Would you believe the 1934 supercharged Graham still holds the land speed record from Sydney GPO to Melbourne GPO (Australia) of 546 miles in nine and a half hours including detours around Police road blocks? (57mph average) The reason is because after this, the Police shut down any chance of beating it! The first right hand drive version sold in Perth, Western Australia by Arthur Bales Pty Ltd, was also the first car in Australia to have the accelerator pedal on the right. Before that, they were under the steering column. The driver killed himself within half an hour when he stood on the wrong pedal and hit a lamp post. The car was still driveable. This was told to me by the salesman, Les Bales who sold the car.
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Would you believe the 1934 supercharged Graham still holds the land speed record from Sydney GPO to Melbourne GPO (Australia) of 546 miles in nine and a half hours including detours around Police road blocks? (57mph average) The reason is because after this, the Police shut down any chance of beating it! The first right hand drive version sold in Perth, Western Australia by Arthur Bales Pty Ltd, was also the first car in Australia to have the accelerator pedal on the right. Before that, they were under the steering column. The driver killed himself within half an hour when he stood on the wrong pedal and hit a lamp post. The car was still driveable. This was told to me by the salesman, Les Bales who sold the car.
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