This car competed in the Pre-war Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.
It's the 1930 Mercedes Benz SS of Peter-Heinz Kern, chassis GP10 and has a 6-cylinder inline 7,069cc engine. It was originally owned by Sir Malcolm Campbell and was raced by him between 1930 and 1932, including two Irish Grand Prix races and many races at Brooklands, and was fitted with a supercharger in 1931. Sir Malcolm Campbell sold the car in 1932. A note about the car in the programme of the event reads as follows:
'Another fine machine to be inspected is the ex-Sir Malcolm Campbell Mercedes Benz S-type Tourist Trophy racer. Entered by Germany's Peter Kern, the supercharged 7-litre leviathan will cut a dash down the Hangar Straight.'
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