Brighton Toy and Model Museum is excited to announce the arrival of the Peel P50 and its owner, the charismatic Alex Orchin, at 12pm on Tuesday 26 March. This record-breaking P50 will be on display at the museum for the summer season.
Alex, from East Sussex, famously drove this car from John O’Groats to Land’s End tackling Britain’s biggest journey in the world’s smallest car in 21 days arriving in Cornwall on 13 December 2021.
Alex said: “People loved seeing the Peel out and about because it’s unusual, people literally drove halfway across the country so their children could see it close up!”
His story was covered by the media worldwide – on television, in the newspapers and on the radio, helping him exceed his £2,000 fundraising target for Children In Need, raising a phenomenal £11,002 in total.
The Peel P50 was listed in the 2010 Guinness World Records as the smallest production car ever made – it measures 1.3m in length, 97cm in height, and 94cm in width with a 12.7cm ground clearance and has an average speed of 23mph.
Jan Etches, manager at the museum which is our Community Rail partner in Brighton, said: “We often describe the museum collection as real life made miniature. We are very excited to have Alex’s P50 on display in the museum from Easter through to the end of the summer school holidays. This will be a fabulous attraction giving people the only opportunity to see a Peel P50 on display in the southeast of England.”
Photo credit: Alex Orchin
