1950s Sunbeam Rapier

Old Sunbeam saloon photograph in the archive at Classic Wheels

This is one of 900+ images in the Classic Wheels transport photo archive (saloon section).
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The Sunbeam shown below is in restored condition. This Rapier is white, and is a saloon of the type popular in the 1950s era.

If you're interested in classic Sunbeam vehicles, don't forget to have a look around the rest of this old transport website as you'll find more about Sunbeam, in addition to this restored Rapier from the saloon section. Further down is a list of Sunbeam Rapier items for sale on ebay RIGHT NOW!

This is photograph No.173 in this archive of classic and vintage vehicle photos.

More Information on this classic Rapier:

Rootes were as fond of badge engineering as BMC during the late fifties and this Rapier shared many of its underpinnings with these flashy Hillmans of the day. They were very popular as rally cars in the late fifties too regularly being entered on events such as the Monte Carlo and Acropolis rallies

Classic saloon - 1950s Sunbeam

If you are particularly interested in this, the Rapier built by Sunbeam, the items below may be of interest, all of which are on sale *right now* in the UK and Internationally on eBay, and can be bid on today!

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