*Premier British make *Known history *An older restoration *Re-commissioned during this ownership John Marston Limited's first Sunbeam production car, a De Dion-engined voiturette, was sold in 1901 but it was not until 1907, two years after the Sunbeam Motor Car Company had been formed, that the firm produced its first all-British model, the 16/20.

The arrival of designer Louis Coatalen, and the pursuit of an effective competition programme, enabled the marque to establish a formidable reputation prior to WWI, its superbly made products enjoying a reputation rivalling that of the best from Alvis and Bentley thereafter.

A Sunbeam was the first British car to win a Grand Prix and the company went to set many land speed records.

Introduced in 1933 and produced for only a couple of seasons, the 'Twenty-Five' used the 3,317cc seven-main-bearing engine of the later 'Twenty', being in effect an upgraded version of the latter.

It was produced on two wheelbase lengths - 130" and 136" - and ...