The National Motor Museum is taking the iconic Sunbeam 350hp vehicle to Pendine in Carmarthenshire, Wales to celebrate the centenary anniversary of its World Land Speed Record in 1925.

The car christened ‘Blue Bird’ by its driver Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE, was the first to exceed 150 mph (240 km/h). The World Land Speed Record of 150.766 mph (242.628 km/h) was set at Pendine beach, Carmarthenshire on July 21, 1925.

Now part of the vehicle collection at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, the Museum is celebrating this feat of British engineering and the centenary of the historic event.

The Sunbeam will be on display outside the Museum of Land Speed at Pendine from 10am on the July 21.

National Motor Museum engineers will aim to take it on to the beach for a static photo opportunity and start up the record-breaker at Pendine to mark the 100th anniversary, before putting it on show again outside the Museum until 5pm.

This isn’t the first time the Sunbeam 350hp has returned to Pendine. It visited the famous stretch of sands in 2015 following completion of the painstaking rebuild of the 1920 Sunbeam’s complex V12 engine enabling supporters to hear it roar again.

National Motor Museum Trust Chief Executive Jon Murden said: “We are excited to honour such a landmark World Land Speed Record anniversary with this and other events this year, which will both celebrate its importance in motoring history and provide more opportunities to see Blue Bird.”

After its appearance in Pendine, The Sunbeam 350hp will return to Beaulieu where it is on permanent display.

For the 2025 celebration a section on the National Motor Museum website is dedicated to the history on the Sunbeam 350hp - https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/sunbeam-350hp-blue-bird/