Bluebird CN7 record-breaking car

Made:: 1962 in Coventry

designer:: Norris Brothers Engineering Limited

Bluebird CN7 record-breaking car, 1962. Bluebird CN7 was designed by Norris Brothers and powered by a specially modified Bristol Proteus engine producing 4,100 shp at 11,000 rpm. On 17 July 1964 on the dried-up bed of Lake Eyre in Australia, Donald Campbell created a new world land speed record of 403.1 mph for wheel driven cars.

Details

Category:: Road Transport

Object Number:: 1981-1638

Materials:: steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), leather, rubber (unidentified), glass and paint

type:: land speed record vehicle

credit:: Purchased with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund

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