Stefan Marjoram’s 1925 Malcolm Campbell ‘Land Speed’ Blue Bird Sunbeam 350HP Mens T-Shirt
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Stefan Marjoram’s 1925 Malcolm Campbell ‘Land Speed’ Blue Bird Sunbeam 350HP Mens T-Shirt
£30.00
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Stefan Marjoram the Campbell Family Heritage Trust to celebrate Donald and Sir Malcolm’s land/water speed record achievements, and legacies, in a series of new t-shirt designs featuring Stephan’ motoring sketches.
| Weight | 0.250 kg |
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RetroClassic Stefan Marjoram 1925 Malcolm Campbell ‘Land Speed’ Blue Bird Sunbeam 350HP Mens T-Shirt Mens T-Shirt design.
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Stefan Marjoram the Campbell Family Heritage Trust to celebrate Donald and Sir Malcolm’s land/water speed record achievements, and legacies, in a series of new t-shirt designs featuring Stephan’ motoring sketches.
This design features the 1925 Malcolm Campbell ‘Land Speed’ Blue Bird Sunbeam 350HP.
Malcolm Campbell drove the borrowed car at the Saltburn Speed Trials on 17 June 1922 and broke his first speed record at 138.08 mph (222.22 km/h). However the manual stopwatch timing system was not accepted for an official record.
Campbell persuaded Coatalen to sell the Sunbeam to him, painted it blue and renamed it Blue Bird, already the fourth Blue Bird. 23 June 1923 saw Campbell at Fanø, Denmark, recording another record-breaking speed of 137.72 mph (221.64 km/h) over the flying kilometre. This time the record was not officially accepted as the timing equipment was not of the approved type.
Over the winter of 1923–1924 the car was sent to the aircraft maker Boulton Paul at Norwich, for wind tunnel tests. They streamlined the car with a narrow radiator cowl at the nose and a long tapered tail. The rear wheels were also fitted with disk covers. Engine compression was raised by new pistons.
Campbell returned to Fanø in the summer, but the beach was in poor condition and crowd control of the spectators was poor. On the first run both rear tyres were ripped off Blue Bird and narrowly missed the crowd. Campbell protested to the officials about safety standards and declined to take any responsibility for anything else. Sadly, this time a front tyre came off and killed a boy in the crowd.
The car was taken to Pendine Sands in South Wales and saw a more successful result with the first of Campbell’s nine records. The record was achieved on 24 September 1924, with a speed of 146.16 mph (235.23 km/h) and an officially sanctioned time. After this he put the car up for sale for £1,500, but decided to keep it for a further attempt on hearing that Parry-Thomas was also planning a record attempt with Babs. Blue Bird returned to Pendine in 1925, and on 21 July it raised this record to 150.766 mph (242.628 km/h), the first time a car had exceeded 150 mph (240 km/h). The best run over the mile had reached 152.833 mph (245.961 km/h), a figure that appeared in contemporary motoring adverts for oil and sparkplugs. To commemorate this achievement Campbell had commemorative models of Blue Bird made.
Art By: Stefan Marjoram – https://stefanmarjoram.com/automotive-art
This 100% cotton crew neck T-shirt has a taped Shoulder to Shoulder and has Twin Needle stitching on neck and shoulders.
This is an official Stefan Marjoram and Campbell Heritage collaboration, but we do not imply any association or relationship with any brands or manufacturers and it is in no way suggested that this range of clothing is officially approved or authorised by any organisation.