{"id":910,"date":"2013-02-15T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T06:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?p=910"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:52:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:52:32","slug":"national-motor-museum-the-land-speed-record-sunbeams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"National Motor Museum &#8211; the Land Speed Record Sunbeams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-909\" alt=\"album3152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3152.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3152.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3152-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3152-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-908\" alt=\"album3150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3150.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3150.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3150-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3150-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-907\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-907\" alt=\"Sunbeam Tiger, driven by Sir Henry Segrave in 1926.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3149.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3149.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3149-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3149-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunbeam Tiger, driven by Sir Henry Segrave in 1926.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3155.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-903\" alt=\"Sunbeam 1000hp - The first car to attain a speed of 200mph, driven by Sir Henry Segrave in 1927.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3155.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3155.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3155-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3155-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunbeam 1000hp &#8211; The first car to attain a speed of 200mph, driven by Sir Henry Segrave in 1927.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album31561.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-913\" alt=\"album3156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album31561.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album31561.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album31561-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album31561-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-902\" alt=\"album3154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3154.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3154.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3154-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3154-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-901\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-901\" alt=\"Sunbeam 350hp Bluebird - This car was originally driven by Kennelm Lee Guiness who set the World Land Speed Record at 133.75 mph in 1922. Malcolm Campbell then had it rebodied, renamed it Bluebird and raised the record twice, ultimately achieving 150mph.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3153.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3153.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3153-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3153-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunbeam 350hp Bluebird &#8211; This car was originally driven by Kennelm Lee Guiness who set the World Land Speed Record at 133.75 mph in 1922. Malcolm Campbell then had it rebodied, renamed it Bluebird and raised the record twice, ultimately achieving 150mph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-905\" alt=\"album3168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3168.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3168.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3168-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3168-624x411.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-906\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-906\" alt=\"The fourth car on display here is Parry Thomas' Babs. Thomas tragically died at the wheel of this car during an heroic record attempt. Just out of shot is Segrave's Golden Arrow.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3169.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3169.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3169-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3169-624x411.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fourth car on display here is Parry Thomas&#8217; Babs. Thomas tragically died at the wheel of this car during an heroic record attempt. Just out of shot is Segrave&#8217;s Golden Arrow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,90],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorsport","category-museums","tag-land-speed-record"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ptz4-eG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}