Bluebird Race Car. Malcolm campbell had a succession of darracq racing cars in the 1920s which in the fashion of the day he had named flapper i flapper ii and flapper iii it was flapper iii which he renamed after seeing the play. His intention was to surpass his previous sunbeam blue bird s achievement of the 150 mph barrier and to reach 200 mph.
Download premium images you can t get anywhere else. This was campbell s first car to use the napier lion aero engine. The napier campbell blue bird was a land speed record car driven by malcolm campbell its designer was c.
The norris brothers designed bluebird proteus cn7 with 500 mph 800 km h in mind.
Jul 14 2020 explore bigg ern 2 2 7 5 s board lsr bluebird followed by 217 people on pinterest. Amherst villiers and campbell s regular mechanic leo villa supervised its construction. It was just over 80 years ago to the day that sir malcolm campbell drove his beloved car known as blue bird straight into the record books. A 1 8 turbo z18 nissan engine which is a sohc 8 valve.
