The 1920 350hp Sunbeam is considered to be one of the most iconic and important cars on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. It was the first car to achieve the land speed record of 150 miles per hour . . . It achieved two land speed records with Sir Malcolm Campbell at…
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Octane Awards
We’re getting ready for a trip to London to see ‘Jersey Boys’, when we see there is an opportunity to join the Beaulieu One Hundred table at the Octane Awards on the following evening – so now we’re packing evening dress as well! Our taxi arrives outside the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, where it has to compete…
Beaulieu One Hundred Annual Dinner 2015
This was our fourth Beaulieu One Hundred Annual Dinner and what a fantastic night it was! The evening began with sparkling aperitifs on arrival and a chance to have an exclusive look around the museum before being invited outside the entrance to witness the ‘start up’ of the legendary Sunbeam (Bluebird). This is the actual car that…
NEW TURBINE WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD SET
Congratulations to Beaulieu One Hundred member Zef Eisenberg on setting the new turbine world land speed record. Read on for Zef’s description of this incredible achievement. Saturday 16th May started very well, with the very first run of the day seeing our August 2014 top speed raised from 224.9mph to 225.6mph. This was ‘right out of…
Festival of Speed
The National Motor Museum Trust will be at Goodwood from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th June. Yet again we will have quite a presence, with cars in the Paddock, on the Cartier lawn, and on display on our stand at 170 – 171. In the Paddock you will see the iconic Sunbeam 350 hp, the…
Annual Dinner with Andy Green
On the 19 October Beaulieu One Hundred members and their guests gathered at the Museum to attend the 2013 Annual Dinner and Auction. With the theme of “Icons of Speed”, who better to have as Guest of Honour and After Dinner Speaker than Land Speed Record Holder, Wing Commander Andy Green OBE. While enjoying cocktails and…
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