A specially modified Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire engine was fitted to a racing car by Mr T. E. B. Sopwith, son of Sir Thomas Sopwith, the Group chairman.

Reprinted from the Hawker Siddeley Review, June 1954

An Epic Journey from Nottingham to Baghdad by an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire towing a heavily laden (3 ton) caravan filled with equipment for a textile and textile machinery exhibition.

Reprinted from the Hawker Siddeley Review, June 1955