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Photo at Muloorina Station perhaps (Dunlop) (S Dalton Collection)Īustralian motoring/racing journalist, racer and rally driver Evan Green project managed the successful July 1964 record attempt on behalf of Oz oil company Ampol, who were by then Bluebird’s major sponsor. Car fitted with 13 inch versions of the 52 inch Bluebird wheels and tyres. Dunlop’s Ted Townsend aboard the company Elfin Catalina. Was Donald Campbell aware of this? Certainly that could explain to the deeply superstitious man how on earth torrential rain came to this vast, dry place where rain had not fallen in the previous 20 years. It’s generally thought the Elfin was running a (relatively) normal pushrod 1500cc Cortina engine with a Cosworth A3 cam and Weber DCOE carburettors for the Bluebird support runs.Īnd yes, the number of Elfin’s chassis was 6313. When the vehicle has stopped the brake efficiency reading can be taken from the figure shown by the recording needle on the inner brake scale, whilst stopping distance readings are taken from the outer scale figures.” The vehicle is then driven along a level road at about 20 miles per hour, and the brakes fully applied.
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It consists of a finely balanced pendulum free to respond to any changes in speed or angle, working through a quadrant gear train to rotate a needle round a dial. “The Tapley Brake Test Meter is a scientific instrument of very high accuracy, still used today. In LSR test application it was fitted with miniature Bluebird tyres and driven over the salt to determine factors such as the coefficient of friction and adhesion using a Tapley meter. The Elfin Catalina’s normal use was in Formula Junior or 1.5-litre road racing events. The car was built by Garrie Cooper and his artisans at Edwardstown, an Adelaide suburb for Dunlop Tyres to use on the Lake Eyre salt to assist in determining certain characteristics of the tyres fitted to Donald Campbell’s Bluebird during 1963/4.
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The driver of the Elfin Catalina is Ted Townsend, a Dunlop tyre fitter. McCarthy, Andrew on The 917K Waltz: Pedro Rodrigue…īluebird Proteus CN7 and its little brother, Elfin Catalina Ford chassis #6313 during the 1963 unsuccessful attempt to set the Land Speed Record at Lake Eyre, South Australia… Reynard on The 917K Waltz: Pedro Rodrigue… Markbisset on 1912/13 Peugeot GP Car: Especi… Roger Clark on 1912/13 Peugeot GP Car: Especi…
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