Cars for Sale

We are aware of the following Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq cars which have been listed for sale.

Details of the cars shown for sale are as submitted by the sellers or their agents and the STD Register cannot accept responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies.

1927 Sunbeam 16 Tourer

1932 Sunbeam Tourer – 23.8hp

1901 8hp Darracq Type C

1921 Sunbeam 16hp

1921 Sunbeam 24hp Tourer

1924 Sunbeam 20/60

1929 Sunbeam 20.9 Weyman Saloon

1933 Sunbeam Speed 20

Please use the links at the bottom of each advert for further information on any of these cars.

1927 Sunbeam 16 Tourer

The Sunbeam Sixteen (16.9 hp) was a highly successful and refined volume-production car built by the Sunbeam Motor Car Company at their Moorfields factory in Wolverhampton, England, spanning production from 1926 to 1933. 
This Sunbeam Sixteen was first registered on the 1st December 1927 in Birmingham, more recently it had found its way south to the Isle of Wight.

The engine starts and runs well, it genuinely sounds great and has good oil pressure. It goes well and there is also evidence of an engine rebuild in the paperwork.
The drivetrain is in lovely order, there are no nasty noises, the gear change is direct and the clutch smooth, and is genuinely is a pleasure to drive. It handles well and isn’t a hand full like some pre war cars car be.

The bodywork is very solid, it’s very much of an oily rag or some may say “shabby” condition, it presents well and in our opinion looks fantastic.
The interior is highly original and has a beautiful character. The roof is in good order, and comes complete with a full tonneau cover as well as rear screen.
We have a large history file including the current V5.

For sale by RS Vintage at £19 950.

1932 Sunbeam Tourer – 23.8hp

Located in South Africa, the rebuild of this car started In Pietermaritzburg in the 1970s. It was found on a farm in Natal, the original 4-door sedan body having been scrapped, and the rolling chassis made in to a flat-bed truck during WW2.  It was decided at the time to rebuild the car as a roadster based on the 1928 Van Den Plas Bentley.

The rear section of the body was manufactured in sheet metal on a rectangular tube frame using blueprints from a Van den Plas Bentley open tourer body. Pat made the doors himself using a marine ply frame, skinned with 1mm hand shaped aluminium. The top section of the bonnet is from the original car. Pat had louvres punched in to two sheets of aluminium and trimmed them to size to complete the bonnet. The radiator and grill was donated by a motor cycle restorer who had it hanging on the wall in his man cave, but didn’t know where it had come from. Pat also decided that the car would look better with side-mounted spare wheels and after raiding the Natal branch of the VVC for spares, he found and adapted some suitable wheel mount brackets and had the front wings modified to accept the wheels. He coincidentally also came across the two spare wheel-mounted rear view mirrors and purchased them on the spot from a Car magazine advertisement.

Pat received all the parts to make the car with no dashboard or instruments. The previous owner, who was putting everything together to build a very interesting car, had the headlamps completely restored including re silvering the reflectors and also decided to have all the instruments restored by the same Sunbeam specialist in Devon England. On a business trip to the UK he took all the instruments with him intending to drive down to Devon. His business in London tied him up for too long so he decided to pack the instruments very carefully and post them to Devon from London. This was at a time when the “troubles” were on between Ireland and England . The clock in the parcel started ticking in the Post Office, the bomb squad was called and the parcel was blown up. A further visit to VVC Natal’s spares store yielded some period-correct instruments as replacements for the originals.

Many years later the car arrived at Norman Frost’s classic car sales outlet (Frost brothers) in Knysna and was sold to a gentleman in Oudtshoorn who used it as a courtesy car for his upmarket B & B establishment. On his passing, the car was re-acquired by Norman, in 50/50 partnership with Ron Hollis.

Since it hadn’t been completely finished since its Natal rebuild days, some additional items were added to the car at this stage, under Pat Cough’s experienced guidance. A hood frame from another vintage car was adapted to fit and a folding soft-top added, with an oval rear window. A local craftsman, Ray Mackey, constructed the rear-mounted luggage trunk to finish-off the rear end of the car. Various known mechanical issues were dealt with by Bodge Engineering (Ron’s workshop) – notably engine bore re-sleeving, water pump repairs, renewed core plugs in the engine block and the conversion of the “Auto-Vac” unit to a disguised SU pump-and-float fuel feed to the carburettor.

