[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting stuff. I'm guessing the Bluebird is an early sixties version. I > believe it was Donald Campbell. There must be a lot of Jags there. I believe > Beaulieu was home to Sir William Lyons, founder of Jaguar. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> On Dec 3, 2007 5:54 PM, drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Took the kids to Beaulieu, the National Motor Museum at the weekend. No >>> great shakes from a photographic POV, but some may enjoy a bit of >>> automotive prawn ;-) >>> >>> Comments always welcome... >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/tags/beaulieu/ >>> >>> Taken with *ist-DL with either 18-55 DA or 28-80 FA. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Drew. >> Pretty cool stuff! >> >> Love the Bluebird. What was his name again? I know I could google >> it, but I'm too lazy. Donald Campbell? His kid raced, too, right? >> Or was it the kid who raced by the time that one was built? I'm >> surprised any Bluebirds survived. Was that one actually "raced"? Or >> was it an "extra" that had yet to be run at the time of his death? >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Thanks guys, This Bluebird was the land speed record holder in 1964 at 403.1 driven by Donald Campbell (Malcolm was his dad). Donald died in a Bluebird boat on Coniston Water trying for the water speed record. They also have a HUGE 1000 HP Sunbeam that was the first car to break 200mph. Well worth a trip for any petrol head.... ;-) Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
