Malcolm Campbell's Rolls-Royce Phantom II joins the 'The Great Eight'
08 Jul 2017|2,120 views
Rolls-Royce has announced that 'The Great Eight Phantoms' - a Rolls-Royce Exhibition will premiere at Bonhams' international flagship saleroom on New Bond Street, London, U.K. on 27th July and will be open to the public from 29th July to 2nd August 2017. Rolls-Royce also announced that the third Great Phantom to join the exhibition will be Sir Malcolm Campbell's Phantom II Continental.
At the height of his pursuit of a new land speed record in the 1930s, Sir Malcolm Campbell began a relationship with Rolls-Royce that would take him to glory and help him celebrate it. By the end of 1932, Campbell had won prestigious Grand Prix races, broken the land speed world record not once but six times, and had been knighted by King George V. He had nothing left to prove. Yet, as restless as ever, he wanted to take a crack at the 483km/h barrier.
He believed that the only engine that could power his Blue Bird to this speed was the 36.5-litre Rolls-Royce R Aero engine, which generated a staggering 2,300bhp. On 22nd February 1933, the Blue Bird's first run with the Rolls-Royce engine set a new world land speed record of 438km/h at Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A. A month later, Campbell celebrated by taking delivery of a new Phantom II Continental, registration AGO 1.
Rolls-Royce has announced that 'The Great Eight Phantoms' - a Rolls-Royce Exhibition will premiere at Bonhams' international flagship saleroom on New Bond Street, London, U.K. on 27th July and will be open to the public from 29th July to 2nd August 2017. Rolls-Royce also announced that the third Great Phantom to join the exhibition will be Sir Malcolm Campbell's Phantom II Continental.
At the height of his pursuit of a new land speed record in the 1930s, Sir Malcolm Campbell began a relationship with Rolls-Royce that would take him to glory and help him celebrate it. By the end of 1932, Campbell had won prestigious Grand Prix races, broken the land speed world record not once but six times, and had been knighted by King George V. He had nothing left to prove. Yet, as restless as ever, he wanted to take a crack at the 483km/h barrier.
He believed that the only engine that could power his Blue Bird to this speed was the 36.5-litre Rolls-Royce R Aero engine, which generated a staggering 2,300bhp. On 22nd February 1933, the Blue Bird's first run with the Rolls-Royce engine set a new world land speed record of 438km/h at Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A. A month later, Campbell celebrated by taking delivery of a new Phantom II Continental, registration AGO 1.
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