1932 Sunbeam Tourer, Van den Plas Replica, 3.2 Litre – 6 Cylinder, 4 speed ( not 3 speed ), Chassis 7031R, Engine Number 28216 – NOTES FROM PAT CLOUGH AND RON HOLLIS

£26 000   https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2075510

Exceptional 8hp Darracq Type C

This breath-takingly original 1901 Veteran Darracq Motorcar is the later version of the Type C Rear-entrance Tonneau Model. One of about 1200 thought to have been built, it is the most original example of a veteran or vintage car that we have ever encountered

1921 Sunbeam 16hp

This car was a barn / shed find and had a ground up restoration in the 1980s. It comes with a photographic record of the work and a folder of receipts. Same owner since 2014 and in that time it has had new tyres, carpets and battery. The radiator was also partly restored. Unused for the last 5 years but regularly started and warmed up. Lovely vintage car and easy to drive.

Right Hand Drive, 4 speed, 3000cc, Reg No. MD1139,  £24 750

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1288134#&gid=1&pid=1

1921 24hp 24/7365/21 SV9260 (AJ6240) Tourer

The car is really reliable and has recently had a complete gearbox rebuild with all new gears and bearings. I did extensive engine work when I first got the car including new pistons and small ends. Rebuilt Magneto, Autovac, clutch and normal wear parts like brakes. My personal situation requires the car to be sold which is sad. The car has toured abroad and I have videos of it going through France. More pictures and information available please ask. The car will be going to auction but it can be sold before. I am excepting realistic offers based on the current market and the car has to be sold. For enquiries please use the contact form.

1924 Sunbeam 20/60

1929 Sunbeam 20.9 Weyman Saloon.

 

The car was completely restored over a period of 20 years by a previous owner. Recent work includes a complete engine rebuild by Jim Catnach 2000 miles ago. Back axle totally rebuilt this year with modern oil seals. On the button and ready to go anywhere.

Very original interior with all period fittings. Offers over £20 000 considered. Paul Wignall 07715 377340.

 

 

1933 Sunbeam Speed 20

Sunbeam 1933 Speed Model, or Speed 20, is a classic of its time, with Sunbeam’s own “pillar-less” style four door coachwork. This model was sometimes referred to as the “Monte Carlo”, affectionately so named after the same model which the factory entered in the 1933 Monte Carlo Rally.

This particular car, was registered in GB as DG7629 (these plates are still with the car) and actually competed in the Monte Carlo re-run in 1996 and still has the window sticker from this rally. The car has a very detailed history accompanying it. It was acquired from its original owner, Mr Albert T Isher in 1976 by a Mr Roy Hancocks who then undertook a seven year total restoration, after which it was acquired and retained by the Patrick Collection from 1986 to 1992 at which stage it had travelled 37 493 miles, believed to be correct at the time. Now showing in the 70 000s.

The paintwork is still in exceptional condition and looks magnificent. The scuttle timber has recently been replaced and I can find nothing that currently needs attention.

According to the Sunbeam Talbot Darracq (STD) Journal of 1999, this was one five 1933 Sunbeam Speed Models in existence and I understand that there are now four, which makes it a very rare car today.

This car, with its excellent enclosed bodywork, weather proofing, sliding sunroof, opening front windscreen and side windows, makes it a very comfortable tourer, rain or shine.

As with all Speed 20s (I do have another) this is a beautiful car to drive, it will cruise at 90 to 100 kph with ease, the brakes are good for an hydraulic drum system and stop the car quite well. The steering is light and very direct, everything works on the car, even the clock which has a manual winding mechanism. For an eighty seven year-old car it is exceptional.

It is free of asbestos so it will not have any trouble relocating overseas.

Offers around 55 000 GBP will be considered.

Contact: Brian Canny, Ballarat, Australia. email:  bcanny – at – netconnect.com.au