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The Mormon Meteor no sound. Black/white. They did not have movie sound back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGXDHMPpsDE
The Mormon Meteor I and III were two land speed record cars built in the 1930s by Ab Jenkins.
Jenkins was the 24th mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah from 1940 to 1944 and was a professional race car driver. Jenkins' interest in motorsports began with racing motorcycles on dirt tracks and cross country. He then became interested in land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He was instrumental in establishing Bonneville as a location for such events, and in attracting overseas drivers such as George Eyston and Sir Malcolm Campbell to compete there.
He drove the Duesenberg "Mormon Meteor" to a 24-hour average land speed record of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) in 1935. In 1940 Jenkins set the 24-hour record of a 161.180 mph (259.394 km/h) average that lasted for 50 years (until 1990).
He died on a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ab Jenkins Drives Auburn at Bonneville Salt Flats
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Listen to the announcer.......He's a real hoot!!!!
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Published on Jan 23, 2013
Legendary promoter of the Bonneville Salt Flats as place for Land Speed record attempts, Ab Jenkins, was a perfect fit for Auburn to promote their fast, sporty Speedsters. The company made a promotional film that incorporated his run on the Salt. S033
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Art Anderson
Just two iterations of this, the 1935 Duesenberg Special which was built up for a 24hr record attempt that year. For 1936, this car got a Curtiss Conqueror V12, ran for and achieved a new 24hr record, and then had its Model SJ engine and transmission reinstalled, and was outfitted for street use, and exists to this day in that form. For 1938, an all new Mormon Meteor III was built, by Augie Duesenberg in Indianapolis (Duesenberg Inc. closed down in the summer of 1937), Like Mormon Meteor II (the 1936 Conqueror-powered version of the 1935 car) -III was powered by a Conqueror V12, with room for a second engine if needed for achieving the record. A second engine was never installed, and the car was essentially retired after WW-II, and placed on display in the Utah State Capitol Building, where it stood until about 1994-95, when Ab's son Marvin repossessed the car from the Statehouse, subsequently fully restoring the car to its 1938 glory. Two totally different cars, 3 versions over 3 years, and two different engines.
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Bonneville and Land Speed Records History
By Justin Hyde
1937 345 MPH
After Ab Jenkins and his "Mormon Meteor" began setting speed records at the salt flats outside Bonneville, Utah, in the 1920s, the site soon became the standard for all such attempts, luring daredevils from around the world. By the mid-1930s, a group of British drivers had taken the top spot, with Capt. George E.T. Eyston dominating in his Thunderbolt, a seven-ton, eight-wheel wonder powered by two Rolls-Royce V-12 aircraft engines rated at 2,350 hp each. On this date in 1937 he hit a two-way average of 345.49 mph -- a record that stood for a year, until fellow Brit John Cobb bested the mark a year later. You can see them below in this rare color footage. (And as for the Thunderbolt; it was shipped to New Zealand before World War II, where it burned in a warehouse fire and was buried under an airport tarmac.)