hektor Posted October 13, 2021 Share #16241 Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Sunbeam 16 Edited October 13, 2021 by hektor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 13, 2021 Posted October 13, 2021 Hi hektor, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Charles Morgan Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16242 Posted October 14, 2021 7 hours ago, hektor said: Sunbeam 16 Good enough - it's a rather lovely Sunbeam 25 DHC seen at the VSCC January event at Brooklands in 2018. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4292182'>More sharing options...
Charles Morgan Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16243 Posted October 14, 2021 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4292190'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16244 Posted October 14, 2021 My uncle had a Sunbeam 25 re-imported from India with an enormous (and not very attractive) body on the limousine chassis. It looked a bit like a motorised greenhouse. He bought it from the auction following the closure of a motor museum in the south west of Scotland (? Swords). He had wanted to buy their 3 litre twin cam Sunbeam but was ill on the day of the sale and sent a friend to bid for him. The friend bought the wrong car! His 25 HP had a honeycomb front on the radiator, rather than the slats, which I am guessing might be thermostatic like those on Rolls Royces. Wilson 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16245 Posted October 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Charles Morgan said: Good enough - it's a rather lovely Sunbeam 25 DHC seen at the VSCC January event at Brooklands in 2018. Charles, did you notice the body builder? In the meantime I will find a photograph of a spark plug ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Morgan Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16246 Posted October 14, 2021 4 hours ago, hektor said: Charles, did you notice the body builder? In the meantime I will find a photograph of a spark plug ! Alas no I didn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16247 Posted October 14, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) With the curved back, it looks rather similar to Charlesworth bodies, as often fitted to Alvis and Talbot cars but it might well be a factory body. The coachbuilder often does not seem to be declared for Sunbeam cars. Wilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16248 Posted October 14, 2021 One off body: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4292720'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16249 Posted October 14, 2021 Beautiful...but I've no idea. I could hazard a rough guess at the silver car in the background if that's any help? Philip. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16250 Posted October 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, pippy said: Beautiful...but I've no idea. I could hazard a rough guess at the silver car in the background if that's any help? Philip. Good morning/evening Pippy, If it helps they were not made in the same country. The body on the green car was made in Australia. Pre-war there was considerable tariffs on imported car bodies to protect the local industry. Sadly many beautiful (I am told) bodies were chopped off their chassis as they sat on the wharves waiting for Customs clearance, and the bodies pushed in to Port Phillip Bay. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16251 Posted October 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, hektor said: Good morning/evening Pippy, If it helps they were not made in the same country. The body on the green car was made in Australia. Pre-war there was considerable tariffs on imported car bodies to protect the local industry. Sadly many beautiful (I am told) bodies were chopped off their chassis as they sat on the wharves waiting for Customs clearance, and the bodies pushed in to Port Phillip Bay. Good Gracious! What a shame....although I can, of course, understand the desire to protect local infrastructure and manufacturing at such a difficult period. I'll sleep on it - it's half-past-midnight at the mo' - and see what a refreshed brain might wriggle-out from the conundrum! Bonne Nuit a tous! Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 14, 2021 Share #16252 Posted October 14, 2021 Schlaf gut. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 15, 2021 Share #16253 Posted October 15, 2021 A Bently, from what I can discern from the wingnut … Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 15, 2021 Share #16254 Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, IkarusJohn said: A Bentley, from what I can discern from the wingnuts … Yes, I was wondering how to disguise them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 16, 2021 Share #16255 Posted October 16, 2021 Note the upside down headlights as the car is in the Southern Hemisphere Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4293611'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 16, 2021 Share #16256 Posted October 16, 2021 The body is quite similar to a Jaguar SS1/SS2 saloon or the post war Mk.4. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 16, 2021 Share #16257 Posted October 16, 2021 11 hours ago, hektor said: Note the upside down headlights as the car is in the Southern Hemisphere Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Interesting; I had never previously seen a rearward facing 'Flying B' radiator mascot. Every Day is a Schoolday! Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted October 16, 2021 Share #16258 Posted October 16, 2021 7 hours ago, pippy said: Interesting; I had never previously seen a rearward facing 'Flying B' radiator mascot. Every Day is a Schoolday! Philip. Philip, in the thirties all Derby Bentleys had rearward facing mascots. After the War the forward facing was introduced to allow the bonnet to be opened without having to turn the mascot forward and out of the way. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 16, 2021 Share #16259 Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, hektor said: Philip, in the thirties all Derby Bentleys had rearward facing mascots. After the War the forward facing was introduced to allow the bonnet to be opened without having to turn the mascot forward and out of the way. Thank you, Hektor, for that wonderful tid-bit! Unfortunately if that little gem of info had been passed-on by my great-grandfather's chauffeur to 'sundry offspring' it must have been overlooked in the hand-me-downs which ensued... Beautiful little detail and I'm surprised it was something about which I had never read! Thanks again! Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 20, 2021 Share #16260 Posted October 20, 2021 Hektor - Has anyone gotten close enough? If not, perhaps a hint? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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