Page 80 • The HERALD •17th September 2026 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 023 8084 9370 Prospect Place, Hythe SO45 6AU • MOT’s • MOT Repairs • Air Con • Auto Electrics • Servicing • Welding • Diagnostics • Suspension • Tyres • Clutches • Cam Belts • Brakes FAWLEY GARAGE MOTs/Repairs/Tyres Diagnostics/Servicing Call Now for your Free No Obligation Quote 023 80891057/023 8089 0552 Email: accounts.fg@btconnect.com YOUR LOCAL TRUSTWORTHY GARAGE • MOT • DIAGNOSTICS • SERVICE • REPAIRS Daniel Parkes • Tel: 07711 135196 Email: parkesautos@gmail.com Unit 4, Hardley Industrial Estate, SO45 3NQ RESTORED SUNBEAM 1000HP WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKER TAKES TO THE WORLD STAGE AT PEBBLE BEACH e World Land Speed Record breaker Sunbeam 1000hp made its postrestoration debut at Pebble Beach Concours d‘Elegance in California. e car was on display and started up at the prestigious automotive gathering. Widely regarded as the premiere concours in the world, the event is in its 75th anniversary year. e legendary vehicle was restored by the workshop team of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. e Museum aims to return the British engineering icon to Daytona Beach, Florida, in 2027, marking 100 years since it broke the 200mph Land Speed Record in 1927. Restoration has involved bringing two colossal 22.4 litre Matabele V12 aero engines that power the vehicle back to working order. e car was joined at Pebble Beach by two from the Museum workshop team; Senior Engineer Ian Stan eld and Aaron Burton, the workshop apprentice who have both worked on the restoration. Aaron is attending the Heritage Skills Academy and has developed a knowledge of classic car restoration by working on the Sunbeam 1000hp. Martin Braybrook, Sunbeam 1000hp Project Patron, and Jon Murden, National Motor Museum Trust Chief Executive and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu also represented the Museum at the prestigious event in California. e car was displayed as the headline entry in the Pebble Beach Special Curated Class at the event, and was greeted enthusiastically by the crowd on the Pebble Beach lawn as the engines roared to life. “It was an honour for the National Motor Museum to see the 1000hp Sunbeam make its debut at the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance - the world’s most prestigious car show,” said National Motor Museum Chief Executive, Jon Murden. “Over 15,000 people came to see 200 of the most beautiful cars and it was a real thrill to see the Sunbeam amongst such exclusive company. The highlight was undoubtedly the start-up of both engines of the Sunbeam at 1pm on the Sunday. A large crowd gathered to witness the first running of these engines in public for over 95 years, and this is an event which has undoubtedly put the National Motor Museum back on the global stage.” e Museum’s logistics partner in the USA, CARS (Classic Automotive Relocation Services) transported the car from Beaulieu to California - with an initial ship journey from Southampton to New York. Following its appearance at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance the car has made a pit stop at Jay Leno’s ‘Big Dog Garage’ located in Burbank, California where it was lmed for a future episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. From there, the Sunbeam will remain in California and has gone on display on loan for the rest of the year at the Petersen Automotive Museum. e restoration project has taken over three years – with many additional years of preparatory work, with the expertise of the Museum workshop team being tested with such a mammoth motoring heritage project, as there were no manuals or documentation to help. e workshop team led by Senior Engineer Ian Stan eld found more problems than expected while dismantling the front engine – one of two of the Sunbeam’s colossal 22.5 litre Matabele V12 aero engines - and extensive work has been carried out, both on and o -site, to repair the original parts. Collaboration partners and supporters have worked extensively with the Museum to get the project over the line. e vehicle will go back to Daytona Beach for a momentous low-speed centenary run on 29th March 2027, to celebrate Sir Henry Segrave breaking the 200mph World Land Speed Record there 100 years ago. e focus of the National Motor Museum Trust’s fundraising e orts has now shi ed to raising funds for the Sunbeam 1000hp to be further displayed in the USA and subsequently back in Great Britain in 2027. e aim is to raise funds to enable the Museum Trust to undertake further restoration projects, and deliver high-quality learning, educational and community initiatives. More information on the Sunbeam 1000hp’s itinerary in the USA, its history and its restoration is available at: https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ sunbeam1000hp Sunbeam 1000hp at Pebble Beach Concours dElegance
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTIyNzI=