100 Years Ago, 150 MPH

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A tidy 18.3 litres, thank you very much. V-12 natch.

On 21st July 1925, a beach in Wales would play host to a prodigious achievement in automotive history.


Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of the Sunbeam car named Blue Bird.

Article here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgn0dmdkepo


Love the poster illustration at Brooklands!

More on the car and its engine:
https://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebird_history...


Note: Click each thumbnail photo to see in full size.



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[MikeM6]

An incredible speed to reach on sand, let alone 100 years ago! Doing a 150mph on tarmac is quite something these days, so this is hard to get your head round.

The bravery of those in the past never ceases to amaze me. It's great that we are much safer now, but it also feels like these leaps forward just wouldn't be possible now.

[jollysoutherner]

She was running laps of the hotel car park at the STAR (Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Register) National on Saturday.

Absolutely fantastic to see her running

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jollysoutherner said:

She was running laps of the hotel car park at the STAR (Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Register) National on Saturday.

Absolutely fantastic to see her running

Sounds triumphant.

Pay the congestion charge and then glide about central London, clatter and backfire all the way.

Is a period-correct horn installed?

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MikeM6 said:

An incredible speed to reach on sand, let alone 100 years ago! Doing a 150mph on tarmac is quite something these days, so this is hard to get your head round.

The bravery of those in the past never ceases to amaze me. It's great that we are much safer now, but it also feels like these leaps forward just wouldn't be possible now.

Well stated.

Derring-do writ large.