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Land Speed Record Advertisements
One of the driving forces behind the development of the car was the desire of "Man" to go faster. The pursuit of speed was assisted by oil and petrol companies such as Wakefield Castrol, British Petroleum and Shell to name just a few who used the attempts at setting new land speed records as an opportunity to develop and promote their products. The pioneers of speed, John Cobb, George Eyston, Malcolm Campbell, Henry Segrave, Kaye Don, and many others, were more than happy to endorse companies products as they attempted to become the fastest men on earth. This series of advertisements from 1905 to 1997 has been provided by Jas Ferns who has been collecting Land and Water Speed Record adverts for 10 years. He has amassed over 1,000 adverts and our thanks go to him for providing us with a good selection to view which illustrate some of the famous cars of the time such as Bluebird, Railton, and Babs as they tussled for the world speed record. Please note that some of these images are necessarily large so that the detail of the advert can be appreciated.
1905 |
1911 |
1919 |
1924 |
 Darracq Cars |
 "Blitzen" Benz |
 Packard Aviation Motor |
 The Fiat |
1925 |
1926 |
1926 |
1927 |
 Malcolm Campbell's Sunbeam |
 The 1926 "Babs" |
 Napier-Campbell car "Bluebird" |
 Major Segrave's Sunbeam |
1927 |
1928 |
1928 |
1929 |
 Bluebird |
 The White Triplex |
 Major Segrave's Irving Napier "Golden Arrow" |
 Bluebird |
1929 |
1929 |
1931 |
1931 |
 Golden Arrow |
 Golden Arrow |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
1932 |
1933 |
1933 |
1933 |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
1934 |
1935 |
1935 |
1935 |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
 Bluebird |
1937 |
1937 |
1937 |
1937 |
 Air, Land, and Water |
 Thunderbolt |
 Thunderbolt |
 Thunderbolt |
1938 |
1938 |
1938 |
1938 |
 Thunderbolt |
 The Railton Special |
 Thunderbolt |
 Thunderbolt |
1947 |
1956 |
1963 |
1964 |
 The Railton Mobil Special |
 Mobiloil Water, Land, and Motorcycle Records |
 Spirit of America |
 Bluebird CN7 |
1964 |
1965 |
1965 |
1970 |
 The Green Monster |
 Spirit of America |
 The Goldenrod |
 The Blue Flame |
1983 |
1983 |
1996 |
1997 |
 Thrust 2 |
 Thrust 2 |
 Spirit of America |
 Thrust SSC |
With thanks to Jas Ferns
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