Campbell-Railton Blue Bird
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The Campbell-Railton Blue Bird was Sir Malcolm Campbell's final land speed record car.
Campbell Railton Blue Bird Replica
The car as first built, with narrow bodywork
on Daytona Beach in 1935
Modern Lledo toy of the 1935 Blue Bird
Rolls-Royce R
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The Rolls-Royce R is a British aero engine that was designed and built specifically for air racing purposes by Rolls-Royce Limited. Nineteen R engines were assembled in a limited production run betwee
Campbell-Railton Blue Bird
…tombstone radiator grille and the semi-spatted wheels, but the mechanics were new. Most significantly, a larger, heavier and considerably more powerful Rolls-Royce R V12 engine replaced the old Napier Lion, again with a supercharger. This required two prominent "knuckles" atop the bodywork, to cover the V12 engine's…
Rolls-Royce R (R27) on display at the London Science Museum. The rectangular red objects are the exhaust ports blanking plates which would be replaced by the exhaust stubs/pipes when fitted to an aircraft or other vehicle
Sectioned view of a Rolls-Royce Merlin which featured wet-liner cylinders and lower oil scraper rings, both originally developed for the R engine
Supercharger detail of the Rolls-Royce R
A late-production Rolls-Royce Griffon