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The National Motor Museum<\/a>\u2019s Land Speed Record breaking 1920 Sunbeam 350hp has been fitted with a replacement gearbox to match its rebuilt engine, decades after losing its original gearbox.<\/p>\n

The ongoing project to restore and preserve Sir Malcolm Campbell\u2019s iconic machine, which set a 150mph World Land Speed Record nearly a century ago, has been a labor of love for Beaulieu\u2019s workshop engineers.<\/p>\n

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Malcolm Campbell at speed in the Sunbeam 350hp at Pendine Sands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having painstakingly rebuilt its complex V12 engine, they triumphantly took this landmark vehicle back to Pendine Sands in South Wales in 2015, for a low-speed reconstruction of its World Land Speed Record 90 years earlier.<\/p>\n

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Malcolm Campbell tends to the Sunbeam 350hp at Pendine Sands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, while the engine was then in fine fettle, the non-original gearbox has always been the Achilles\u2019 heel in this car\u2019s history and has long been the missing part of its puzzle. At some point after World War II, the original gearbox was removed and by the time the Sunbeam became an exhibit at the National Motor Museum, it was fitted with a temporary gearbox from an Albion 35hp. Only designed to handle a tenth of the engine\u2019s power, this gearbox also lacked a transmission brake \u2013 an important part of the Sunbeam\u2019s original brake set-up.<\/p>\n

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The Sunbeam’s new gearbox, with the cover plate removed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reinstating a suitable gearbox has been a priority for the engineers, as the next stage of the car\u2019s ongoing preservation. With help from the museum\u2019s supporters, a sturdy Bentley C-type gearbox has been sourced and adapted to fit the Sunbeam\u2019s chassis with custom-made mounts. This unit has proven, in other applications, to be well suited to the task of handling the colossal power of the 18-litre V12 engine.<\/p>\n

Best of all, this is enabling the engineers to install a robust and historically correct transmission brake and propshaft. Once the full installation has been completed, the Sunbeam will have the robust transmission its mighty engine deserves.<\/p>\n

The 1920 Sunbeam 350hp can usually be seen on display at the National Motor Museum, as part of a multi-media presentation which also features its record-breaking stablemates the 1927 Sunbeam 1,000 hp, 1929 Golden Arrow and 1960 Bluebird CN7.<\/p>\n

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Although great strides have been made, a project such as this cannot be rushed. Further funding is always required for the ongoing preservation of the museum\u2019s collection. If you are keen to help with funding support, please get in touch at pr@beaulieu.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The National Motor Museum\u2019s collection of over 280 vehicles is world-famous, along with its extensive range of motoring artefacts, photographic images, specialist reference library and film and video library. For more information about its collection and services see www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Motor Museum\u2019s Land Speed Record breaking 1920 Sunbeam 350hp has been fitted with a replacement gearbox to match its rebuilt engine, decades after losing its original gearbox. The ongoing project to restore and preserve Sir Malcolm Campbell\u2019s iconic machine, which set a 150mph World Land Speed Record nearly a century ago, has been a labor of love for Beaulieu\u2019s workshop engineers. 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