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This blue commemorative plaque records: Sunbeam Experimental Department 1915-1935 Designed and constructed world land speed record breaking cars 1922 350HP Sunbeam 133MPH K. Lee Guinness 1925 Blue Bird 150MPH Sir Malcolm Campbell 1927 1000HP Sunbeam 203MPH Sir Henry Seagrave Recorded plaque organisation: Wolverhampton Civic Society.
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The Sunbeam Experimental Department was pivotal in automotive engineering from 1915-1935, designing and constructing cars that set world land speed records, including the 1922 350HP Sunbeam (133MPH), driven by K. Lee Guinness, the 1925 Blue Bird (150MPH) piloted by Sir Malcolm Campbell, and the 1927 1000HP Sunbeam (203MPH) driven by Sir Henry Seagrave.
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