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18 ft (5.5 m) Curb weight. approx. 3 tons dry. The Napier-Campbell Blue Bird was a land speed record car driven by Malcolm Campbell. Its designer was C. Amherst Villiers and Campbell's regular mechanic Leo Villa supervised its construction. [1] This was Campbell's first car to use the Napier Lion aero engine.
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called Blue Bird, including a 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeam. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding both land ...
Nissan Bluebird. The Nissan Bluebird (Japanese: 日産・ブルーバード, Hepburn: Nissan Burūbādo) is a compact car produced between 1955 and 2007 with a model name introduced in 1957. It was Nissan's most internationally recognized sedan, known for its dependability and durability in multiple body styles. The Bluebird originated from ...
S.T.D. Motors (1920–34) Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited was a British automobile manufacturer in operation between 1905 and 1934. Its works were at Moorfields in Blakenhall, a suburb of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, now West Midlands. The Sunbeam name had originally been registered by John Marston in 1888 for his bicycle manufacturing ...
71 cwt (7952 lb) The Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird was a land speed record car driven by Malcolm Campbell. Blue Bird at Daytona Beach 1931. After Henry Segrave 's Golden Arrow, clearly a more powerful engine was required for Blue Bird, with a chassis and transmission to handle it. A supercharged Napier Lion VIID was used, with over three ...
Clerestory Day/Sleeping Car. Pullman, Detroit/Derby. 1882. Embsay. Stephen Middleton. One of four built. Sold to the Midland Railway where it was put onto a 6-wheel underframe. Later worked for GNR on the East Coast Main Line, later bought by the Highland Railway, where given bogies circa 1895. Withdrawn 1907.
B. Blue Bird K3. Blue Bird K4. Bluebird Garage. Bluebird K7. Bluebird Mach 1.1. Bluebird of Chelsea. Bluebird record-breaking vehicles. Bluebird-Proteus CN7.
96"–102". Wanderlodge is a retired series of recreational vehicles built by American bus manufacturer Blue Bird Body Company (now Blue Bird Corporation). Introduced as the Blue Bird Transit Home in 1963, the Wanderlodge was a derivative of the Blue Bird All American school bus for over year; two further generations were produced, adapting ...