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Car Model - CN7 'Bluebird', Donald Campbell, 1966
Reg. No: ST 025778
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- Summary:
- Scale model of Donald Campbell's 'Bluebird' which set a new world land speed record of 403.10 mph (648.783 kph) on Lake Eyre in South Australia on 17 July 1964. Power was provided by a Bristol-Siddeley Proteus gas turbine engine. This 1:12 model was built for the Museum in 1966. It was previously displayed with one of the original Dunlop wheels from the Bluebird which is held in the Museum's collection.
The original vehicle was built by Norris Brothers Ltd in the UK and was designated the Campbell-Norris 7 (CN7)
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | model motor cars, motor cars, gas turbine engines |
| Themes this item is part of: | Engineering Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ROAD TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Motor Vehicles |
| Tertiary Classification: | model motor cars |
| Model Name/Number: | CN7 |
| Model Scale: | 1:12 |
| Modelmaker: | Mr R. Ramsay, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1966 |
| User of Item Modelled: | Mr Donald Campbell, England, Great Britain, 1960-1964 |
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