1000hp Sunbeam

Progress Report.

As THE club for pre-war Sunbeams it is very much in the Register’s interests to see this wonderful 1000hp World Land Speed Record car driven again under it’s own power. So the STD Register, as the spiritual home of all Sunbeams, set itself the target of raising the sum of £6000 towards the overall restoration cost. Not least through the generosity of STD Register members the target was well exceeded and in 2020 over £7000 was handed over to the National Motor Museum.

The work on the rear engine was completed in September 2025 when it was fired up for the first time in 90 years.

Here is a short summary report from BBC South Today

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