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27-08-2018, 08:28 AM
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Fantastic news .....

It's taken an enormous amount of work - Lead engineer Bill Smith, said

"This project is 22 years old this year.

"We've been 15 years in the rebuild - five years to strip down, catalogue and clean, and ten years since we set the first rivet to bring her back to this condition.

"This is a fully working machine, completely original. This is the vehicle that Donald Campbell drove."





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-45068703
don't ya think they're tempting fate?
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27-08-2018, 12:11 PM
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don't ya think they're tempting fate?
The man who rebuilt her says there is a malevolence about her, 'like an evil witch'. They say Donald Campbell was a superstitious man who thought it unlucky for people to wish him luck. The Campbell curse.

Interesting article about the crash.

https://www.express.co.uk/comment/ex...k-averse-world
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27-08-2018, 01:23 PM
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Cinderella have you met Pugs yet here - he is from East Anglia and is a very interesting character??
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28-08-2018, 12:08 PM
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Not many on here from EA, our paths have not crossed GB.
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28-08-2018, 10:39 PM
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Not many on here from EA, our paths have not crossed GB.
he's rather shy! - I'll see if I can stir him from his warren!
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30-08-2018, 02:21 PM
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A complete waste of money, imo.
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30-08-2018, 06:42 PM
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A fantastic tribute to the man who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his dream.
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A fantastic tribute to the man who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his dream.

It is a pity he couldn't have done something much more productive with his life.
 
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