4735]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" data-text=\"Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge\" data-desc=\"Speedweek begins this week (7 days and counting).\u00a0 For this Internet Barn Find, we go across the pond to scope out a Steam Powered Streamliner.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0 British Steam Car Challenge website.\u00a0 Take a few minutes and read up on this beauty of a racecar. The record for a steam powered land\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car-300x204.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Speedweek begins this week (7 days and counting).\u00a0 For this Internet Barn Find, we go across the pond to scope out a Steam Powered Streamliner.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0 <a title=\"British Steam Car Challenge website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steamcar.co.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">British Steam Car Challenge website<\/a>.\u00a0 Take a few minutes and read up on this beauty of a racecar.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4735]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4736\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"British Steam Powered Land Speed Racer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville - British Steam Powered Land Speed Racer\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car-400x273.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/steam-race-car.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The record for a steam powered land vehicle stands at 127.659 MPH according to this site.\u00a0 The crazy part is this record was set in 1906.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about time this record gets beaten, don&#8217;t you think?\u00a0 Another tid bit of information from the steam car&#8217;s website is the unofficial (not recognized by FIA) steam powered record is 145.607 MPH set in 1985, and that is the record the British Team is shooting for.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this youtube video linked from their site too.\u00a0 Sounds crazy!!!<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-4735-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkpdSeb2ya4\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/bkpdSeb2ya4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Finternet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Internet+%E2%80%9CBarn+Find%E2%80%9D+%236%3A+British+Steam+Car+Challenge\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-find-6-british-steam-car-challenge\/\" data-text=\"Internet \u201cBarn Find\u201d #6: British Steam Car Challenge\" data-desc=\"Speedweek begins this week (7 days and counting).\u00a0 For this Internet Barn Find, we go across the pond to scope out a Steam Powered Streamliner.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0 British Steam Car Challenge website.\u00a0 Take a few minutes and read up on this beauty of a racecar. The record for a steam powered land\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Speedweek begins this week (7 days and counting).\u00a0 For this Internet Barn Find, we go across the pond to scope out a Steam Powered Streamliner.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0 British Steam Car Challenge website.\u00a0 Take a few minutes and read up on this beauty of a racecar. 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