The English racing car “Mystery S,” a product of the Sunbeam Motor Co., which has been sent to America to attempt to break the world's speed record at Daytona, Fla. The car is to be piloted by Major H. O. D. Seagrave. “Mystery S” is capable of generating 1000 horse-power. It is equipped with two engines. In a road test the car has made an average of 172 miles an hour. Major Seagrave in his speed test will try to pass the 200-mile mark. The car was designed by Louis Coatalen, of London. Our photographs show the picturesque "Mystery S,” which to all appearances looks like a torpedo, and its pilot. Major Seagrave. —Underwood and Underwood, photo.
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Otago Witness, Volume 1851, Issue 3809, 15 March 1927, Page 50
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117The English racing car “Mystery S,” a product of the Sunbeam Motor Co., which has been sent to America to attempt to break the world's speed record at Daytona, Fla. The car is to be piloted by Major H. O. D. Seagrave. “Mystery S” is capable of generating 1000 horse-power. It is equipped with two engines. In a road test the car has made an average of 172 miles an hour. Major Seagrave in his speed test will try to pass the 200-mile mark. The car was designed by Louis Coatalen, of London. Our photographs show the picturesque "Mystery S,” which to all appearances looks like a torpedo, and its pilot. Major Seagrave. —Underwood and Underwood, photo. Otago Witness, Volume 1851, Issue 3809, 15 March 1927, Page 50
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