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£11,872 (Est: £6,000 - £8,000)

1963 Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA Convertible

United Kingdom • 2 Apr 2025

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AI Listing Summary

This 1963 Sunbeam Rapier IIIA Convertible is a well-maintained example with just four owners. It features a recent respray, new carpets, refurbished instruments, and a rebuilt overdrive gearbox, retaining its original Kent number plate.

Condition

7

The car has had several upgrades and refurbishments, including a partial respray, re-plated brightwork, new carpets, re-veneered dashboard, and refurbished instruments. The engine runs well, and the overdrive functions correctly. However, the car has had four owners and the odometer shows 7,549 miles, with the overdrive gearbox rebuilt in 2009 when the odometer was showing c.4,800 miles. These factors, along with the brightwork being re-plated as required and only a partial respray, point to it not being in pristine or outstanding condition.

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Manual

Transmission:

B3066557HHC0

Chassis No:

Odometer:

7,549 miles

211XKL

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description A wonderful example of this sporting Sixties drop-top; just four owners from new; recent new hood and carpets; overdrive; twin SU carbs; runs like a sewing machine; find a better one! Sunbeam introduced its two-door, Hillman Minx-based Rapier in 1955.

The new model looked modern and attractive and featured a pillar-less side window arrangement.

Sunbeam continued to develop and improve the Rapier and introduced a MkIII version in 1959 with an alloy cylinder head, front disc brakes and a close-ratio gearbox.

In 1961 the model was updated yet again and became the Rapier MkIIIA with a new 1.6 litre engine which developed 80bhp and improved performance.

Very much a driver’s car, the Rapier proved very successful on the European rally circuit in the hands of drivers like Peter Harper and Paddy Hopkirk, a IIIA earning Rootes the manufacturer's prize in the 1962 Monte Carlo Rally.

First registered in Kent in May 1963, this wonderful Rapier IIIA Convertible has had just four ow...