Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp mb-code KEN001 17th May 1976

17th May 1976

BSA motorbike competing in the Motocross des Nations

The Express Dairy Company was the first to experiment with small electrically (battery) driven milk delivery vehicles in 1932 using the Birmingham-made GV 5/7cwt delivery truck

Cupid being embraced

Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp mb-code KEN001 17th May 1976Back view of a 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp. Major Henry Segrave, winner of the 1923 French Grand Prix, became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established land speed 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 V 12, 435bhp, 48 valve Matabele aero engines with chain drive to the wheels. On 29th March 1927 a first run of 200mph was reached but the car had