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The Golden Arrow breaking the Land Speed Record at Daytona in 1929 - powered by a huge ice cooled 24 litre Napier Lion aero engine.<br />
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Golden shot in the arm - Beautiful record breaker Golden Arrow is to receive new funding 90 years after smashing the Land speed record for Britain.<br />
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The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has been awarded £75,000 by Arts Council England to allow fresh research into the historic machine and the collections relating to it, as well as some conservation work on particularly fragile items.  <br />
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The distinctive 1929 Golden Arrow was a wonder of its time, a harmonious blend of technology and design, produced a masterpiece of Art Deco expression which paved the way for two decades of unbroken British world record-breaking success.<br />
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With Major Henry Segrave in the driving seat,  the arrow shattered its target and set a new Land Speed Record of 231.36mph at Daytona Beach in Florida in March 1929.