The Sunbeam Silver Bullet was the last attempt on the land speed record by Sunbeam of Wolverhampton. It was built in 1929 for Kaye Don. Powered by two Sunbeam supercharged aero-engines of 24 litres each, it looked impressive but failed to achieve any records.
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