Monday, February 24, 2014

The Plymouth Monster

I like to post up original content as much as possible but this little known gem of speed racing deserves wider circulation. The article is from a paperback US book called 'Motorcycles in Competition' from 1952 by Hank Weiand Bowman. I had never heard of the Plymouth Monster before but it is a magnificent machine and in many ways ahead of its time in concept. There are a couple of other references to the bike online which I've linked below: they quote the prize money as $30,000 for 300mph, in this article though it is quoted for 200mph. Still a massively high figure for 1935 but not as outlandishly unachievable as 300. There's not a lot of point in writing more as all I know is in the article. Read and enjoy...

The Plymouth Monster page 1.

The Plymouth Monster page 2.

The Plymouth Monster on the allpar.com site.
The Plymouth Monster on the redline.co.za site.
The Plymouth Monster on the geekbobber blog.

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