MATTERS OF THE MOMENT I am writing this sitting in the sun in the foothills of the Pyrenees on the STD/TOC Pyrenees Tour, Vuelta 3 (Vuelta translates into English as lap). Members can read more about this in the Newsletter, … Read More
. The STD Register returned to a tried and tested Midlands venue for its 2026 AGM at the King’s Court Hotel at Alcester near Stratford-upon-Avon. The convenient location provided easy access to members, whether attending in a “real car” … Read More
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 … Read More
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Sunbeams with the VCC in Scotland Three 12/16 Sunbeams participated in the Veteran Car Club’s Scottish rally in September 2024, based out of Montrose. Routes were organised on four of the five days of the rally, with the theme of … Read More
Chagford Show, Dartmoor Russell Molyneux reported a great family day out when two Talbots and a Sunbeam were exhibited at the 122nd Chagford Show on Dartmoor on 15th August 2024. Apart from Russell, in his Talbot 105 Special, Keyth … Read More
In the 1920s Sunbeam cars were well renowned for their excellent steering as this cat is demonstrating! It is test driving a 1926 Sunbeam 14/40 2-seater tourer.
How a 1913 Sunbeam should be used Clive and Elinor Boothman about to board the ferry from mainland Italy to Sardinia on their 3 000 mile European tour for pre-WWI cars.
Large crowds descended on Brooklands to celebrate the anniversary of the last World Land Speed Record to be set on a closed racing circuit on 17th May 1922. . . . . .
The STD Register has just completed a superb restoration of an old Talbot film made in 1932. If you would like to see just how Talbot cars (and many others as well) were actually made, here is a high quality … Read More