posted on April 26, 2012 with 50 notes

MG EX181 (1957)

Here’s a video regarding MG’s EX181 and its world record achievement.

Quoting myself again:

Think of the EX181 as an MGA on steroids. This car had the engine from an MGA (1.5 liters) but it was running on 86% methanol laced with nitrobenzene, acetone and sulphuric ether.

So, in 1957, MG have asked our good man Stirling Moss to take it for a spin on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The result was a world record of 245mph (395kph) and a great day for MG.

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