This channel is a good example of how KZread shoud be done. It's informative, entertaining, educational, interesting and fascinating. You should be proud.

@davidmccrory5604

2 күн бұрын

Nice one Simon couldn't agree more

@GeoffBrown-rg7yq

2 күн бұрын

Well said.... And no annoying Music???👍

@ScarfAndGoggles

Күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind words! Glad you enjoy my content.

@user-dl2md2kv4x

Күн бұрын

I agree! and just in case anyone likes wooden boats Sampson boat Co is in the same vein

The detail of the air start mechanism being removed so that no one would go out taking world records from him is just priceless. Great work as always, can't wait for part 2.

Its absolutely amazing to see the guts of this monster, it’s a form of art, all working in harmony to produce a 207mph, 1000hp beast

Automotive archaeology. Very, very cool.

As simple as a vehicle that it is, it is timelessly beautiful and iconic. It's incredible to me that even at a hundred years old, it's "top trump" specs are incredible, almost 1000 HP, over 200mph top speed! Those are numbers some cars today can't even touch! I'm very happy that they're restoring it. I have yet to view the car in person but would absolutely love to one day and I'll be donating to their restoration. I'm sure the skilled folks that once built it, and the skilled folks restoring it will be very grateful to your videos for sending attention to the restoration.

that crank case casting is a work of art

Has always been a dream of mine to watch many of the record breakers breathe into life again. This Sunbeam, the Railton Special and Bluebird CN7 are some of my favorites from this era of speed chasing and i'm so happy to see that one of them seems to materialize in the near future. Can't wait to watch it fire up and properly move again!!!

what an amazing video. Thank you so much. "Stan" needs his own channel. what a guy.

@ScarfAndGoggles

2 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more - Stan is The Man!

What a fabulous project!

Bloody smashing guys cant wait for part two. Thanks for posting.

Lovely item, looking forwards to pt2. Thanks.

I always learn interesting things from the Scarf And Goggles channel. This series is especially interesting because it ties in the history with the restoration that is happening now. I look forward to part 2.

An iconic machine. Nice to see it's being restored.

Superb,I really love your films, such a great reminder of when Britain was a proud nation, not to mention excellent engineers and fearless drivers, many thanks

So glad that you're covering this. We can always rely on you for quality content and I'm so looking forward to restoration news and seeing her run

The design, drafting and casting work is absolutely beautiful. Certainly a lost art today. 🙏

I saw Sunbeam at the Goodwood revival last year. I love LSR and couldn't move away from the car for a while. I have never quite managed 200mph but I got to 185 with "only" 410bhp.

Master craftsmen; one working on the car, the other producing such high quality content 👍

Wow! Fantastic! Thanks to you and the team for showing us what is taking place. Looks like they are doing a fantastic job and it will be a mighty impressive thing to see operational again.

Thank you lads, looking forward to the next installment. I hope we get to hear it in full song when its done! Great channel.

Awesome awesome awesome awesome do you get the idea lol . How amazingly respectful that he would clear coat the chassis to keep the original patina etc and have the gauges re furbished not reconditioned I could hug that guy for the respect he shows to the machine and its builders . Such a golden age and to be able to see the rapid advancement of the engineering it's such a contradiction it has drum brakes cable operated but has over head camshafts and four valves a cylinder and dry sump Awesome Awesome Awesome . Dear sir your channel is without doubt at the top of my watch list you don't just churn out crap on a daily or weekly basis you put out quailty informative knowledgeable content with PASSION ! I await the next instalment with excitement ❤

Excellent presentation. Thank you, Stan. Also, well done getting access to Stan and his knowledge.

Great film, thank you. Interesting project too. And really good to see they are restoring to running and keeping the patina and noting making a 'new' car!

Another wonderful production of riveting (no pun indeed!) content from the excellent Scarf and Goggles. As a kid growing up in the aftermath of WW2, the heroes and machines of the Land, Water and Air World Record attempts were an ever present obsession so I got my hands on every Dinky Toy of the vehicles I could. Still have a few and always looking for the ones I lost or wasn’t fortunate enough to be gifted at birthdays or Christmas, after the record started being permitted for land borne jet aircraft I lost interest, Donald Campbell’s last Bluebird is for me still the pinnacle of wheel driven machinery of that era.

Very good, this is a fascinating car, I'd love to be there when it runs again.

Really enjoyed this video, thanks. In the last few days I saw a video showing it on a trailer leaving the museum to get it's clear coat.

Great video, thank you. Anxiously looking forward to the next part.

Amazing stuff, would be great to see it running again. Its funny how even today 1000hp is still a hell of a lot of power, back then i looked at the cars of the time compared to this and the Ford Model A that came out in 1927 had 40hp which i would guess is the average car of the day, the Sunbeam was 25x more powerful. Also funny how now we have special road cars like the Bugatti's with over 1500bhp, always think it would be funny if you could bring someone like Segrave back and show him the Bugatti Chiron or something like that imagine what he would think of it.

What an amazing restoration project. Thank u for showing it.

Excellent. Another lovely series to look forward to.

I've owned seven Sunbeams- still have my '65 Tiger. They were a great company, and I know my own car is named after their Tigress LSR car. Best of luck!

