Bluebird: Coventry - Fitting completed

Summary

Work on the the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is complete and engineers pose with the vehicle outside the workshops at Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd.

Year:

1960

Duration:

0:02:39

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Industrial

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see the Bluebird CN7 being pushed out of the workshop at Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd. Engineers involved in its construction subsequently pose with the vehicle in the yard at Motor Panels. The vehicle is then carefully winched on to the back of a Graham Adams trailer.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Driven by Donald Campbell the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 broke the land speed record in 1964. It was built by Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd in 1960 but Campbell's initial attempt at breaking the record in the US ended with the CN7 crashing at high speed on 16 September 1960. The vehicle was written off and subsequently rebuilt by Motor Panels with design enhancements. This vehicle went on to break the record in Australia on July 17th, 1964.