The 1927 Sunbeam 1000 Kilburn Wells Barking Abbey at Barking

Barking Abbey at Barking

View of the entrance to Gray's Inn Hall

View of Hungerford Stairs showing the Old Fox Inn and the Swan Inn

with the profile of Lord Mayor of London John Atkins

The 1927 Sunbeam 1000 Kilburn Wells Barking Abbey at BarkingThe 1927 Sunbeam 1000. Major Henry Segrave, winner of the 1923 French Grand Prix, became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established records. Segrave took the giant Sunbeam to Daytona Beach, Florida because it offered hard sand and a nine mile course. The power unit was two V12, 435 hp, 48 valve Matabele aero engines with chain drive to the wheels. On 29th March 1927 on the car's first run a speed of 200 mph was reached for the first time,