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£56,250 (Est: £35,000 - £40,000)
1982 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Series 2
United Kingdom • 24 Feb 2024
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AI Listing Summary
This is a Series 2 Talbot Sunbeam-Lotus finished in Embassy Black with a silver side panel. It was purchased by the vendor on 11th July 1983 and has been completely restored by Simon Rudge Motorsport Ltd. (SRM) of Chelmsford.
Condition
9
The car underwent a complete restoration by Simon Rudge Motorsport Ltd. (SRM) of Chelmsford. The body was taken back to bare metal, epoxy primed, fully prepared and repainted. The seats were stripped to component parts, checked and rebuilt with new cushions and the engine was stripped to component parts, cleaned and rebuilt to manufacturers specification using new parts as required. The odometer now shows 58,021 warranted miles. The comprehensive history file contains the purchase invoice from Balgores Motors of Gidea Park indicating a mileage of 19,880 miles as entered in our owner's personal notebook.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
T4DCYBL413490
Odometer:
58,021 miles
Reg Number:
GCR 314X
RHD/LHD:
RHD
The Talbot Sunbeam-Lotus was one of the most exciting hot hatches to emerge from the 1970s.
Chrysler commissioned Lotus to produce an effective entrant for International 'Group 4' rallying - to beat the dominant Ford Escort RSs at their own game- and a 1.6GLS shell found its way to Hethel.
Lotus installed a 2.2-litre 'Type 911' (closely related to the Type 912 found in the S2 and S3 Esprit) version of their 16-valve four-cylinder engine and a 5-speed ZF gearbox.
The new Sunbeam-Lotus certainly looked the part and was initially offered only in Black and Silver, with Marchal spotlights and tailored 'double four-spoke' cast-alloy wheels.
Launched in 1979, the high-compression 2,174cc twin-cam engine breathed through two twin-choke Dell'Orto carburettors, developed 150bhp (but was easily tuneable to well over 200bhp for rally use), and delivered excellent performance, offering 0-60mph in just 6.6 seconds.
Lotus wasn't just an engine supplier; it was also involved in designing the sus...
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£8,439
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£24,475
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£58,500
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