Talk:Railton Special
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Sources differ as to wether superchargers were used
- [1] says they were
- Brrokands Society that they were not.
The Napier Railton did not, the Railton Special did. I'll improve the articles . PeterGrecian 11:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
Both articles are about the same thing. The only question seems to be which remains as the main article. -De Facto 11:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Two Different Cars
The oldest is at Brooklands, built in 1933 which Brooklands call Napier-Railton but sometimes Napier Railton and had a single Napier Lion and did 160 mph.
The other is in Birmingham Museum of Science and Discovery, built in 1938, did 400 mph and it's keepers call it Railton Mobil Special
The articles about Birmingham Museum of Science and Discovery are confused because it calls it's self by several names including Thinktank. It would be good to fix them.
The Mobil is often dropped because it's just a sponsors name.
Railton Special = 400 mph in Birmingham Napier Railton = 160 mph in Brooklands
It would be a great to rename Railton Special as Railton Mobil Special with redirects.PeterGrecian 14:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
- Do it! See Help:Moving a page if you're not sure how. - De Facto 18:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Will do! PeterGrecian 11:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
"Mobil" should not be dropped, because it's a different car (a rebuild of an earlier car). The Railton Special / Railton Mobil Special were separated by 9 years, World War 2, and 50 mph. Andy Dingley (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
