Registration No: UL 7905 Chassis No: 5046K MOT: Exempt

Known to The Sunbeam Register since the 1950s and treated to much past restoration work
The subject of an article in the June 2002 issue of Motorsport magazine by Bill Boddy
Well travelled with sorties to Germany, France and Jura
Said to have had £20,000 spent on it over the past twelve years

The 1920s witnessed Sunbeam win the French and Spanish Grand Prixs, finish second at Le Mans and set numerous Land Speed Records.

Introduced in 1926, the 16.9hp was powered by a 2035cc (later 2193cc) OHV straight-six engine allied to four-speed manual transmission.

Reputedly capable of over 60mph (coachwork permitting), some 3,495 16.9hp cars are thought to have been made before the model was revised for 1931.

Though, today survivors are comparatively few and far between.
According to a June 2002 Motorsport magazine article entitled ‘Sweet Sunbeam Sixteen’ that was penned by founding editor Bill Boddy (whose wife had established The Sunbe...