Well done! I was so excited when S&G showed up in my notifications, and it was better than I hoped. What a dream assignment. Looking forward to the next part. Cheers from Canada.

Wow absolutely awesome well worth the wait and thankyou so much very interesting and enjoyable 😀😀😀

Thank you for sharing another fantastic video

Amazingly advanced engine

Amazing! I do so love this channel. :)

Saw it at goodwood an awsome beast indeed

This is very cool. Well done.

Great video, thank you!

As always thanks for great info.

This shows the skill of the engineers rebuilding this vehicle, afterall there ain't know Hains workshop manuals that exist to help

Beauty

Thank you, I love this video and look forward to the series. I have visited the museum and seen the Slug and Golden Arrow, it will be amazing to see it run again. I live very near the Lake district and just waiting for the Autumn when the crowds die down, to pay my respects to Donald Campbell and see Bluebird again, yes again, I saw it during testing all those years ago, although I did not see it running, just being prepared.

It understand why certain cars get put under glass and this is certainly one of them but it would be great to have the ability to start and run them so this is definitely a step in the right direction. Great news and a great video. 👍

I was surprised and happy to see a scarf and goggles video on the 4th of July thank you 🇺🇲🧨

@ScarfAndGoggles

Күн бұрын

You’re most welcome - happy 4th of July!

I'm a subscriber already but really like your channel. I shared & 👍 hoping for more content. Thank You.

@ScarfAndGoggles

2 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your support. I am already working on Part 2 of this video, aiming for more regular content from now on. Stay tuned!

peak is back on the menu

Good work as always

My late father had Segrave's book "The Lure of Speed" which contains a whole chapter about the speed record attempts made by the Sunbeam company and culminating in the 200 mph record project. At no point in the book is there any reference to "slug" or any other nicknames. The description of the building and setting the record, including the fact that while they were at Daytona setting up the heard of Parry-Thomas's death at Pendine attempting the same record, is a fascinating read and really brought home to me how much they were pushing the limits at the time. For various reasons the car never actually achieved its full potential: Segrave was convinced that it could have gone faster than the (IIRC) 207mph record they set.

@austinshackles549

2 күн бұрын

just to add, of course the pictures in the book are all in black and white and it was only with the advent of the internet that I found out it was red!

@owensmith7530

2 күн бұрын

Has any land speed record car ever achieved what people thought it could achieve? On Thrust SSC Ron Ayres said they must aim high because historically they have all under achieved, and that turned out to be true for Trust SSC too due to the shock waves. Ayres felt rolling resistance had been neglected as a source of drag on all previous LSR cars.

Fascinating

This is so cool.

What a great video! Very enjoyable. Thank you. No doubt Scarf And Goggles will see plenty of Swarf And Struggles in the weeks ahead... 😁

@ScarfAndGoggles

Күн бұрын

😁 Thank you - glad you enjoyed it!

Amazing

AWESOME

Those chipped gears in the gearbox shows us how grand was the power of engine.

Been a minute since we've seen ya.

@ScarfAndGoggles

2 күн бұрын

Yes, it's been a while! Life gets in the way... thank you for your patience.

the U section ladder frame is some what terrifying on a twin engined 1000hp car - my 1959 ford popular had one of those and the handling at 50mph was white knuckle

200 mph ,cable brakes ,i don't like going 30 mph on my bycycle with cable brakes , very brave man .

that s well worth doing

Delicious.

I wonder how vital the armour set could be, since puncturing at such a high speed always leads to deadly rollings🤔In contrast those tire debris should be way less devastating.

chains snaping is muchless dramatic than you imagine they just squirt off the sprocket like toothpaste - tires exploding is a different problem

Just to hear it start up again enough

@ScarfAndGoggles

2 күн бұрын

I hope to be there when they do!

4:15 Doctor Who car 'The Whomobile' in the background 😮

Well done keeping the origional marks and finish, I'd hate to see it restored to as new condition, this car has a soul and in refinishing everything would harm it forever. Those chains and cable brakes put the s-h-i-tut up me! Great video, can't wait to see more on The Slug...

Could you imagine doing 282KPH on skinny tyres and wire wheels......?

amazeing car great work but keeping the patina? what is impressive about this car is what it did when it was new the record it set. not how long its been sitting. makeing the gauges proper is what the car deserves. imagine if the victory had a mast rot off but the conservators said well we want to keep the patina of an old ship.

3 miles per gallon, just like a modern SUV

Segrave must have carried them around in a wheelbarrow in front of him.

Not running for 100 years should hardly affect it if it has been looked after

some car and some chap who drove it.. Phew

Only if they are willing to go to 200mph in it…

so the front engine has a 500hp starter motor 🤣😂😅

Putting clear coat on it is a mistake. That stuff wasn't on there when it was built so it really has no business being on there now. I pray it isn't some high gloss stuff that's an inch thick. Nothing looks worse.

@mercoid

2 күн бұрын

I am confident that they are sensible enough to be very sympathetic to originality. Perhaps they recognized slow degradation of the paint and determined that clear coat was the best option. A satin finish wouldn’t be too noticeable.

@3v249

Күн бұрын

That is my feeling as well. Especially when you see the photograph of the car in the 20s.