History-1926-Bolougne

A single car, chassis and engine no. 1/4L/26 was completed in 1926 and christened ‘Ladybird’ and took the Land Speed Record. ‘Ladybird subsequently participates in Formule Libre and Speed events. In 1927 ‘Ladybird’ was joined by a second car and both entered in the July 1927 Montlhery Formule Libre event. From 1928 to 1930 ‘Ladybird and the 1927 car rechristened ‘Tiger’ and ‘Tigress’ respectively were raced by K Don for Sunbeam Works at Brooklands. Identification is possible from detail differences in the bodies of the two cars.