record-breaking Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/record-breaking/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:14:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Update on the Sunbeam 1000hp engine rebuild at the National Motor Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2024/08/update-on-the-sunbeam-1000hp-engine-rebuild-at-the-national-motor-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/08/update-on-the-sunbeam-1000hp-engine-rebuild-at-the-national-motor-museum/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:04:28 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10474 Engineers at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu are working hard to bring one of the classic cars in their collection back to life – the extraordinary record-breaking Sunbeam 1000hp. See: The car and the story so far – Back in January the museum began fund-raising for the project. Everything on Sunbeam 1,000hp was bespoke, […]

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