Bluebird Rebuilt

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 9

Bluebird Rebuilt

THE remodelled Bluebird racing car 1 which Sir Malcolm Campbell expects to take to Daytona Beach, Fla., early in January for another assault on his own world speed record' of 272.108 miles an Jiour.is rapidly taking shape in his workshop on the outskirts of London. Although declining t.o reveal the scope of the alterations until they are completed, Sir Malcolm told the Associated Press that the new Bluebird would look “quite different’’ from the old. He said he was corresponding with Daytona Bench officials and expected to have word shortly that all arrangements had been completed. It was' at 'Daytona that he set his old mark in the spring of .1933. “I cannot say for sure how fast she will lie,’’ Sir Malcolm said in discussing the capabilities of the remodelled car, “but 1 have real hopes of beating the preseht record and possibly exceeding 300 miles an hour. While the ear is Inking shape, Mir Malcolm is keeping himself fit for the great, physical ordeal that a speed run entails. Part of this training has included yachting and deep sea fishing. Sir Malcolm is 49, an ago at which most racing drivers arc content to sit by the tire and tell ab.out the days when they were young.