Blue Bird Land Speed Record Car Returns to Pendine Sands - By Steve J Huggett
This was a crazy day down at Pendine on a cold July day back in 2015 the "Blue Bird" took a run down the beach by Sir Malcolm Campbell grandson Don Wales. This was the cars first run out in over 50 years, since its rebuild in 2014.
This pioneer of speed traveled down this beach at 146.16 mph back in 1924 in this 350bhp Sunbeam. A great bit of Landspeed history on Pendine Beach.
Only 350bhp from that big engine, you get that in a fast hot hatch these days!
Even though they didn't have wind tunnels back then, but they understood the need for an aero friendly design.
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Pembrey Race Circut Carmarthenshire Wales UK
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Dig those spoked wheels :-)
Until you have to clean all the sand of them :)))
What a car. Must be one of the most valuable in the world and looks great.
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Priceless I would guess :)
I used to have a Blue Bird dinky toy as a child. When my brother and I got older, my mum threw all the dinky toys out thinking we'd outgrown them. Still gutted to this day!
Most of mine got thrown out but my mum missed some. Lucky for me.
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Thats pretty common thing to happen! Mine got given away, don't think I had a "Blue Bird" car. I had all the Gerry Anderson TV cars etc Thunderbirds/UFO/Capt Scarlet etc!