Bluebird CN7 record-breaking car, 1962. Bluebird CN7 was designed by Norris Brothers and powered by a specially modified Bristol Proteus engine producing 4,100 shp at 11,000 rpm. On 17 July 1964 on the dried-up bed of Lake Eyre in Australia, Donald Campbell created a new world land speed record of 403.1 mph for wheel driven cars. Bluebird CN7 record-breaking car 1962