Sunbeam 1000 hp car Size:M: 60 x 45cm 'Casualties of London street walking

'Casualties of London street walking

Standing behind the bell stand about to hit one of the bells on the left

Three candidates stand under the portico of St Paul's

26th July 1952

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Sunbeam 1000 hp car Size:M: 60 x 45cm 'Casualties of London street walkingSunbeam 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