I can think of a few ways they could have detected that rotation before going for the record.

From AUTOWEEK on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, this is a quaint but interesting nod to a vehicle that helped make the Allied invasion possible: the 60 HP mighty little Jeep.

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“Once owned by a Bugatti race driver, this E-Type was worked over by a race mechanic at Bugatti’s shop in Molsheim, France, to extract more power—enough for an extra 7 mph of top end.”

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/06/19/164-jaguar-e-type-barn-find-has-bugatti-racing-pedigree/

Thanks to Gary for this item.

Parking any Jaguar presents more tractable issues than parking any of these big babies!

With thanks to Motoramic — Notice of rare sale of 200 WWII-era military vehicles offers tanks for the memories

Thanks to AUTOWEEK

Need to watch the whole thing as painful as the first video is. It is hysterical, love the guy changing a spinner wheel with a short sledge hammer. –D2

Thanks to club member Dr. Mel Perry for calling our attention to this amazing video.

” … 50 years after its debut at the Geneva and New York auto shows, we’ll start with the E-type’s most important contribution: It created innumerable car folk and instilled a new generation with passion for the art, science and exhilaration of the automobile.”

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110517/CARNEWS/110519861