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A monstrous car: a day out with the 1903 Napier 100hp
Today is Halloween but, with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run coming up in just a week's time, it's also the start of Veteran Car Week, so there's no better subject for today's article than the impressive 1903 Napier 100hp built for the Gordon Bennett Cup. The car is a part of the world-famous collection of Dutch enthusiast Evert Louwman.
Napier is famous for its association with the Gordon Bennett races. In 1902, the race was won by S. F. Edge in a Napier, so the following year it had to be organised by the British. However, it was forbidden to race on public roads in Great Britain, so they found a solution - to hold the race in Ireland. The British team consisted of three Napiers, a 40hp, 50hp and the largest, a 100hp, which is the car we see in the video.
Unfortunately, the Napiers were not very successful in the Irish Gordon Bennett race, but this year they will hopefully have more success in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, where Edge's winning 1902 Napier will be on the start line alongside the two remaining racing Napiers from 1903.
It may be a bit unfair on the other, slower veteran cars, but it's great to see that they are still being used.
The 100hp Napier, along with its two sister cars, can be seen at the St. James's International Concours on Saturday 5th November and on the Veteran Car Run on Sunday 6th. For the rest of the year, the car, along with many other veteran, vintage and classic cars, is on display at the Louwman Museum in The Hague.
Originally published October 31st, 2022.
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Dienstag November 12th, 2024
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Valerie Browning
12 November 2024, 19:24
I was interested to read your article whilst doing some research into my grandfather, J. F. Browning. He was one of the Napier 'testers' in the early 1900s. He took part in the 24-hour run shortly after the opening of Brooklands race track with S. F. Edge and subsequently raced at Brooklands and took part in many hill climbs and other events. So he must have been well aware of the sound of the Napier engine. In particular he acted as driver and mechanic to Lord and Lady Battersea in a European tour in a Napier in about 1907. Fascinating to see the preparation and hear the Napier in action in your short clip. I have written up my grandfather's story as much as I can find out about it. He did keep a diary at the time but sadly it went missing after it had been sent for display at a Napier celebration—how good it would be to find it again!
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Kieran White
02 November 2022, 00:22
This is the 1904 GB Napier. You can see from the picture of the three 1903 Napiers that they have a different radiator design. I always understood that the green colour was the stock Napier colour. In other words Napier products left the factory painted in that colour. In any event the colour was appropriated as British Racing Green.
Fast forward to 1934, an arch Irish republican, Frank O’Boyle, incensed by this appropriation of the dark Green painted his Riley Brooklands a lighter Green which he dubbed Irish Racing Green. I have that car.
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Fast forward to 1934, an arch Irish republican, Frank O’Boyle, incensed by this appropriation of the dark Green painted his Riley Brooklands a lighter Green which he dubbed Irish Racing Green. I have that car.