DrMayf-I keep a picture of this very car in my guidance office and it sparks a lot of conversation with the kids, they can't believe anyone would go that fast in a car with so little safety equipment
I used to own a Sunbeam Tiger (Ford powered LBC - little brit car) and heard that they would have most every significant racing Sunbeam at the get together so I decided I'd better go to get some pic
Thanks for sharing. Glen -- Original Message -- From: "David" <adin@frontier.net> To: "LandSpeed list" <land-speed@autox.team.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:28 PM Subject: Some pics from the
I currently have a Tiger, since 1967, and have been fairly fond of the SUnbeam marque. However, the old tiger model wasn't the one which did the record runs. That was a 1927 version which is now in a
Sorry, let me correct some information - The first Sunbeam, who set a record, was the 350 HP Sunbeam - driven by Kenelm Lee Guinness (the famous founder of KLN spark plugs) 133.709 mph in 1922 at Bro
The last Sunbeam was the "silver Bullet" from 1930, a very unlcky record vehicle which never set a record, except on one record, no other record breaker caught more fire on board than the Silver Bull
Brian, you be right, but, please, don't forget that to this time the 5 mile World Land Speed Record was by 212 mph, set by Malcolm Campbell in 1929 at Verneuk Pan, South Africa. By the way - the "Slu