King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers...
Sunbeam GP (1923) Car: Sunbeam GP / Engine: 4 Cylinder In-Line / Maker: Sunbeam / Bore X Stroke: 67 X 94 mm / Year: 1923 / Capacity: 1,988 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 102.1 bhp at 5,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,489 mm / Track: 1245 mm Front &...
Markku Alén is the person-ification of his favorite rallying expression: maximum attack. Words he lived by throughout his illustrious career,...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I have to point out a rather large error in your article about the Sunbeam Tiger. To be specific, Ken Miles did NOT score “a commanding victory” in the Badger 200. The race was won by Dan Gerber in a Cobra 289. Miles was 2nd in...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the...
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The most famous race on earth may have a checkered past as part of the World Championship, but foreign flavor runs throughout the history of the Indianapolis 500 David Bruce-Brown finished 3rd in the inaugural 500 with this Fiat. Photo: IMS Photo A century ago, the Indianapolis 500 was conceived as...
May 2010 The Strasbourg Sunbeams By Neville S. Webb It is amazing that the four Grand Prix Sunbeams built by...
Dario Resta competed in the first race ever held on Britain’s hallowed Brooklands circuit on July 6, 1907, and died...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine. Its styling promised more than it could deliver. With a wheelbase of 97.5 inches and an overall length of 168 inches, it weighed in at almost 3,000 pounds....
Some time ago, Vintage Racecar published ”Absent Friends,” my story of astonishing heroism of another kind. It involved three motor...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It...
October 2008 Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I saw Art’s letter in your August issue about the Sunbeam Tiger. In 1964, I did a shoot for the California Sports Car magazine, the continuation magazine that Art and Dick Sherwin started in the ’50s. We were at the Roots Group showroom on Pico...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
Over-2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
The Napier-Bentley was created as a one-off special, built in 1968 by original owner Peter Morley on a Sunbeam Chassis....
The Aston Martin Owners Club has announced its competitions schedule for 2008 which includes five key race meetings and eight...
Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of green machines since I saw my first Jaguar. And MG. Triumph. Morgan. Lotus. Aston Martin. Austin-Healey. Bentley. Lister. Allard. Cooper. Lola. Jensen. Turner. Elva. Sunbeam. Singer. TVR. AC—as a youth...
From the birth of the automobile to the start of World War II, a host of French and British automobiles...
As explored in this month’s “Racecar Profile,” the Sunbeam Alpine was developed by the Rootes Group as a way of creating a more “sporty” two-seater version of the successful Sunbeam Rapier. With the first Series I versions appearing on the scene in October 1959, the Sunbeam Alpine evolved through a...
The Sunbeam Alpine has always had a slight stigma regarding its competition career. Early on it was labeled the “British...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Mark Leonard Grand Prix Classics (858) 459-3500 Rick Kopec Shelby American Club (860) 364-0449 Bruce Trennery Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 These prices are...