Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp mb-code KEN001 17th May 1976

17th May 1976

The Prince of Wales

reflected in the River Thames

with a coach and figures in Guildhall Yard

Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp mb-code KEN001 17th May 1976Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp. Major Henry Segrave, winner of the 1923 French Grand Prix, became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established land speed records. Segrave took the giant Sunbeam to Daytona Beach, Florida because it offered hard sand and a nine mile course. The power unit was two V 12, 435bhp, 48 valve Matabele aero engines with chain drive to the wheels. On 29th March 1927 a first run of 200mph was reached but the car had