Sunbeam Tiger (1925)

On 16 March 1926, with little fuss and few spectators, he and the bright-red car now named Ladybird set a new land speed record at 152.33 mph (245.15 km/h).

After the land speed record, the car returned to Grand Prix racing at Brooklands,[2] Boulogne and San Sebastian.

At the time of the land speed record attempt, the car was fitted with a narrow inlet cowling over the radiator,[3][4] similar to that of the Sunbeam 350HP.

[1] Tiger spent a period in preservation in Utah,[5] where the car had been restored with the streamlined radiator cowling fitted for record-breaking.

As of 2006, the engine was reportedly rebuilt after suffering foreign object damage whilst vintage racing,[4] hence the static display in LSR trim.