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 Brooklands
Malcolm Campbell bought the car and modified them - he set some higher speed
records who was not certified, at last he set an official record
246.163 mph in 1924 at Pendine Beach
pushed them up to
150.838 mph in 1925 also at Pendine Beach (first official over 150 mph)
Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave used than the 4 litre Sunbeam "Ladybird" also know
as "Tiger"
152.307 mph (only over the kilo, the mile was too slow by a blown charger)in
1926 at Southport
The Tiger was the last record racer who was also used in normal races (round
track)
>From there on was only Specials used for the World Land Speed Record
The next Sunbeam was the 1000 HP Sunbeam "Slug", driven by Segrave at Daytona
Beach
203.793 mph in 1927 (first official over 200 mph)
The car used two "Matabele" engine, each got about 440 HP - the replacement of
each engine was 22 444 cc, which is about 1369.6 ci, weights 3860 kg, which is
about 8510 (american) pounds. The overall length was 7188 mm, which is about
23.582 feet. The wheelbase was
3581 mm, which is about 11.75 feet.
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 Bullet - this car was the answer from
Sunbeam to Segrave's Golden Arrow from 1929.
Hope this clarified the Sunbeam Land Speed Historie
See ya
Pork Pie
"DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com> schrieb:
> 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 meseum in France. It
> was driven by Sir Henry Segrave (note no "a" in Segrave), and was the very
> first car toachieve a fully recognised record over 200 mph. Here are some of
> the salient features of that car: about 19000 pounds, about 19 feet long,
> chain drive, wire wheels, dunlop tires, two Matrabelle aircraft engines of
> 12 cylinders each, total engine displacement was 44,000 cc, three speed
> transmission, driver sat between the two engines. Record was set on the sand
> at Daytona Beach.
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