Interesting, to say the least. If anyone is interested, then the following
site has some good pictures of the 1927 car that set the world's land speed
record of 203.792 mph on the sand at Daytona. Site
http://www.allsportauto.com . When you log on, you will immediately notice
it is in French. There is a small flag that shows half American Half Brit
flag. Click on that and it will change to english. Then in the search box,
type in sunbeam. SHould come up with the pictures of the car. This was a
very large car, from my research, 2 Matrabelle 22 liter aircraft engines
(yes, 44,000 cc displacement!). Driven By Sir Henry Segrave. Wire wheels,
chain drive. Now there was another car called the sunbeam tiger but it was
an open wheeled car aand considerable smaller... Ya'll enjoy the site.
mayf, home of the world's fastest Sunbeam wannabie in Pahrump NV shooting
for a 204 or better speed over the measured 3 mile or 5 mile courses...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Winblad" <garywinblad@attbi.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: Original Sunbeam Tiger
> I taped an episode of "Bay Area Backroads" on KRON channel 4 last nite.
> It was about something like "the need for speed" showing various
motorsport
> activites..
> Well, I almost fell off my chair when they were showing us through some
> racing garages/businesses at the Infineon (Sears Point) Raceway in
southern
> Sonoma county. There featured in this popular bay area TV show in the
> "Robin Automotive" shop was the original 1927 land speed record holder
> Sunbeam Tiger! I had no idea it was even in northern California, I
thought
> it was
> in Australia or somewhere..
>
> Hacksaw Gary
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