Sunbeam 1000 hp car mb-code LMG100033 View looking across the churchyard

View looking across the churchyard

A chimney-sweep and his assistant

11th January 1967

In the foreground figures stand sheltering under umbrellas watching the event

Sunbeam 1000 hp car mb-code LMG100033 View looking across the churchyardSunbeam 1000 hp car, 1927. Policemen looking at one of the fastest cars of its time. Major Henry Segrave, winner of the 1923 French Grand Prix, became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established 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 V12, 435 hp, 48 valve Matabele aero engines with chain drive to the wheels. On 29th March 1927 on the car's