Lot details Registration No: AXM 597 Chassis No: 81405 Mot Expiry: March 2016
- 1 of c.309 made and history back to the early 1960s
- Most original interior with Brown leather upholstery
- Much recent restoration work documented on DVD
Further Info:
Like so many of its contemporaries, the Wolverhampton-based Sunbeam enterprise was a bicycle maker that evolved into a car manufacturer, and the Sunbeam Motor Company Ltd was created in 1905 to separate the two-wheel side of the business from the expanding four-wheel one. However, it was from 1909, under the guidance of the fertile-minded Breton-born Louis Coatalen, that the marque truly began to flourish - the road cars became noted for their quality and refinement and the record breakers and racers notched up a string of international successes. Sadly, Sunbeam failed to survive the depression and went into receivership in 1935.
The Twenty-Five model was manufactured from 1933 to 1935 and available in Saloon, Limousine and Coupe body styles. It was powered by a straight-six OHV engine of 3317cc, which was fed by a single Zenith carburettor. Well-equipped, the Twenty-Five featured an all-synchromesh four-speed gearbox, hydraulic brakes and semi-elliptic suspension all round. Total production is understood to have been approximately 309.
`AXM 597' is a fine-looking example of the breed that hails from 1934, when it would have cost c.£875. The Saloon is smartly finished in Maroon over Black and trimmed in Brown leather. The vendor classes the engine as `excellent'; the transmission, aluminium and steel bodywork and paintwork as `good'; and the interior trim as `good and mostly original aside of new carpets'. The Sunbeam is now being sold complete with MOT to March 2016 and an extensive history file dating back to the early 1960s that contains: invoices for recent restoration work; detailed description of a comprehensive engine overhaul that included remetalling of the bearings, new liners etc; ownership records; period photos and a DVD of the restoration; copy of the Works delivery/despatch sheet to Pass & Joyce; original owner's handbook; and reproduction workshop manual. The odometer registers an unwarranted 77,363 miles.
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