1935 Bluebird Car (full-size replica)
The Bluebird which broke the World Land Speed at Bonneville, USA, on the 3rd of September 1935.
Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 1935 achievement (301.129mph - over 5 miles a minute) was his last World Land Speed Record - being broken by Capt. G.E.T. Eyston in Thunderbolt, (311.418 mph) 19th November 1937.
The original was designed by Mr Reid A Railton and constructed by Thomson and Taylor (Brooklands) Limited. The complete car weighs nearly 5 tons and some 90% of the available horsepower was required to overcome wind resistance.
Our full-sized replica was made for BBC 2 TV's production "Speed King" originally aired Dec 19th, 1979.
| Key Facts | |
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| Year of manufacture | 1935 |
| Engine | 2-cylinder in two banks, supercharged, Rolls-Royce aero-type, developing 2500 bhp. (approx) |
| Transmission | Normal clutch, through a ‘crash type’ three speed gearbox to back axle via a double propellor-shaft. |
| Wheelbase | 3 ft 8” |
| Track | 5 ft |
| Overall length | 28 ft 3” |
| Fuel | Special Esso-Ethyl |
| Tyres | Dunlop - pressures, front 125 |b,rear 110 Ib. |
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