Sunbeam Bluebird at Pembrey
Once the fastest car in the world, the world famous Sunbeam Bluebird car is at Pendine’s Museum of Speed for the next few weeks. Malcolm Campbell broke the World Land Speed record driving this Sunbeam Bluebird on Pendine sands on September 25, 1924, with a speed of 146.16mph. All Campbells’ racing cars were named Bluebird by him, and each one was painted in a distinctive blue. He bought the Sunbeam in 1923 and made several attempts at the land speed record in it before breaking the record in 1924. Campbell also raced in the Sunbeam Bluebird at Pendine in July 1925 but this was the car’s final appearance on the beach. Campbell’s next and last record record-creaking attempt at Pendine in January 1927 was in the next Bluebird. This car also broke the land speed record at 174.2mph. The Sunbeam Bluebird belongs to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and will be on show at Pendine from now until June 21. Pendine is one of Carmarthenshire County Council’s museums. Museums officer Ann Dorset...