Vintage Sports Car Hire

1. 1937 Talbot 105 sports tourer - Isle of Wight based
(Vintage Wedding Cars available/Sunbeam vintage wedding car)

... and also in the Alpine Rally in 1931. Designed by gifted Swiss engineer George Roesches, Colin Marsh's car has the lovely Vanden Plas style of open tourer bodywork with unusually generous space for rear ...

2. Twim Cam 1926 3 litre Super Sports - Peterborough based
(Vintage Wedding Cars available/Sunbeam vintage wedding car)

... Segrave trouncing Bentley. These highly sought after priceless cars were Britain's first production cars to feature a Twin Overhead Cam engine. Capable of over 90mph, this was one of the fastest production ...

3. Kelly & Russell's vintage Surrey wedding
(Vintage Sports Car Hire blogs/Edward the Sunbeam 20.9's Blog)

... in Edward as he had spent his life working in Engineering and appreciated the magnificent design and reliabiloity of those Sunbeam engineers 80 years ago. So finally the wedding day arrived and Edward ...

4. Paul & Viv's vintage wedding in Edward
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One day in September Paul asked if Edward's engine rebuild would be finished in time for April - this was the first we heard that he was getting married. What a lovely surprise. We have been lucky with ...

5. Segrave Sunbeam Land Speed Record 80th anniversary - Southport
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Brilliant trip up to Southport to celebrate Sir Henry Segrave's land speed record driving the 4 litre Sunbeam Tiger along the sands. Edward performed faultlessly following the engine rebuild and was well ...

6. VSCC Brooklands driving test
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 Got the engine together in time for today's great event at Brooklands. All worked fine. What a giggle - Edward was by far the largest car there - truly a stately luxury car amongst the small sporty ...

7. Engine rebuild in progress
(Vintage Sports Car Hire blogs/Edward the Sunbeam 20.9's Blog)

Following the Pendine trip it soon became clear that Edward's engine was in need of some care and attention - water appeared in the oil, and the engine was overheating. I have stripped down the engine ...

8. Malcolm Campbell Sunbeam Land Speed Record 80th anniversary Pendine Sands
(Vintage Sports Car Hire blogs/Edward the Sunbeam 20.9's Blog)

... Motor Museum in Beaulieu. Pictures to follow. This was our first run in Edward since taking the car over from my late Uncle Mike. We had to be careful to keep the engine cool - radiator may need attention. ...

9. Sunbeam
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... in 1927 the first to exceed 200 mph Following the depression, in 1935 Sunbeam went bust and was sold to Lord Rootes who kept the name for badge engineered Hillman cars - sold as Sunbeam Talbots - which ...